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A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens
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Why Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” the classic morality tale about the positive transformation of a man, should be performed only at Christmastime is a question for another time. This version of the play, staged by Sundog Theatre, is both the definitive story you may remember, right down to the original, word-for-word dialogue, and something entirely new.
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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is a popular, required text in many middle school curriculums. This lesson brings to life one part of the book, Chapter (Stave) 2, where the author fondly remembers the country dance, the Roger de Coverly.
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A Christmas Carol is unusual in the huge range of versions that have been made - as well as Dickens' original there are books in print, radio and TV dramatizations, feature films and animations. Some are very true to the original, while others may be very loose adaptations.
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"This new, original production of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL, written and directed by Arthur Yorinks, founder of the Night Kitchen Radio Theater, leads our catalog of offerings," said Ron Hartenbaum, president, Spoken Word America. The production will ... be available globally on iTunes.com and Amazon.com. The Christmas Carol download and all audio offerings from Spoken Word America may be played on iPods, computers, or any device playing mp3 audio.
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Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) - This version is only 25 minutes long and would be a good introduction to the tale for small children. The brevity means many scenes from the novel had to be cut out, but the basic elements are still there. Familiar Disney characters play the original Dickens' roles, so Scrooge is played by Scrooge McDuck, nephew Fred is played by Donald Duck, and Bob Cratchit is played by Mickey Mouse. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet To Come are played by Jiminy Cricket, Willie the Giant, and long-time Disney villain Pete. This disc ... contains a "making of" documentary, a common-place inclusion on modern DVD's, but rare back in the CED days.
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One major theme in A Christmas Carol was rooted in Dickens' observations of the plight of the children of London's poor. It has been said of the times that sex was the only affordable pleasure for the poor; the result was thousands of children living in unimaginable poverty, filth, and disease. In 1839 it was estimated that nearly half of all funerals in London were for children under the age of ten. Those who survived grew up without education or resource and virtually no chance to escape the cycle of poverty. Dickens felt that this cycle of poverty could only be broken through education and became interested in the Ragged Schools in London.
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