DICKENS & CHILDREN with Elisabeth Neales and John and Margaret Leonard

This presentation starts with a short discussion of Dickens’ own children and his relationship with them. This is followed by an account of the various children that Dickens portrays in the novels, including children of the middle class, cheeky urchins and children of the very poor.

The speaker will be Elisabeth Neales and John and Margaret Leonard will provide dramatised readings.

Elisabeth Neales is a graduate of Oxford University and has taught English and History in secondary schools in England and Australia. She is currently Secretary of the Dickens Fellowship Melbourne Branch.

John and Margaret Leonard have diverse experience in the performing arts and now delight in sharing their enthusiasm for literary classics through dramatised readings.