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A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow – Christmas Special 2023

A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow – Christmas Special 2023

FromOn the Road with Penguin Classics


A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow – Christmas Special 2023

FromOn the Road with Penguin Classics

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Length:
73 minutes
Released:
Dec 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Charles Dickens in London. For this festive Christmas Special, the actor and author Simon Callow joins Henry to summon the ghost of Ebeneezer Scrooge and follow him around the City of London, starting at Cornhill, taking in Leadenhall Market and meeting all three Spirits of Christmas. A Christmas Carol, Dickens’s best loved novel, was published on 19 December 1843, 180 years ago this year. Penguin Classics edition of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickenshttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34585/a-christmas-carol-and-other-christmas-writings-by-charles-dickens-intro-michael-slater/9780140439052https://apple.co/3Te9UQQ Penguin Audio edition of A Christmas Carol, read by Theo Ogundipehttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34585/a-christmas-carol-and-other-christmas-writings-by-dickens-charles/9780241455326https://apple.co/46OVnhC Simon Callowhttps://simoncallow.com/ Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World by Simon Callowhttps://harpercollins.co.uk/products/charles-dickens-and-the-great-theatre-of-the-world-simon-callow Simon’s solo version of A Christmas Carol (BBC)https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001kwg The Counting Househttps://www.the-counting-house.com/ The Royal Exchangehttps://www.theroyalexchange.co.uk/ The George and Vulturehttps://george-and-vulture.co.uk/ Presenter – Henry Eliot: https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/Producer – Andrea Rangecroft: https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Dec 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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On the Road with Penguin Classics is a podcast that takes a stroll around the world's favourite books. In each episode, author and editor Henry Eliot travels to a different literary location to explore a brilliant book in the company of a remarkable reader. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.