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"No ghostly apparitions floating down from the fly space or up from a trap door. No street-scene crowds or wooden crutches. Just a room, a text, a voice and the audience's imagination." -- Bob Hicks
WORDPLAY REPERTORY
THEATRE
presents
THOM BRAY stars as CHARLES DICKENS
A CHRISTMAS CAROL--A VICTORIAN READING
ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY!
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21st, 2 PM
The Old Church
11th & Clay, Portland
GENERAL ADMISSION SEATS SOLD OUT. A LIMITED NUMBER OF RESERVED SEATS LEFT. ORDER NOW!
Our 4th Annual Production!
A CHRISTMAS CAROL is one of the
most
beloved
holiday stories in the English language. Here is the tale of Ebenezer
Scrooge and his Christmas eve conversion from "covetous old sinner" to "as good a friend as the City of London would ever know!"
In the mid 1860s, Charles Dickens
took to the stage to give dramatic
readings of this story to sell out crowds. Working from the text of the
author's original reading copy, veteran actor Thom Bray
faithfully recreates the theatrical experience that Dickens' Victorian
audiences had!
Appearing as Mr. Dickens himself,
Mr. Bray recreates a magical moment
in history when literature met theatre.
Performed
downtown in the beautiful, Christmas decorated Old Church, a
late Victorian landmark building, A CHRISTMAS CAROL is wonderful family
entertainment. We invite you to come experience Wordplay Rep's
fourth annual holiday production--already becoming a Portland Holiday
Tradition!
About
WORDPLAY Repertory Theatre
Wordplay was created to bring classic
literature
from
the page to the stage. Inspired by the terrifically entertaining
readings of short stories sponsored by National Public Radio, Producing
Director Thomas Bray decided to begin offering live, Dynamic Readings
in the Fall of 2003! Mr. Bray, a Portland resident and professional
actor, writer, producer & director, is Wordplay's Principal
Reader.
He is also regularly joined by some of Portland's finest actors
and
actresses.
Questions? Email us.
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