A Christmas Carol
From: Friday, 3rd December 2010
To: Saturday, 8 January 2011
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
Dicken's original story of Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet to come. This story has been adapted many many ways but the true magic and the great mix of fright and delight comes only from returning to the original.
Our Review:
7 December 2010
Since it's publishing back in 1843, Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol has been the subject of many adaptations for both theatre and film. The Library Theatre's interpretation is an enjoyable, but not outstanding, version of the story we all know and love.
The bad-tempered, miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge is visited one Christmas Eve by the ghost of his late business partner, Jacob Marley. Heavy with the chains forged for himself through a life of selfishness and ignorance, Marley warns Scrooge of three ghosts that will visit him during the night, each with a lesson designed to revive Scrooge's long dead Christmas spirit.
David Beames' Scrooge is the lynchpin of this production, managing the transition from grouchy old loner to generous uncle in a believable and energetic manner; we never doubt for a moment that his visions are affecting and real. Abigail McGibbon plays two contrasting characters very well; a warm, lovin...
Cast
David Beames (Ebenezer Scrooge)
Paul Barnhill (Fred Scrooge)
Claude Close (Mr Fezziwig/Jacob Marley)
Jack Lord (Bob Cratchit)
Kath Burlinson (Mrs Maggs/Christmas Present)
Darren Kuppan (teenage Scrooge)
Lisa Kerr (Belle)
Abigail McGibbon (Mrs Cratchit)
Corinna Powlesland (Mrs Delaney/Mrs Fred Scrooge)
Oliver Hughes (Timy Tim - some dates)
Oliver Oakley Keenan (Timy Tim - some dates)
Ben Hancock (Timy Tim - some dates)
Creative
Charles Dickens (Author)
Library Theatre Manchester (Producer)
David Holman (Adaptation)
Rachel O'Riordan (Director)
Conor Mitchell (Music)
Isobel Waller-Bridge (performance) (Music)
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