![]() Dickens continued to give public readings of A Christmas Carol until his death. Over the years, Dickens edited and adapted the piece for a listening, rather than reading, audience. This was repeated three days later to an audience of 'working people', and was a great success by his own account and that of newspapers of the time. The novel was the subject of Dickens' first public reading, given in Birmingham Town Hall to the Industrial and Literary Institute on 27 December 1853. The classic work has been dramatised and adapted countless times for virtually every medium and performance genre, and new versions appear regularly. ![]() It is the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy miser who hates Christmas, but is transformed into a caring, kindly person through the visitations of four ghosts ( Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future). ![]() The stage at Alexandra Palace Theatre in London set for a performance of A Christmas Carol in December 2021.Ī Christmas Carol, the popular 1843 novella by Charles Dickens (1812–1870), is one of the English author's best-known works. ![]()
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