Start your Holiday Season with the perfect family experience that tells the story of the true meaning of Christmas. Vashon Repertory Theatre is bringing Fitzpatrick’s mesmerizing performance of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol back to the Island by request from previous audiences. Don’t miss it this year. With this production, Allen Fitzpatrick follows in the footsteps of Charles Dickens who, a few years after writing the novella, began public readings of it which he continued to perform until his death. Dickens' novella captures the zeitgeist of the mid-Victorian revival of the Christmas holiday, popularizing many aspects of Christmas celebration— including family gatherings, seasonal food and drink, dancing, games, and a festive generosity of spirit. And it shows the path by which selfish, acquisitive men may redeem themselves. Its most profound theme, however, is to shine a light on mistreatment of the poor. Dickens wrote his novella in response to British social attitudes towards poverty. He was compelled to show the repercussions of ignoring the poor— especially children— in poverty.
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