CHARLES DICKENS AND THE GREAT THEATRE OF THE WORLD

Book ID/图书代码： 06580012B52048

English Summary/英文概要： Product Description An entertaining biography of Charles Dickens by one of our finest actors Acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the English language. From his early years as a child entertainer in Portsmouth to his reluctant retirement from ’these garish lights’ just before his death, Dickens was obsessed with the stage. Not only was he a dazzling mimic who wrote, acted in and stage-managed plays, all with fanatical perfectionism; as a writer he was a compulsive performer, whose very imagination was theatrical, both in terms of plot devices and construction of character. Like many actors, Dickens felt the need to be completed by contact with his audience. He was the original ’celebrity’ author, who attracted thousands of adoring fans to his readings in Britain and across the Atlantic, in which he gave voice to his unforgettable cast of characters. In Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World, Callow brings his own unique insight to a life driven by performance and showmanship. He reveals an exuberant and irrepressible talent, whose ’inimitable’ wit and personality crackle off the page.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 我們最優秀的演員和備受讚譽的作者Simon Callow/西蒙•卡洛所捕捉到的查理斯•狄更斯在這部閃耀生動的自傳中精髓，探索了這位英語類最偉大的小說家極為重要的戲劇性生活。從早年在樸資茅斯他作為一個兒童藝員，到他在去世前，不情願的告別這“花花綠綠的世界”，狄更斯曾沉醉於舞臺。他不僅像作者所述是一位耀眼的模仿者，參與舞臺監督表演，他還狂熱地追求一切完美主義；作為一個作家和令人著迷的表演者，其非常富有想像的戲劇力，無論是在故事情節方面的設置和人物性格的創建上。像許多演員一樣，狄更斯覺得需要通過與觀眾進行溝通才能使自己的作品達到完滿。他是一位獨創性的“著名”作者，吸引了英國和橫跨大西洋的成千上萬的粉絲去閱讀他的小說。在這部《Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World》中，卡洛通過表演和技巧的推動下，向讀者詮釋了他自己對生活的獨到見解。他顯示了作者旺盛和不可抵擋的才能，文中橫溢著這位偉大作者的“獨特”智慧和個人魅力。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：“生動而充滿活力的……這本書，以其全新的視角和稀有的資訊來源，這是[卡洛]對[舞臺上扮演狄更斯]的演員的一次最高致禮… 他的書是值得頌揚的，歡呼的，朝氣蓬勃的，富於想像的，就像狄更斯可能菜呢個說過的那樣，是多才多藝的燙手人物。”---《星期日時報》John Carey
‘This is the book we have long been waiting for and only Simon Callow could have written it. The theatre was central to Dickens’s life, and it needed a skilled biographer to do justice to the subject. Simon Callow rises superbly to the challenge and the result is a marvellous book that really deepens and enriches our understanding and enjoyment of Dickens.’ Michael Slater

‘A comprehensive biography as enthralling as one of his own performances … A great achievement.’ Catherine Peters, Literary Review

‘Callow . . . writes with great authority and elegant insouciance, which makes this "biography with a twist" very entertaining.’ Independent on Sunday

‘By his enthusiasm for his subject, Callow has ensure that his book is a worthy addition to the Dickens studies.’ Sunday Express

‘vivid and exuberant… This book, with its fresh angles and out-of-the-way sources, is the harvest of [Callow’s] dedication [to impersonating Dickens on stage]… His book is a celebration, jubilant, vigorous, imaginative, and, as Dickens might have said, an all-round sizzler.’ John Carey, Sunday Times

‘Callow writes well about the “multiphrenia” or myriad-mindedness that [Dickens’s] acting unleashed’ The Observer

About the Author/作者介绍： Simon Callow/西蒙•卡洛是一位演員，導演和作家。他曾在許多影片中出現，這其中包括廣受歡迎的“Four Weddings and a Funeral/四個婚禮和一個葬禮”。卡洛的作品包括《Being an Actor/作為一個演員》，《Shooting the Actor/直面演員》，以及一部備受讚譽的《biography of Charles Laughton/查理斯•勞頓傳記》，《trilogy of Orson Welles/奧森•威爾斯三部曲》傳記（其中第一，二部已經出版發行）和一部關於他和偉大的劇作家代理人Peggy Ramsay的深厚友情的《Love is Where it Falls/愛意來臨》。
2012年，他將出現在倫敦西區的《A Christmas Carol/聖誕頌歌》中，和隨後的愛丁堡藝術節上的《The Pickwick Papers/匹克威克外傳》中扮演來自澳洲的Marigold博士和Chops先生，以及在《The Mystery of Charles Dickens/查理斯•狄更斯的秘密》的作為形象代言人之一。
Simon Callow is an actor, director and writer. He has appeared in many films, including the hugely popular Four Weddings and a Funeral. Callow’s books include Being an Actor, Shooting the Actor, a highly acclaimed biography of Charles Laughton, a biographical trilogy of Orson Welles (of which the first two parts have now been published) and Love is Where it Falls, an account of his friendship with the great play-agent, Peggy Ramsay. In 2012 he will be appearing in A Christmas Carol in the West End, in Dr Marigold and Mr Chops in Australia, in The Pickwick Papers at the Edinburgh Festival and in his one-man show The Mystery of Charles Dickens.

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