Gerald Dickens Performance 
Sunday, October 27 at 2 p.m. 
Registration opens on Monday, October 14 at 9 a.m. 
Gerald Dickens, the actor and great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, 
returns to East Meadow for a one man show, performing  two of the author’s most macabre readings, “Sikes and Nancy” and “The Tale of Captain Murderer.” 

Gerald Dickens performance of Sikes and Nancy is Victorian theatre at its most dramatic. Throughout the 1860s Charles Dickens gave a series of readings from his novels and his repertoire featured performances that involved safe, well-known, and often comic passages from his novels, but in 1869 he introduced Sikes and Nancy to his program. When Dickens performed what he called The Murder he judged the success of the evening by the number of ladies who had fainted with horror. Today it has lost none of its horrific power. 

“Sikes and Nancy” performance is taken from a scene out of Oliver Twist, and “Captain Murderer” is based on Charles Dickens Short Story of the same name. 

Gerald Dickens will be back on December 8th to perform 
A Christmas Carol. Join us for an afternoon you will not soon forget.