Simon Callow is a British actor, director and writer. Well known for his appearances in major feature films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love, Phantom of the Opera and Amadeus, Simon is also the author of thirteen books. His most recent, Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World (published in Australia as Dickens), discusses the importance of theatre to the life and work of one of the the greatest storytellers in the English language. Indeed, the life and work of Dickens is a theme Callow continually returns to as both author and actor, and this ongoing engagement informs the sparkling biographical analysis in his latest book.
