The Plays of Charles Dickens: Joanna Hofer-Robinson & Pete Orford

Dominic is joined by the inimitable Dr. Joanna Hofer-Robinson and Dr. Pete Orford, for a lively discussion on their new publication The Plays of Charles Dickens .

This is the first ever critical edition of Dickens’ plays which include the early farces of The Strange Gentleman, The Village Coquettes, Is She His Wife, Or Something Singular, The Lamplighter … and his later collaborations of Mr Nightingale’s Diary, The Frozen Deep and No Thoroughfare ...

Original cover headshot of Dominic Gerrard © Jane LloydOriginal cover headshot of Joanna Hofer-Robinson c/o University of Warwick © Original cover headshot of Pete Orford c/o University of Buckingham © Background watercolour of Interior of St. James Theatre, London (c. 1835) by John Gregory Crace & sourced by Wikimedia Commons

Piano music of John Hullah & Joseph W. Turner played by Dominic Gerrard

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Host: Dominic Gerrard
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