Archive: this preview describes the 15 December 2018 performances.

Gerald Dickens performed A Christmas Carol at Buxton’s Palace Hotel on 15 December 2018. The novella tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by spirits and changes his ways.

Gerald Dickens is the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, who gave public readings of A Christmas Carol during his own lifetime.

2018 poster for Gerald Dickens’s A Christmas Carol at the Palace Hotel
2018 promotional poster; the ticket information is no longer current.
Gerald Dickens in Victorian costume beside an armchair
Gerald Dickens in costume. Photograph date and location not confirmed.

An accomplished actor, director and producer, Gerald Dickens uses his voice and physical talents to bring each scene and character to life easing the audience into the world of this immortal Christmas classic.

The preview advertised a matinee and an evening performance; Gerald Dickens later wrote about both shows.

Read Gerald Dickens’s account of his visit.

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