A Christmas Carol review " a love song to Christmas
Old Vic, LondonRhys Ifans stars in a joyous, psychoanalytical reading of Dickens that celebrates the redeeming power of theatreSince its publication as a novella in 1843, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol has become a multimedia institution, inspiring everyone from Mickey Mouse to the Muppets with its spooky tale of seasonal redemption. So there was some excitement as to where Jack Thorne, the scriptwriter behind t…