CHICAGO—Most people are familiar with novelist Charles Dickens (1812–1870), who wrote “A Christmas Carol,” “A Tale of Two Cities,” “Oliver Twist,” “Great Expectations,” and more. What few, however, know is that Dickens was a bit of an actor and was enthralled with theater. That’s one of the reasons that “Charles Dickens Grudgingly Performs ‘A Christmas Carol’ Again” is such a perfect Christmas offering at the Theater Wit in Chicago.
Dickens considered himself an actor and acted in and directed some amateur productions. While writing his novels, he impersonated many of the characters, which may explain why so many of his novels have the kind of drama that makes them work so well as stage plays and movies.
