Anthony Guest plays Ghost of Christmas Present and Scott Anthony Joy plays Ghost of Christmas future and Young Scrooge. The Meadow Brook has cast a wonderful group of experienced actors–familiar to many of us in Southeast Michigan–several of whom have been doing their parts for many years at the Oakland University campus venue. Counting the money without looking at it, with a pinch of comedic flair, is a great touch that is beautifully carried through to the Young Scrooge character to show how embedded the love of money is in his character. Mahard has developed pieces of business over the year that perfectly communicate his love of silver and gold and paper notes from his lending house, as well as the warm hearted jubilation he feels at the end of the Dickens story when he becomes a second father to Tiny Tim and takes the Cratchits under his wealthy wing. Scott and Albert Finney can use subtle gestures of the eyes and face to convey the old Dickensian miser who goes through a transformation and transfusion of kindness at the hands of the spirits. On film, actors like Alastair Sim, George C. Thomas D, Mahard, who has played Scrooge for many years, nails this stage version. My brothers and I, every year as if it is the first time, argue over film versions of A Christmas Carol–which is best?, how do we rank them?, who was the best Scrooge? It’s a madness in my family. Some families, when they get together at Christmas, talk about sports, politics, etc. ROCHESTER, MI – You know things are returning to normal in theatre amidst this two-year public health debacle when Thomas Mahard and friends take the stage at The Meadow Brook to bring us the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol.Īnd I am a connoisseur of A Christmas Carol.

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