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  The Parker Theatre on South State Street presents “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” to center stage Sept. 23-Oct. 28. The book of the same name is the final piece of literature written by Charles Dickens before he died. However, it was never finished. Given that it’s a murder mystery, the novel being unfinished makes...

By Doug MacGowan May 26, 2016 Charles Dickens died at age of 58 before completing The Mystery of Edwin Drood, his final book. He left Charles Dickens wrote novels, travelogues, essays, short stories, and novellas. He introduced the world to such beloved characters as Oliver Twist and Ebenezer Scrooge. Some argue that besides Shakespeare, he is the finest…

Ayr and Cartmel keep the show on the road in Britain on Monday with temperatures at both tracks forecast to be nowhere near as extreme as elsewhere.