A Christmas Carol Critique

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I saw A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens on Saturday, November 9th 2013, produced by the Trinity Repertory Company at 206 Washington Street in Providence Rhode Island, performed in the Elizabeth and Malcolm Chace Theatre on opening night of the season. Charles Dickens also wrote the famous Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities. When A Christmas Carol was published in 1843, Christmas was just coming into vogue as a popular holiday. The play was adapted by Adrian Hall along with original music by Richard Cumming. My first impression of the play was that it was very elaborate, well prepared. The whole place smelled like a polished mansion and intentionally like apple cider. Cardis Furniture and Amica were the biggest sponsors. There was more older audience members than young people, which made me think they had seen other versions of the play before. I had seen the play at Trinity Repertory before and I was actually in A Christmas Carol at one time. The predispositions of most of the audience members was irritated, impatient and exasperated because of the long wait to get early tickets, then there was no seating to wait to get in upstairs, and once we all got in the theatre the seating was too crowded. This was all ridiculous, but I was just glad to get cheap seats. The price was “pay what you can” and I sat in the high up on the side is Aisle 6, Section 5, Row J, Seat 506.
A Christmas Carol is about a miserly man named Ebenezer Scrooge who changes his ways after being shown the beauty and richness of humanity by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. What the playwright was trying to say was to evoke the incredible themes the play which includes, the importance of family and friends; the responsibility we all have ...

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Though it may have been too early in the season to see A Christmas Carol, it was still delightful to watch and get into the holiday spirit. The play was authentic to its meaning and engrossed, enveloped and involved the audience. The acting was exceptional and full of talent. The directing was very unique and I would love to to see another play directed by Dobrowsky. This was the best play I have ever seen and the design was well worth the wait to see. Toward the end, we were thanked for being the first audience and donations to the Rhode Island Food Bank were given by audience members. I would recommend A Christmas Carol at Trinity Repertory to anyone wanting to feel jolly this Winter. So, as Scrooge said to us while shaking hands of the people sitting in the front, “Merry Christmas”, and Tiny Tim said, “God Bless us all, everyone”.

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