155 years ago British author Charles Dickens gave his first public reading in the United States. Bovenstaande tekening shows spectators buying tickets for Dickens’s reading at Steinway Hall, on 14th Street near Union Square.
In December 1867, Charles Dickens arrived in New York City for a month of sold-out performances of his beloved holiday classic, A Christmas Carol.
“The Christmas Carol becomes doubly enchanting when one hears it performed by Dickens.” (The New York Herald)
“We shall never have any entertainments more charming, or more full of genuine, legitimate and elevating pleasure …” (The New York Times)
Dickens legde dan ook zoveel passie in zijn “dramatic readings” dat hij amper drie jaar later al zou sterven aan een hersenbloeding (aldus prof.Schrickx).
dagelijks iets degelijks 