Gerald Dickens Double Bill: Doctor Marigold & The Signalman
A wonderful double bill from Revelation Ambassdor, Gerald Dickens, bringing to life some of his great great grandfather Charles’ most haunting characters
Doctor Marigold
Doctor Marigold was one of Charles Dickens most popular readings. The Doctor of the title is a market Cheap Jack, named in honour of a doctor who assisted at his birth. On the surface he is a trader with a rapid sales-patter, but underneath there lays a story both moving and heartbreaking.Although little known today, Dr Marigold still moves audiences as it did in Charles’ day
The Signalman
Charles Dickens is well known for his ghost stories but The Signalman is the most atmospheric of them all. In a deep, damp railway cutting a lonely signalman tells his terrible tale to a complete stranger. The signal box, the tunnel, even the telegraph wires seem to haunt him at every turn and his performance reflects the brooding nature of the work.
