“This enjoyable audio adaptation of the preeminent Dickens
classic opens with festive holiday music and features crisp and haunting
state-of-the-art sounds: creaking doors, chiming church bells, winter winds,
and rattling chains. But what keeps the production grounded and refreshing is
that the script stays very close to the heightened language and keen dialogue
of the original 1843 text. We all know the dialogue of Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob
Cratchit, and Tiny Tim (their story is a part of our cultural DNA), and the
cast does an admirable job bringing the sounds of Christmases Past, Present,
and Future to life. Though it’s been adapted and performed in every imaginable
setting and time period, as this production artfully illustrates, A
Christmas Carol can be most extraordinary when served traditionally.”