Redemption returns with ‘Christmas Carol’ by Tony Brown
“And while others give gifts, an undertaker, a charwoman and a laundress sell a dead man’s belongings to the local fence. Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas’ is no walk around the tinseled mall.”
“Ex-Scrooge is a fine director of `Christmas Carol’ present by Chris Jones
Last year, old Ebenezer at the Goodman Theatre was starting to look dangerously like an undigested bit of beef. This year, a recovering Scrooge has swung open the coffin door of this seasonal perennial and breathed notable new life into its tired Dickensian veins.”
‘Christmas Carol’ stays true to Dickens’ voice by David Lewellen
“Charles Dickens’ novella became an instant classic when it was published in 1843, and stage versions have proliferated ever since.”
A Veritable Chorus Of `Carol’s By Deborah Hornblow
From downtown Hartford to Westport to Ivoryton and Stockbridge, Mass., the spirit of Christmas has arrived at theaters, where six distinct productions of the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol” inspire holiday cheer in audiences of all ages.
I love the Christmas Carol. It’s been harder to find on TV in recent years for some reason, though. I’ll probably have to break down and buy it on DVD. Alastair Sim and George C. Scott (if I can find it). And the musical “Scrooge” with Albert Finney actually has its moments too.
Yes. I enjoy those versions too.
Lars: I managed to order the Scott version on dvd at deepdiscountdvd.com, and I think most of the online vendors stock it.
Yeah, I found it at Critic’s Choice Video. The order is made–three different versions.
“three different versions” of The Christmas Carol or the Sim-Scott movie?
Three different versions of the Christmas Carol. What is the “Sim-Scott movie”? I know of two films, each with one of them in it, but I’ve never heard of one with both…
Oh, the Sim-Scott movie is the one in which Alastair Sim plays a town fool, named Phil Wade, who doesn’t believe in celebrating Christmas, and George C. Scott beats him up at the end. It isn’t any good really.