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In 1843, 31-year-old English author and journalist Charles Dickens, a prodigy who had already gained fame and acclaim with “The Pickwick Papers,” and “Oliver Twist,” would write his holiday classic, “A Christmas Carol,” in just six weeks.
Since the stone age, winter festivals have bestowed their warming glow of fire and light and bountiful feast in nearly every culture of human civilization drudging through the cold, dark,
The spirit of Christmas was being relegated to a minor holiday under the smokestacks of industrial profit. And then Scrooge and Tiny Tim came onstage.
A Christmas Carol - although well known, this was something a bit different and well worth searching out, especially in Middle Temple Hall.
Indeed, when we hear Tim say at the play’s end, “May God Bless us everyone,” it feels as though we have been personally touched and blessed by Charles Dickens and the Goodman Theatre.