Guest contributors to The Charles Dickens Page
A special thanks to these Dickensians for their contributions to this site
Robert Giddings
Professor emeritus at Bournemouth University. Bob contracted polio as a child and both battled and immensely enjoyed life from a wheelchair. He was a fervent Dickensian and the remarkable story of his life can be found in his autobiography You Should See Me in Pyjamas. He and I corresponded quite a bit in the early 2000s and he never failed to entertain and encourage (in his Christmas cards he gave me the honorary title of professor). Bob passed away in 2012 - Obituary in The Guardian.
- Dickens: From Page to Screen - Originally published in Canadian Notes & Queries
- Great Expectations (1999): Dramatized by Tony Marchant - Review
- Oliver Twist (1999) - David Copperfield (1999): Reviews
- Nicholas Nickleby (2001) - Dramatized by Martyn Edward Hesford - Review
- Dickens and the Classic Serial
- Micawber (2001) - Review
- The Mystery of Ackroyd and Callow
'The Mystery of Charles Dickens', by Peter Ackroyd, BBC Radio 4, BBC-4 Television, starring Simon Callow, together with a few words about 'Dickens', BBC-2's three part dramatized documentary television series written and presented by Peter Ackroyd. - 'Scrooge Blues' and Not So Tiny Tim' By Nicholas McInerny BBC Radio Four, December 2002 - Review
- Nicholas Nickleby (2002) - Film written and directed by Douglas McGrath - Review
- Dickens and the Great Unmentionable - A Paper delivered by Professor Robert Giddings, of Bournemouth University at Birkbeck College, University of London, on 20th March 2004, as a contribution to a conference on Dickens and Sex, held at the University of London Institute of English Studies.
- Pickwick Papers - BBC Radio Four Classic Serial, December 2004 (336k pdf file)
- Soft Soaping Dickens: Andrew Davies, BBC-1 and 'Bleak House' - Giddings examines the popular belief that were Dickens alive today he would be writing soap operas for television
Herb Moskovitz
Herb was a member of The Friends of Dickens New York, an official branch of the Dickens Fellowship. He was an avid theater lover and spent many years working in theater as a set and lighting designer and performer. Although we never met personally, we visited many times via email and telephone. Herb graciously contributed many articles to this website. A true Dickensian, Herb passed away May 6, 2022.
- Punch and Dickens
- Boz and the Bard
- A Literary Meeting: Dickens and Poe in Philadelphia
- From Fagin to Riah: How Charles Dickens looked at the Jews
- Dickens and the Dinosaur
- Three Actors: An examination of Dickens' love of the theatre
- Dickens Possibly Influenced Sweeney Todd
- Delmonico's and Dickens
- Charles Dickens and Little Nell - The Statue in Clark Park, Philadelphia by Frank Elwell
Dr Ruth Richardson
Ruth is a historian and the author of Dickens and the Workhouse, The Making of Mr. Gray's Anatomy, and Death, Dissection and the Destitute. She is a personal friend and shares her incredible knowledge of London with me when I visit the city.
Michael Patrick Hearn
Michael is the author of The Annotated Christmas Carol. He has also annotated The Wizard of Oz and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He is a recognized expert on The Wizard of Oz and its author L. Frank Baum.
- Interview with Michael Patrick Hearn about The Annotated Christmas Carol
