The Frozen Deep was a play, originally staged as an amateur theatrical, written by Wilkie Collins along with the substantial guidance of Charles Dickens in 1856. Dickens's hand was so prominent -- besides acting in the play for a number of performances, he added a preface, altered lines, and attended to most of the props and sets -- that the principal edition of the play is entitled "Under the Management of Charles Dickens." John C. Eckel wrote: ...
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The Frozen Deep was a play, originally staged as an amateur theatrical, written by Wilkie Collins along with the substantial guidance of Charles Dickens in 1856. Dickens's hand was so prominent -- besides acting in the play for a number of performances, he added a preface, altered lines, and attended to most of the props and sets -- that the principal edition of the play is entitled "Under the Management of Charles Dickens." John C. Eckel wrote: "As usual with a play which passed into rehearsal under Dickens' auspices it came out improved. This was the case with The Frozen Deep. The changes were so numerous that the drama almost may be ascribed to Dickens." Dickens himself took the part of Richard Wardour and was stage-manager during its modest original staging in Dickens' home Tavistock House. The play, however, grew in influence through a series of outside performances, including one before Queen Victoria at the Royal Gallery of Illustration, and a three-performance run at the...
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