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November 7, 2009

A Christmas Carol | The Lantern Theatre, Liverpool

A Christmas Carol

The Most Loved Ghost Story of All Time!

5th - 30th December 2009

Remaining faithful to Dickens’ original text and characters, The Lantern Theatre Company presents an exciting and respectful production of the most loved ghost story of all time. A stunning production made up of narrative, physical theatre, original music and mask work.  Journey with us this Christmas,  scene by scene on a journey through one of the greatest imaginative pieces of English literature.

Performances Mon - Sat.  Start Time 7.30pm

Doors open at 6.30pm unless otherwise stated. 

No peformances on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th 27th & 28th December

Refreshments & bar available

Sat 5th December - Thursday 30th December

£10 & £8.50 Consessions - See events listings for special offers on Mondays & Tuesdays

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September 26, 2009

Walt Disney's A Christmas Carol trailer

via youtube.com

I'm not a great fan of either animated films or Jim Carrey, so have not been expecting much from Disney's new 3D animated adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

This trailer doesn't do anything to raise my expectations at all, but as a dedicated Scroogeophile, I'm sure I'll find myself going to watch it anyway.

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August 23, 2009

A Christmas Carol

One of the more obscure versions of Dickens' masterpiece "A Christmas Carol" is being released on DVD on 13 October 2009 by Timeless Media Group.
 
I've not been able to find out much about this release. TMG's website has no mention of it and Amazon.com's listing is (at this point) very short on detail.
 
As far as I can make out, this is the CBS TV Shower of Stars adaptation that was broadcast on 23 December 1954. A musical adaptation (a downside for me, I'm afraid) featuring Fredric March as Scrooge and Basil Rathbone as Marley, this was unusual for Shower of Stars in that it was filmed and in colour (Shower of Stars was usually transmitted live in black and white). Most extant recordings, however, are only in black and white, so unless a new print has turned up, the DVD will likely not be in colour. As for the quality of the DVD, that is anyone's guess...
 
 
For more information:
 
"A Christmas Carol and its Adaptations" by Fred Guida, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0738-7
 
Amazon.com's product listing http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B002M0HOV4/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance
 
Timeless Media Group http://www.timelessmusic.com/

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