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Original Director and Adaptor: Michael Wilson A lesson our leaders would do well to consider, though the spirit of the unregenerate Scrooge seems more than ever apparent just now.Īdapted from the novella by Charles Dickens In the end, of course, Scrooge recognizes the true meaning of Christmas-in its “do unto others” sense-but one could also say he realizes that the only way to overcome the past is to pay it forward for the future. The many children in the production add to the cheer, and seem all the more a reminder of how swiftly the world of youth passes away.
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Looking like an overweening professor not likely to give high marks to anyone, Preston is far less madcap than Raymond and more haunted. Marvel-gives Scrooge a decidedly more donnish air. This year, Michael Preston-formerly seen in the role of Mr. The play-despite some dark patches-ends happily for all, so there’s much to be said for keeping the spirits high throughout. The venerable Bill Raymond played Ebenezer Scrooge for many a year, and his version aimed to tickle more than provoke. And yet I was struck by a different tone to the whole, and that makes for a bit of a new experience. Nothing too drastic, mind you-this is still the story of how a miserly curmudgeon’s reclamation from a mean, grasping life helps to make the season bright. With a new Scrooge and second-time director Rachel Alderman at the helm, the well-known story has a different feel. The Hartford Stage’s annual production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as adapted by Michael Wilson, gets a new wrapping this holiday season. Review of A Christmas Carol, Hartford Stage