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The Art of Monarchy

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Dickens in London

The first of five short plays to mark the bi-centenary of Charles Dickens's birth. The first play tells how the young Charles visited London as an eight-year old boy.

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Writer Michael Eaton - who is steeped in Dickens's work - decided to tell the story of the novelist's life through his essays on walking the streets of London. So we start with Dickens as a boy, getting lost on his very first visit to the city, and we finish with Dickens walking away from his final public reading at St James's Hall, Piccadilly....

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