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Christmas Collection, The

Author : Various

Performed By : Full Cast Production

Publisher : Select Music & Distribution

Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Poetry
Classic Literature
Dramatizations
Religious

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Christmas brings out the best and the worst in us, as can be seen in this evocative anthology. Among what Thomas Love Peacock calls the 'many poetical charms in the heraldings of Christmas' there are eulogies by saints and diatribes from curmudgeons. Here, Christmas is expounded by divines, sung by rustics, deplored by philosophers, made mystical in stories and summed up in a line by the poet Elizabeth Jennings: 'The hush, the star, the baby, people being kind again'.

This collection includes complete versions of such old favourites as 'The Little Match Girl', 'The Night Before Christmas', 'Ring out Wild Bells' and 'Christmas Day in the Workhouse'. But there are also discoveries: a sermon by Lancelot Andrewes, an account of Christmas under the Puritans, a first, poverty-stricken Christmas in turn of the century New York and a Mummer's Play. Adding the final touch is the music: from traditional Christmas carols and Corelli to Benjamin Britten. On this recording, Christmas past brings alive Christmas present.

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Chimes, The

Author : Charles Dickens

Performed By : Colonial Radio Theatre

Publisher : Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air

Runtime : 1 hour 16 minutes

Categories : Audio Theater
Drama
Dramatizations
Horror & Suspense
Classics

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A classic Charles Dickens story set on New Years Eve - with the haunted chimes in a church tower.

A spooky little Holiday tale by Dicken's

Bob from Colorado - 19 Nov 2004

I really enjoyed this program...The only reason that I did not give it a full five stars has more to do with Dickens than the Colonial Radio Theatre. They did a great job bringing this quirky holiday to life. Once again, a superb musical score and fine acting make this a very special piece of holiday fare.