Living Books Homeschool Theater: Nicholas Nickleby April 16, 2011

Living Books Homeschool Theater brings to life Charles Dickens' 'Nicholas Nickleby.' This play captures the essence of Dickens' most theatrical novel with a parade of colorful characters: wicked Uncle Ralph; sytlish Madame Mantalini; "decayed" Arthur Gride; pitiable orphan Smike; the winsome Cherryble brothers; lovely Madelaine Bray; scheming Lady Hawk; and the amazing Crummles with their seedy theatre troupe. Standing above all the villains is the infamous Wackford Squeers who, with his horrible wife and daughter, runs his dreadful school with his cane and tablespoons of foul-tasting medicine.