BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Gerald Charles Dickens, (the great, great grandson of literary icon, Charles Dickens), will once again be performing a one-man show of A Christmas Carol to benefit Allaire Village on Tuesday, December 9th at the Two River Theater in Red Bank. Two shows are scheduled; 3pm and 7pm.
Gerald, an actor and producer from Oxford, England, will be performing his captivating rendition of this heartwarming holiday tale. Gerald bears more than a passing resemblance to his famous ancestor, who originally toured the U.S. in 1867 reading his literary works before spellbound audiences. According to Gerald, his great-great grandfather adored theater and initially wanted to be an actor but pursued writing as a career for practical purposes. For many years Gerald says that he himself “avoided anything to do with Dickens like the plague.” But in 1993 when a friend asked him to do a reading of A Christmas Carol on its 150th anniversary of publication to help raise money for a historical restoration project, he couldn’t turn him down. To his surprise, he enjoyed doing it and has been delighting audiences around the world with his rendition ever since. During his energetic one-man show, Gerald Dickens leaps, sobs, and laughs all 26 characters of the classic tale as they are brought vividly to life. Gerald has created different postures and voices for each character, achieving this so adeptly that the audience has no doubt about “who is who,” so to speak. This is a chance to experience history first hand along with the magic of Christmas.
