Dickens fest ties present, past, future

Ollie Dickens’ first lesson in family history came from the Muppets, donning Victorian dress, acting out his great-great-great-grandfather’s famous novel: A Christmas Carol.“We didn’t really know Dickens was a real person,” he said. Years later, Ollie Dickens, a London-based actor, gave his own interpretation of grumpy Ebenezer Scrooge’s transformation into a generous man during a performance Saturday at Dickens on the Strand, a Victorian festival in Galveston