Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (2020), with Jefferson Mays
One actor plays every part, more than fifty of them.
Dickens read this story to audiences on his own. One actor and a dark stage are enough.
You love theatre and the language, and you want to watch one actor carry the whole thing.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: Dickens’s words and his narrator, who is the star here.
Changes: the cast, to a single performer. Jefferson Mays adapted it with Susan Lyons and Michael Arden, who directs.
Whose story is it?
the narrator’s, and through him everyone’s.
How much time does it ask?
1 hour 27 minutes, filmed in 2020.
Geffen Playhouse: Mays plays “over 50 roles.” Directed by Michael Arden.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
More Christmas Carols: A Christmas Carol (MGM, 1938) · Scrooge (1951), with Alastair Sim · A Christmas Carol (1984), with George C. Scott