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Being bored is definitely not on the agenda for these lazy, hazy, days of mid-summer. Last week we told you about Christmas ...
Oyo state stands at a poignant juncture -- the crossroads of progress and memory. As the pulsating heart of Yoruba culture ...
There have been many feature adaptations of Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol. Since the silent era, they’ve ranged from faithful (1951’s Scrooge, starring Alastair Sim in the title ...
There’s a ghost of Christmas future for Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe. The pair are eyeing a reunion on a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” at Warner Bros. While no ...
Robert Eggers to Direct ‘A Christmas Carol’ Movie at Warner Bros., Willem Dafoe Eyed to Star The Charles Dickens adaptation joins Eggers' packed slate of upcoming projects, which also includes ...
A versatile actor, last autumn saw Forsythe star in Tinderbox’s Yerma followed by A Christmas Carol at the Lyric Theatre. I ask him about his ambitions for the future.
Over the next 10 years, Dickens was busy writing Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, A Christmas Carol, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Bleak House and Hard Times.
Bemoaning changes to Christmas customs from days gone by is practically a holiday tradition of its own. In the 1830s, the English solicitor William Sandys compiled a host of examples, and was ...
A Christmas Carol (1984) This made-for-television version on "A Christmas Carol" is a favorite and as such still regularly shown on cable networks. Here's when you can watch it, according to TV Guide.
We will take to “A Christmas Carol” in this season, as have the millions before us, but with a special thump of the heart. Because the story believes in our better, more generous inner selves.
Everyone knows "A Christmas Carol." What everyone doesn't know, now, is that Dickens' 1843 tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts was just the first in a series of annual holiday books. "The ...