Nicholas Nickleby
Subtitle: from the novel by Charles Dickens
By: adapted for the stage by Guy R. Williams
Contributors: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Series: Dramascripts; Dramascripts
Publisher: Macmillan; Nelson Thornes Ltd
Published: 1972
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
ISBN-13: 9780333132272
Subjects: English drama; Théâtre anglais
Description: Dicken's third novel, published in 1839, is a brilliant and vivid melodrama of honest youth triumphing over vice and injustice. Bursting with energy and populated by a whole world of inimitable and memorable characters - including especially the theatrical troupe with whom Nicholas performs - the book is both a griping story and a series of magnificent scenes. It is also indignant protest against cruelty and oppression, most memorably encapsulated in Dickens's powerful portrayal of Mr Squeers and his wicked boarding school - a passage which was to be instrumental in helping to reform the Victorian education system.
Notes: Five men, 1 woman, 10 boys, supers.