An Audience with Charles Dickens

An Audience with Charles Dickens

1996 · 29 min · ★ 4.0

A live recording from the Vaudeville Theatre in London where Simon Callow recreates the reading performances of Charles Dickens.

Directed by Tom Kinninmont

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