Humbug Galore
Christmas may have been and gone but the 2020 Christmas shows open in just over ten months – not long in production terms so let’s think about A Christmas Carol, numerous versions of which are available for performance by both amateur and professional companies.
When Charles Dickens published his ‘little Christmas book’ in 1843 it took just six weeks for the first adaptation to reach the stage,” writes Piers Torday in an author’s note to his 2019 adaptation for Wilton’s Music Hall. And Michael Billington notes in a 2017 Guardian review of David Edgar’s version for the RSC that there have been 250 film and stage versions in the last seventy years alone.
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Alastair SimAm-DramAmateursAndy SerkisCharles DickensDavid EdgarGeorge C. ScottGuy PearceJack ThorneMichael CaineMuppetsPatrick StewartPiers TordaySally DexterSteven KnightTheatreWest End
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