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Charles Dickens

“God help the wicked”: Searching for redemption in Shakespeare
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“God help the wicked”: Searching for redemption in Shakespeare

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Austin Tichenor

Austin Tichenor explores how the shift of a narrative’s perspective can offer answers to questions about which characters deserve redemption and our forgiveness, from Lear to Iago to Richard III.

“What the Dickens": How Shakespeare haunts "A Christmas Carol"
A ghostly grey figure wrapped in chains confronts a recumbent man with white hair and a white nightgown
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“What the Dickens": How Shakespeare haunts "A Christmas Carol"

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Austin Tichenor

Austin Tichenor unpacks Shakespeare’s influence on Charles Dickens in the beloved holiday classic A Christmas Carol.

Have yourself a merry Shakespeare Christmas
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Have yourself a merry Shakespeare Christmas

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Austin Tichenor

It’s that time of year, when a certain subset of us wonder, somewhat longingly and not for the first time—what’s the closest thing we have to a Shakespeare Christmas play?

A tale of three playbills: The Lighthouse, The Frozen Deep, and The Merry Wives of Windsor
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A tale of three playbills: The Lighthouse, The Frozen Deep, and The Merry Wives of Windsor

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Sarah Hovde

See playbills from the Folger collection of amateur (and fundraising) performances by Charles Dickens, from Wilkie Collins to Shakespeare.