This film is still considered one of the best adaptations of the classic. Alastair Sim had a perfect combination of dither, menace and regret to play the miser in Scrooge, released in 1951. There have been dozens of live action versions starting with Scrooge, or, Marley’s Ghost, a British black and white silent short dating from 1901. I find that stage versions tend to drag a bit and struggle with the supernatural elements, no matter how resourceful the staging may be.Ī Christmas Carol has proved irresistible throughout the history of cinema. Then there are the films – which, after print, occupy the medium which seems to work best for this story. Such is the original story’s mythical status, there are also pastiches aplenty: A Pissedmas Carol at the Leicester Square, A Sherlock Carol in Marylebone, Scroogelicious in Peckham and A Christmas Carolish in Soho. Simon Callow is otherwise occupied this year narrating The Nutcracker in Birmingham, leaving John O’Connor to don the mantle of Dickens for a dramatic reading at the Greenwich Theatre. There are serious thespian productions at The Old Vic, The Bridge, The Rose, the New Wimbledon and the Middle Temple.
There are a dozen live shows playing this Christmas in the London area alone. He texted afterwards: “Best watched with a lot of wine.” Carolaholics who don’t fancy Dolly’s version have lots of other options this Christmas. He also felt obliged to take in the Smoky Mountain show the other night. My producer at Times Radio, Ollie Cole, is another Carol fan. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without some version of his “ghostly little book”. That won’t stop me heading to the South Bank this weekend for the Tennessee Songbird’s take on Dickens. The reviews of Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol have been mixed.
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