A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story (REVIEW)
Below is a review from 2021, originally posted here . --- "A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story" Adapted by Mark Gatiss An accountancy and appreciation of events Written by Aaron Burley As if it was meant to be, when the car that my family was driving down the motorway, heading towards Nottingham, there above our heads was the full moon. Shining brightly amongst the nocturnal sky, like a glowing blot of white paint amongst a sea of deep black tar. Clouds shifting and circling, the wind whistled cold, the bats squeaked and the omens of the world cried out in horrific unison as we arrived before the glass doors of the Playhouse to see Mark Gatiss’ (Doctor Who, Dracula, Sherlock) equally terrifying adaptation of A Christmas Carol. I love the book with all my heart. I once wrote a ten-page analysis of the damn thing for my English GCSE, it was ill-received, but still, to this day, I think I was robbed. I won’t be proving it in this “review” however, well, maybe just a little, a Chris...