when: 29 May 2025 - 07 June 2025 | venue: Bruce Gordon Theatre - Illawarra Performing Arts Centre | cost: Premium: $119 | Adult $99 | Pension $89 | Groups 8 | address: 32 Burelli St, Wollongong NSW 2500 | website: https://merrigong.com.au/shows/the-dictionary-of-lost-words/
published: 19 May 2025, 5 min read
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The Dictionary of Lost Words is a sweeping historical tale that follows a young woman, Esme, as she navigates the patriarchal world of Victorian England.
It's 1886, and the very first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is being compiled. Young Esme Nicoll has a front row seat. Well, she's hiding under the sorting table, anyway. As her father and his male colleagues decide which words stay and which go, Esme collects the discarded scraps to compile her own radical, magical dictionary.
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The Dictionary of Lost Words is a sweeping historical tale that follows a young woman, Esme, as she navigates the patriarchal world of Victorian England.
It's 1886, and the very first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is being compiled. Young Esme Nicoll has a front row seat. Well, she's hiding under the sorting table, anyway. As her father and his male colleagues decide which words stay and which go, Esme collects the discarded scraps to compile her own radical, magical dictionary.
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The Dictionary of Lost Words 2025 is on 29 May 2025 - 07 June 2025. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Wollongong. Call 02 4224 5999 for details. Visit their website at https://merrigong.com.au/shows/the-dictionary-of-lost-words/.
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