A Christmas Carol (NHB Modern Plays): Old Vic Stage Version

By Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens’ timeless classic, brought to life in a joyous new adaptation by Jack Thorne.

On a bitter Christmas Eve night a cold-hearted miser is visited by four ghosts. Transported to worlds past, present and future, Ebenezer Scrooge witnesses what a lifetime of fear and selfishness has led to, and sees with fresh eyes the lonely life he has built for himself. Can Ebenezer be saved before it’s too late?

Jack Thorne's adaptation of A Christmas Carol is premiered at the Old Vic, London, in November 2017.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Release date: Jan 12, 2017
• ISBN: 9781780019956

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and grew up in poverty. This experience influenced ‘Oliver Twist’, the second of his fourteen major novels, which first appeared in 1837. When he died in 1870, he was buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey as an indication of his huge popularity as a novelist, which endures to this day.