Alastair
Sim stars as miser Ebenezer Scrooge in this quality
retelling of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol”.
The
classic tale in which he is taught the true meaning of Christmas by three
Spirits who visit him, revealing to him the
truth about his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his
youth, his current catalogue of cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if
he does not change his ways.
Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing
bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold, death
or redemption.
The Spirits are played by Michael Dolan (Past), Francis
De Wolff (Present) and Czeslaw Konarski (Future)
The other key characters and portrayed by Michael Hordern (Marley), Eleanor Summerfield (Flora), Mervyn Johns and Hermione Baddeley (The Cratchit’s), Glyn
Dearman (Tiny Tim), Roddy Hughes and Hattie Jacques (The Fezziwig’s), Brian Worth (Fred) and Carol Marsh (Fan).