Dramatist David Edgar was struck by the Dickensian sound of names such as Tinder and Tibshelf in adaptation of classic storyCharles Dickens's extraordinary invention of names is among the great delights of his tales. Long after Scrooge became a synonym for a miser, a forthcoming adaptation of A Christmas Carol by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will introduce a host of new Dickensian names for 21st-century audien…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PM on September 3, 2017