#The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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Nicholas Nickleby 1947 - 2002

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John browdie “the bluff Yorkshireman” from the life and adventures of Nicholas nickleby stim board

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Top Picks of 2022

My Top 12 New Favorite Actors - #3: Tom Ellis

Introduction to Him: Lucifer

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‘The theatrical profession,’ said Mr Vincent Crummles. ‘I am in the theatrical profession myself, my wife is in the theatrical profession, my children are in the theatrical profession. I had a dog that lived and died in it from a puppy; and my chaise-pony goes on in Timour the Tartar. I’ll bring you out, and your friend too. Say the word. I want a novelty.’

Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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Cedric Hardwicke and Sally Ann Howes in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Alberto Cavalcanti, 1947) Cast: Derek Bond, Cedric Hardwicke, Bernard Miles, Sally Ann Howes, Alfred Drayton, Aubrey Woods, Stanley Holloway, Jill Balcon, Mary Merrall, Athene Seyler, Sybil Thorndike, Fay Compton, Cathleen Nesbitt, James Hayter. Screenplay: John Dighton, based on a novel by Charles Dickens. Cinematography: Gordon Dines. Art direction: Michael Relph. Film editing: Leslie Norman. Music: Lord Berners. Forgettable and rather plodding version of the Dickens novel, kept alive only by some good actors doing their thing well.

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Roger Rees was born on the 5th of May, 1944 in Aberystwyth, to William John and Doris Louise Rees (née Smith). They later all moved to Balham, London.

After studying art at Camberwell College of Arts and Slade School of Fine Art, Roger fell into theatre acting and became a successful stage actor, joining the RSC.

Roger won an Olivier Award for 'Actor of the Year in a New Play' in 1980 and a Tony Award for Best Actor in 1982 for his leading role in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, an 8 and a half hour long adaptation of the Dickens novel by David Edgar.

Following his successes on the stage, Roger became well-known for his TV roles, especially in Cheers from 1989. He also later appeared in The West Wing, Grey's Anatomy, Law & Order, Elementary and more.

He was also a film actor, with his most well-known role being the Sheriff of Rottingham in Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Other films he appeared in included Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Frida.

He lived in the US for 25 years and married his partner of 33 years, playwright Rick Elice, in 2011, when it became legal in New York. Roger was also a convert to Judaism.

Roger Rees died from brain cancer on the 10th of July, 2015, aged 71. Posthumously, he was inducted to the American Theater Hall of Fame.

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My June/July Reading Review

Not as excited to share this time, because I don't have as many books - or as much variety - despite being a double month. Life has been extremely busy, and I had to put my reading mostly on hold for a bit. This led to a reading slump even when things got more manageable, so I have been concentrating on getting out of the slump. I permitted myself to read lots of short, fun things in order to get back into the reading habit, as that has worked in the past and I know I'll be intentional about reading slightly more difficult works once the habit is re-established. But it does make me feel silly typing this up. On, then.

"Nicholas Nickleby" adapted by Tim Kelly (Play, literary adaptation) - FOUR STARS - As some may know, Dickens' novel is extremely close to my heart and figured into several important passages of my life. I was extremely keen to propose a Dickens adaptation for next years' school play, and was very impressed with this one. (Of course no adaptation will ever compare to the Royal Shakespeare Company's eight hour stage adaptation, which is possibly one of the best adaptations of anything ever, but if we're doing Nickleby in two hours, with students, Tim Kelly has done a pretty great job.) Alas, for financial reasons we need to go with a free script rather than one that requires licensing, so we're falling back on good old Shakespeare, but I am glad I got the chance to order this one in and read it.

Beren and Luthien by JRR Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (epic poetry, fantasy, mythology, Tolkien legendarium,) - FOUR AND A HALF STARS - My appreciation of the tale truly benefited from reading this anthology. It's remarkable to see how Tolkien's imagination reinvented itself over time. The first version of Beren and Luthien feels like an Edwardian children's short story, with Luthien the fairy hiding behind a flower from the gnome Beren, and singing a song of long things like ladders and vines and the lives of cats to magically give herself Rapunzel hair! And of course the absolute delight of the Sauron character instead being "Tevildo, Prince of Cats" who loves napping in the sun! The later versions have cool variation too - the poetry really emphasizes different aspects than the prose tellings. I also love the dignity and equality of both Beren and Luthien, and how they are equally heroic. Luthien especially is wonderful to me.

