Old Vic, London Jack Thorne's superb retelling mines the ghosts of Scrooge's past in a timely production brimming with love and affectionTwo months after Dickens's story first appeared at Christmas in 1843 there were eight rival versions on the London stage. It has been endlessly adapted ever since, but Jack Thorne's new version, starring Rhys Ifans as Scrooge, stands high on my list of favourites. In Matthew Warchus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33PM on November 29, 2017