Simon Callow Reads Charles Dickens

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On 20 February the Library welcomed acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow to talk about his new book Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World.

Callow portrays Dickens as a man driven as much by performance and showmanship as by literary endeavour. The audience delighted in Callow’s dramatic and humorous readings of Dickens’s famous characters.

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Simon Callow audience

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The Library's ethos, principles and ambitions strike a chord with me; the services on offer are the practical demonstration of what the place is about.

Geoff
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I have had a lifelong love of books and feel that the British Library is an inspiring place and well worthy of support, particularly at a time when funding for the arts in general appears to be under threat.

Andrew Pearson, Adopt a Book Supporter