The Whispering Skull; The Hollow Boy; The Creeping Shadow (Books 2-4 in the Lockwood & Co series) by Jonathan Stroud (MG, mystery, adventure, thriller, supernatural) For sheer enjoyment, I'd give the second book 2 1/2 stars, and the third and fourth books 5 stars. They are for the most part intelligently written, and just such a blast. (The fun is enhanced by the fact that my brother frequently asks me to narrate the story to him (as opposed to reading it,) and so I get to unleash my love of storytelling. Book 2 is okay, but has middle book syndrome in a way the others don't. Books three and four have better plots and characterization on the whole. I read the scene at the Rotwell Institute at 2 AM during a terrific storm, and though it did not creep me out, I did get a nice suspenseful shiver! (These books don't spook me at all - suspense is really the operative word here.)

"The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie (play, mystery) - THREE STARS (and that might be rounding up) - My sister had read the entire Agatha Christie canon save this one, as they were kind of her thing in her teens. I have not read as many, but I've definitely read at least twenty-five of her books, plus a large number of short stories and plays. But for many years we had a pact that we would neither of us read this play, because we had an ambition to travel to London and see it on its original run (now more than seventy years running!) at St. Martin's Theatre. Now we're both adults and very much have our own lives, and I am about to embark to England without her, so we decided it was time to mutually break the pact. We had meant to see a community theatre production February, but that fell through, so we made tea and had a spot of reader's theatre. We had tremendous fun, even though the play itself was only so-so - certainly by Agatha Christie's standards. Maybe we just know her too well as an author. That being said, the reader's theatre session was a hoot. We watched this trailer first:

and predicted what all the characters' personalities and backstories were just from the trailer, as well as the murderer's identity. We were correct on almost everything. It also added to the fun because we based all our character voices on the appearances of this cast. My sister stole the show, as far as I was concerned, with her comedic performance as Christopher Wren (the guy in the sleeveless pullover.) I think we actually had more fun doing reader's theatre than we would've seeing it in person.

The Frugal Wizard's Guide to Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson (science fiction, historical fantasy, dimension-hopping) 3 STARS. Fun, but really not Sanderson's best. As always with Sanderson, read it aloud to my brother, and the connection with him is always a good thing.

Ongoing:

Five Children on the Western Front (I can't wait to do my writeup of this one - it's really good!)

An enormous collection of Medieval and Renaissance Italian short stories. For some months I've been reading through the first volume of a multivolume anthology series of the world's great stories, organized by time and country. The first half of this volume was all ancient tales (and, with the exception of Cupid and Psyche, all stories not included in your standard mythologies and such.) Now I am in the second half, and reading all the stories Shakespeare used as inspiration for his stories. The original ending to Romeo and Juliet is... something.

Epistle to the Romans - I continue my slow deep dive, working my way through it with copious notes, two commentaries, sundry articles, etc.

Iphigeneia in Tauris by Euripides - I do mean to keep liveblogging this.

The Empty Grave by Stroud (last Lockwood of them all)

Beowulf (reread)

Fellowship (reread)

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Tom Hiddleston - 42 years, 42 performances

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

'Lord'

First broadcast April 2001, Channel Four

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Tom Hiddleston Movie/Tv Checklist.

When I find a actor/actress I like I will go through their IMDB and make a list of the films I think look interesting and watch them. Most of the time that means watching every single movie/ tv show they have been in. Titles with a ✔ at the end are the ones I've seen.

