![]() ![]() We loved it, and watched it repeatedly, even long after Christmas was over and Hulu had removed it from the current streaming offerings I located the video stram in the cache and we were able to watch it for another month or so. Scott version some Christmases ago, when it was featured on Hulu. While I am fond of Patrick Stewart’s version, especially the audio only one-man show, my all time favorite version of A Christmas Carol is the one starring George C. Stewart’s version was soon published on CD, and he subsequently starred in a video production. ![]() In December of 2015 Neil Gaiman used that script for a live performance at NYPL, still available as a podcast.ĭickens’ A Christmas Carol is very much a Christmas tradition for me, ever since the first time I saw Patrick Stewart’s one-man version of it at UCLA. He soon took to the road to stage one-man shows The New York Public Library still has the script he used as his prompt copy in his performances, complete with Dickens’ own annotations. The publication of A Christmas Carol was a pet project for Dickens, and it was popular immediately, if not lucrative. ![]() The Morgan Library has the original manuscirpt. He had written it at a feverish pace for six weeks beginning it in October of that year and determined that it should be published in time for Christmas. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was first published on December 19, 1843. ![]()
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