ACCLAIMED production company Out of Joint return to open The Nuffield’s 2010 season with a fascinating glimpse into the private lives of two great literary giants in Andersen’s English, from Tuesday.

Celebrated children’s writer Hans Christian Andersen arrives, unannounced, for a stay at the home of Charles Dickens and his large, charismatic family.

To the lonely and eccentric guest, the members of Dickens’s household seem to live a life of unreachable bliss.

But with his broken English, Andersen doesn’t at first notice the storms brewing within the family.

This new play is written by Sebastian Barry, directed by Max Stafford-Clark and stars Niamh Cusack, (interviewed opposite).

Andersen’s English runs until Saturday.

Tickets: 023 8067 1771 or visit nuffieldtheatre.co.uk