Celebrated children's writer Hans Christian Andersen arrives, unannounced, for a stay at Gad's Hill Place in the Kent marshes - home to Charles Dickens and his large, charismatic family.
To the lonely and eccentric guest, the members of Dickens' household seem to live a life of unreachable bliss. But with his broken English, Andersen doesn't at first see the storms brewing within the family: undeclared passions, a son about to go to India, and a growing strangeness at the heart of Dickens' marriage.
Andersen's English by Sebastian Barry premiered at the Theatre Royal, Bury, in February 2010 in a production by Out of Joint.
| ISBN: | 9780571242283 |
| Publication date: | 18th February 2010 |
| Author: | Sebastian Barry |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 86 pages |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |