Sketches by Boz: A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama Collection by Charles Dickens
Requirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 273MB
Overview: Here are 10 gloriously comic stories from Sketches by Boz, Charles Dickens’s earliest collection of short pieces in which he honed his literary genius. Each tale is dramatised by Dr Stephen Wyatt with a full cast.
Cast and credits:
Written by Charles Dickens.
Dramatised by Dr Stephen Wyatt.
Directed by Sally Avens. Starring Nicholas Farrell as Boz.
Genre: Audiobooks > Fiction
The Tuggses at Ramsgate
The nouveau riche Tugg family discover that money cannot buy you love.
The Bloomsbury Christening
The arrival of a bouncing baby boy is wonderful news – but not for miserable misanthrope Nicodemus Dumps.
The Great Winglebury Duel
Alexander Trott finds it is possible to become betrothed in even the most trying circumstances.
The Private Theatricals of Mrs Joseph Porter
A household becomes obsessed with amateur dramatics – with farcical results.
Mr Watkins Tottle
All Mr Tottle wants is to enter the blessed state of matrimony – but the course of true love never did run smooth.
Love and Oysters
Meeting an oyster seller sparks disruption for orderly John Dounce.
The Steam Excursion
A boat trip on the Thames proves the undoing of ‘paragon of perfection’ Percy Noakes.
Sentiment
The Crumpton sisters are delighted when an MP’s daughter arrives at their finishing school – until a romantic attachment comes to light.
The Boarding House
The respectability of Mrs Tibbs’ residential establishment is threatened by a mysterious new lodger.
Horatio Sparkins
The snobbish Maldertons are thrilled when their unmarried daughter receives the attentions of the gentlemanly Mr Sparkins. But who exactly is he?
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999
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