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Stage version of `A Christmas Carol' a bit looser.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-NOV-03 		Format: Online - approximately 952 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Stage version of `A Christmas Carol' a bit looser.(Entertainment)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Fred Crafts The Register-Guard

Two classics - one about Christmas, one about sex - arrive at local theaters just in time for the holidays.

A Christmas Carol

Lord Leebrick Theatre

Opens Thursday; closes Dec. 20

Yes, Virginia, there is yet another version of the Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol" - and it takes some liberties.

OPENING THIS WEEK

"The story is told kind of self-consciously," says director Lynda Czajkowska-Thompson.

"At the very beginning, the actors tell you, `We're going to tell you a story. It's a ghost story. It's the best one we know.' Then they take on various costume pieces to become the various characters in the show."

All the familiar characters are there: Scrooge, Tiny Tim, the Cratchits, Marley's ghost and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future. The story unfolds pretty much the same way...

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