‘Charles Dickens Telling Tales’ A selection of dramatic and comic tales dramatized from the original texts, including ‘The Pickwick Papers’, demonstrating the scope of the Victorian novelist's interests. Dickens is portrayed by actor Jonathan Goodwin in this one-man production.

‘Haunting Tales of Thomas Hardy’ Although famous the world over for his Wessex Tales and his poetry, Thomas Hardy also had a lifelong fascination with the supernatural and local folklore. Jonathan Goodwin has adapted the best of Hardy's ghostly fiction including ‘The Withered Arm’.

‘Mr Polly’ Written in 1910, ‘The History of Mr Polly’ is one of Wells's most delightful comic novels. Alfred Polly is an insolvent shopkeeper who dreams of running away from his life and starting over again. His head is filled with romantic, Quixotic adventures from the books he has read since he was a boy. Perhaps real life could be just as exciting, if only Alfred is brave enough to escape his humdrum surroundings and live! Jonathan Goodwin performs as Mr Polly in this comedy drama.

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