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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 THEATRE COMPANY
presents
THOM BRAY
stars as CHARLES DICKENS
A CHRISTMAS CAROL--A VICTORIAN
READING
ONE PERFORMANCE
ONLY!
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22nd, 12 NOON
The Old Church
11th & Clay, Portland
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 sixth annual holiday
production--already becoming a Portland Holiday Tradition!
About WORDPLAY THEATRE COMPANY 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.
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