The Ghosts of Scrooge
From: Saturday, 22nd November 2003
To: Saturday, 17 January 2004
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Our Review:
25 November 2003
The Library Theatre has won enormous critical acclaim for their in house children's productions. Adaptations of Tom's Midnight Garden and The Borrowers began at the Library and have since toured the country. Most recently is Charles Way's musical adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, which has many things going for it. The Ghosts of Scrooge, however, doesn't quite reach the dizzy heights of the previously mentioned Christmas successes.
Michael Vaughan's Mr Scrooge has real verve and energy, coupled with a beautiful singing voice. But at times Charles Way and Richard Taylor's lyrics let him and many of the cast down, with the musical element merely slowing down the narrative. The evergreen tale of a miserly man who lives for money at the cost of all those around him feels stilted when music and song is added.
As the play progresses the highlights are not the song and dance routines, but the sheer enthusiasm of...
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Charles Way (Author)
Richard Taylor (Author)
Manchester Airport (Corporate Sponsor)
Roger Haines (Director)
Kate Burnett (Design)
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