☆ The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. ☆ Conspiracy. ☆ Armadillo. (Season 1, Ep 3) ☆ The Gathering Storm. ☆ A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets. ☆ Victoria Cross Heroes. (Season 1, Ep 1) ☆ Casualty. (Season 21, Ep 26) ✔ ☆ Miss Austen Regrets. ☆ Suburban Shootout. (Season 1, Ep 3-8, Season 2, Ep 1-3) ☆ Unrelated. ☆ Cranford. (Season 2, Ep 1,2) ✔ ☆ Wallander. (Season 1, Ep 1-3, Season 2, Ep 1-3) ☆ Archipelago. ☆ Thor. ✔ ☆ Midnight in Paris. ✔ ☆ The Deep Blue Sea. ✔ ☆ War Horse. ✔ ☆ Avengers Assemble. ✔ ☆ Out of Time. ☆ The Hollow Crown (Season 1, Ep 2,3,4) ✔ ☆ Only Lovers Left Alive. ✔ ☆ Exhibition. ☆ Thor: The Dark World. ✔ ☆ Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy. ✔ ☆ Muppets Most Wanted. ✔ ☆ I Saw the Light. ☆ High-Rise. ✔ ☆ Crimson Peak. ✔ ☆ The Night Manager. ✔ ☆ Kong: Skull Island. ✔ ☆ Thor: Ragnarok. ✔ ☆ Early Man. ☆ Avengers: Infinity War. ✔ ☆ Avengers: Endgame. ✔ ☆ What If...? ✔ ☆ The Essex Serpent. ☆ Loki. ✔ ☆ White Stork. ☆ The White Darkness.

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This vivid cap was worn in 2001’s The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby saw Jacqueline Tong as Mrs. Crummles wear the piece and In 2022 its worn on uknown actor in Mr. Malcolm’s List 2022.

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

This is Dickens’s third novel and was originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. It’s a wonderful example of Dickens’s ability to weave plots within plots and portray the most glorious characters. Both theatrical and prosaic, Dickens magnetically and majestically pulls the reader (or listener!) into his unique and inimitable world. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby tells the…

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Miss la creevy from “the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby stim board.

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A Christmas Carol in the Victorian era:

On Monday, November 20, 1843, an advertisement in the London Evening Standard promoted a soon-to-be-published book by famed novelist Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens new novel was A Christmas Carol; in pros, by Leech, will be published with four coloured etchings and woodcuts, in December. Being a Christmas ghost story. Dickens, Charged five shillings. With 186 Strand, located in Chapman Hall. The book was released on December 19th and was an instant hit, selling 6,000 copies that year before Christmas. Within the next two months, the narrative was staged eight times, although I'm sure Charles Dickens had no idea how popular his story would become over the years. It has never been out of print since its publication in 1843.

Information about Charles Dickens:

Charles Dickens was a 19th - century author who wrote many books, including The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, The Adventures of Oliver Twist, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty, A Christmas Carol, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times: For These Times, Little Dorrit. Many of his writings were serialised in newspapers, which was customary in the Victorian era when many people couldn't afford to buy a book but could afford a newspaper or magazine. After reading the Report of the Children's Employment Commission, which was issued in 1842 after three years of interviews, Dickens was inspired to create A Christmas Carol, the famous Christmas tale. Dickens, a social critic at the time, may have intended for his novel to provide insight into the working lives of poor families and their children, as well as to urge his countrymen to donate to the poor and ease the suffering of children. Charles John Huffam Dickens, the second child of John and Elizabeth Dickens, was born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. When Charles was three, his father, a clerk in the Navy Pay Office, was sent back to London, but they soon relocated to Sheerness and then to Chatham in Kent, where they stayed until Charles was eleven, when the family moved back to London. For some years, the Dickens family had been living way over their means, and by the time Charles was twelve, his father's creditors had demanded repayment, and his mother refused to give him yet another loan, so he was sent to Southwark's notorious Marshalsea debtors' jail. Charles John Huffam Dickens, the second child of John and Elizabeth Dickens, was born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. When Charles was three, his father, a clerk in the Navy Pay Office, was sent back to London, but they soon relocated to Sheerness and then to Chatham in Kent, where they stayed until Charles was eleven, when the family moved back to London. For some years, the Dickens family had been living way over their means, and by the time Charles was twelve, his father's creditors had demanded repayment, and his mother refused to give him yet another loan, so he was sent to Southwark's notorious Marshalsea debtors' jail.

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‘The word which separates us,’ said Nicholas, grasping him heartily by the shoulder, ‘shall never be said by me, for you are my only comfort and stay. I would not lose you now, for all the world could give. The thought of you has upheld me through all I have I endured today, and shall, through fifty times such trouble. Give me your hand. My heart is linked to yours. We will journey from this place together, before the week is out. What, if I am steeped in poverty? You lighten it, and we will be poor together.’

Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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charles dickens, nicholas nickleby // charlotte brontë, shirley 

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