eBay is the world’s largest online auction site, used by sellers and collectors all around the world. Many rare and collectable items end up on eBay’s books, including a plethora of rare British coins. While some are dusty old pennies and out-of-date coins, others are currently circulating, and worth thousands of pounds. One coin that […]
Tag: Dickens
Oliver! REMAKE: Will Eddie Redmayne and Adele star in Disney’s Dickens musical?
The 1968 movie classic is on TV this afternoon and it turns out Disney are remaking it. In January this year Deadline reported that the House of Mouse have hired Game Change and The Butler screenwriter Danny Strong to pen the Oliver! remake. Based on Dickens’ Oliver Twist, the Victorian tale follows an orphan boy […]
eBay: Rare Charles Dickens two pound coin selling for THOUSANDS – do YOU have one?
The listing on eBay has the coin available on a ‘Buy it Now’ basis for £5,999. Seller ‘samcurnock’ writes in the listing: “Incredibly rare Dickins £2.00 coin uk. Circulated.” The Charles Dickens coin is a favourite of collectors, and there are not many available to buy on eBay. Royal Mint released the coin to commemorate […]
A Tale Of Two Cities review: Charles Dickens delivered in a clumsy and amateurish manner
But to deliver it in such a clumsy, amateurish manner is quite another. Timothy Sheader’s production of Matthew Dunster’s adaptation is beyond pitiful. On a stage piled high with containers, the default set dressing for this theatre of late, a miscellany of refugees prance and dance, shout and scream at each other with all the […]
