Character Montage
Montage of images showing character studies of individual members of the audience.
Going to one of Dickens's Readings was not just about appreciating the performer, but also about being seen. They functioned as social gatherings, attended by all sorts of people ranging from Royalty to the general public. There was probably no other man in the nineteenth century who was so universally loved - and to see him live was like visiting an old friend. There may also have been certain social pressures to attend the Readings because of Dickens's cultural significance. The spectacled gentleman, for example, has come too see the man all the papers are talking about.
Top Left: The Appreciative hearer, determined to show his enthusiasm.
Top Middle: The Inquisitive hearer, who wishes to see the man that all the papers are talking about.
Top Right: The Spoony hearers, listening to "Dora and her Doady."
Bottom Left: The fellow-Author who wonders if he is recognized and read by Mr. D.
Bottom Middle: The Swindied hearer who insists on relating his grievances.
Bottom Right:The Suggestive hearer - "Why he looks like his own Dick Swiveller!"
Going to one of Dickens's Readings was not just about appreciating the performer, but also about being seen. They functioned as social gatherings, attended by all sorts of people ranging from Royalty to the general public. There was probably no other man in the nineteenth century who was so universally loved - and to see him live was like visiting an old friend. There may also have been certain social pressures to attend the Readings because of Dickens's cultural significance. The spectacled gentleman, for example, has come too see the man all the papers are talking about.
Top Left: The Appreciative hearer, determined to show his enthusiasm.
Top Middle: The Inquisitive hearer, who wishes to see the man that all the papers are talking about.
Top Right: The Spoony hearers, listening to "Dora and her Doady."
Bottom Left: The fellow-Author who wonders if he is recognized and read by Mr. D.
Bottom Middle: The Swindied hearer who insists on relating his grievances.
Bottom Right:The Suggestive hearer - "Why he looks like his own Dick Swiveller!"