Skip to main content
3 results from Shakespeare and Beyond on

Charles Dickens

“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
Shakespeare and Beyond

“What the Dickens": How Shakespeare haunts "A Christmas Carol"

Posted
Author
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
Shakespeare and Beyond

Have yourself a merry Shakespeare Christmas

Posted
Author
Austin Tichenor

It’s that time of year, when some of us have visions of sugar plums dancing in our heads, many are looking forward to (or dreading) gathering with family and friends, and a certain subset of us wonder, somewhat longingly and…

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

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

Posted
Author
Sarah Hovde

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