A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens' ghostly story of the covetous old sinner Ebenezer Scrooge and his nocturnal encounter with the true Spirit of Christmas performed by Andreas Lammers Lighting Design: Bernd Porr Executive Producer: Ursula Steingaß 2 Dec (8 pm) and 23 Dec (5 pm & 8 pm) 1999: ZadEck, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Box Office 0234/3333-111 16, 18 and 19 Dec (8.30 pm) 1999: Theaterhaus Ecce-Homo, Hiltroper Straße 13, Box Office 0234/9536185

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol returns to the ZadEck (Schauspielhaus Bochum) and the playhouse Ecce Homo for a strictly limited season. The stage & fright theatre company will once again be bringing Christmas cheer to Bochum with Charles Dickens' classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge rousingly told in this stunning seasonal one-man show. Having already delighted audiences in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998, this coming Christmas season will see several opportunities for friends of the English language, of English literature and of English theatre to share in the show based on the novel often heralded as "the greatest little book in the world": the enthralling story of the covetous old sinner Ebenezer Scrooge and his nocturnal encounter with the true Spirit of Christmas. The tradition of performing A Christmas Carol as a one-man show dates back to Charles Dickens' legendary own public readings, which earned him the title of "the greatest reader of the greatest writer of the age". Dickens had carefully abridged the text. A Christmas Carol at his first reading ran for three hours, but was later edited to two hours, and then to eighy or ninety minutes. The Carol as presented by the stage & fright theatre company is based on this abridged version, yet takes Dickens' approach a step further. Andreas Lammers stars in a fully dramatized 2 hrs rendition of more than 15 characters, giving life to the likes of Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, several supernatural appearances, Charles Dickens himself, various Londoners and even a blind man's dog. (Executive Producer: Ursula Steingaß; Lighting by Bernd Porr)

Bernd Porr

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