TYING THE KNOT: Marriage in Dickens with Elisabeth Neales and John & Margaret Leonard

This talk investigates marriage in the life and writings of Charles Dickens. First dealing with the unhappy marriage of the novelist himself, Margaret and John Leonard will give dramatised readings of marriages that are portrayed in the novels themselves.

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 with the performing arts and now delight in sharing their enthusiasm for literary classics through dramatised readings.