COMPARING AND CONTRASTING

Comparing and Contrasting 'Every Man for Himself' with 'The Old Curiosity Shop'

Comparing and Contrasting 'Every Man for Himself' with 'The Old Curiosity Shop'

The sound of Little Nell in 'The Old Curiosity' clattering hurriedly over cobblestones immediately sets the stage by bringing to mind the narrow and dangerous streets of Victorian London. No less than 20 performers are called upon to conjure up the Dickensian world of wanderers, ne'er-do-wells, con creative persons, and kind Samaritans--and each presentation is excellent. Tom Courtenay performances the sadistic Quilp, "the ugliest dwarf that could be glimpsed any place for a penny" with magnificent sarcastic ...