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A Crow Christmas Carol

Shakespearian comedy. Things get Dickensian when a mysterious stranger inspires Will to get Greene to mend his evil ways with the help of three Christmas spirits.

It is a bleak midwinter in the Shakespeare household as the family comes to terms with a cruel loss. But when a mysterious stranger offers to share with Will a tale of redemption, he becomes filled anew with love and light and hope. Now Will has a mission - to save another soul from despair. He and his family and friends get together to save Greene from a mean and miserly life, and arrange for three midnight 'ghosts' to visit him before Christmas.

Who is the stranger? Can Will and his family and friends' efforts persuade Greene to change his ways and show some generosity to his servant Job Scratchit? And at the end of it all, could this tale of Yuletide redemption be another smash Shakespeare hit on the stage, or is its time not yet come? In short, what the Dickens is going on?

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39 minutes

Audio described

Last on

Thu 21 Dec 202323:05

Credits

RoleContributor
Colin / The StrangerKenneth Branagh
Ephie WatkinsLily Cole
CondellDominic Coleman
Kit MarloweTim Downie
John ShakespeareHarry Enfield
LucyJocelyn Jee Esien
Mrs ScratchitHannah-Jane Fox
Robert GreeneMark Heap
KempeSpencer Jones
Will ShakespeareDavid Mitchell
Susanna ShakespeareHelen Monks
BottomRob Rouse
BurbageSteven Speirs
Anne ShakespeareLiza Tarbuck
Job ScratchitKarl Theobald
KateGemma Whelan
Mary ShakespearePaula Wilcox
Judith ShakespeareRosanna Beacock
Tiny TodgeLuka Petrovic
WriterBen Elton
DirectorRichard Boden
ProducerGareth Edwards
Executive ProducerChris Sussman

Broadcasts

  • Christmas Day 201820:35
  • Wed 6 Dec 202321:50
  • Thu 21 Dec 202323:05

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