Enjoy A Christmas Carol as never before. English master storyteller and actor Ashley Ramsden takes centre stage, portraying all 23 characters in the Dickens classic, each with vivid and distinctive clarity. The program embraces the original masterpiece, transporting listeners back to Victorian England and conjuring up the sinister back alleys, cobblestone streets, and ghostly apparitions that are the story’s hallmarks.
A Christmas Carol is profoundly relevant today. The gulf between wealthy and poor, the powerful and powerless, is as significant now as it was in Dickensian England. A Christmas Carol is a banner of compassion carried by its main character, Scrooge, as he is transformed by his sense of common decency and obligation to humanity.
Sounds from around the world, including recordings made in remote European villages, recreate in convincing detail Dickens' pre-automotive/electric world. Music written by composers of Dickens' era and original music commissioned for this broadcast inspired by traditional folk lyrics and ancient Christmas poems enhance the depth, authenticity, and richness of the production.
"The animated breadth and flair of a whole cast"
Santa Cruz Sentinel
"Vivid and highly engaging"~
The Independent
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