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A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens’ Dramatic Premier Reading in Boston
December 19, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Dr. Greta McCormick Coger Literary Salon Series:
Inspired by our annual Southern Literary Salons, by our recent digital Decameron Project during the virus shut-down, and our generous long-time friend and scholar Dr. Greta Coger, we offer you a full slate of one-hour (or less) curated readings, scenes, speeches, and discussions that explore important authors and subjects close to home. Presented by TSC’s resident artists on our Owen and Margaret Wellford Tabor Stage, Greta’s Salon Series will engage you in an informal, comfortable, safe atmosphere on either our Tabor Stage or via our digital, paid simulcast.
A Christmas Carol:
Charles Dickens’ Dramatic Premier Reading in Boston
curated and read by Dan McCleary
Friday, December 4 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, December 6 at 3:00 pm
Saturday December 12 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, December 13 at 3:00 pm
Saturday, December 19 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, December 20 at 3:00 pm
After a 25-year absence from America, Charles Dickens returned for a two-year reading tour in 1867 that became the precursor of rock-and-roll tours. Dickens the celebrity was popular for performing his ghostly Christmas Carol (published in 1847) not only for his portrayals of his characters, but for his almost single-handed birthing of the celebration of Christmas in New England (where children still were attending school on December 25 prior to his arrival). His premiere reading in Boston’s Tremont Temple was to the Saturday Club, including fans R.W. Emerson, H. W. Longfellow, and Oliver W. Holmes. And now: you. Please join us for Mr. Dickens’ transformative premiere reading, as edited by the author.