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minus-squareSeagoon_linkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoOn to A Christmas Carol #7 It’s hard to improve on Charles Dickens’ dialogue. It’s that good and all the shows use it. “There’s more gravy than of grave about you” Every movie or radio staging chooses their own Carols for titles. I like radio plays, I have a good imagination and can construct the scenes in my mind.
minus-squareNathAlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoWe listened to the audiobook one Christmas Eve, it’s also quite good.
minus-squareSeagoon_linkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoAnd now for Laurence Olivier as Scrooge, 1953 radio play.
On to A Christmas Carol #7
It’s hard to improve on Charles Dickens’ dialogue. It’s that good and all the shows use it.
“There’s more gravy than of grave about you”
Every movie or radio staging chooses their own Carols for titles.
I like radio plays, I have a good imagination and can construct the scenes in my mind.
We listened to the audiobook one Christmas Eve, it’s also quite good.
And now for Laurence Olivier as Scrooge, 1953 radio play.