TWO WORLDS EXHIBITION
9th September 2008
CRANFORD September 22nd – December 3rd 2008
LITTLE DORRIT January 24th – April 19th 2009
Dickens World is to stage ‘The Two Worlds’ costume exhibition of television’s most important costume drama series of recent years. Each Exposition will be created around the costumes worn by the actors in the series.
Produced in the finest detail, by hand, these costumes not only carry the legacy of the writers’ creations but also the characters brought to life by some of our outstanding actors; including:
CRANFORD
Francesca Annis
Eileen Atkins
Dame Judy Dench
Imelda Staunton
Greg Wise
Simon Woods
LITTLE DORRIT
Tom Courtenay
Amanda Redman
Robert Hardy
Alun Armstrong
Annette Cosby
Ruth Jones
Charles Dickens published Little Dorrit between 1855 and 1857. The story centres on ‘The Marshalsea’ where his own father was imprisoned for debt. The notorious prison in London’s Southwark closed in 1842. Today only a gate remains although the prison has been recreated in the ‘Crime and Punishment’ area of Dickens World.
Elizabeth Gaskell’s writing was hugely admired by Charles Dickens. Indeed he edited and published some of her works.
Unlike the costumes of Little Dorrit, where the costumes reflect the rude exuberance of London life, Cranford is set in rural Cheshire in 1842/3 (actually based on the real town of Knutsford). Cranford is a town dominated by women comfortably settled in the rural way of life.
Little Dorrit is a new series currently in production to be aired in November 2008 and a special of Cranford is to be shot to air Christmas 2009.
For more information and bookings go to www.dickensworld.co.uk
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