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A Christmas Carol
The Old Vic, London SE1
THERE is a timeless quality to the Dickens classic that seems to ensure its relevance in every epoch.
Published in 1843 and inspired by the abject poverty suffered by the working-class and their children of the Victorian era in which he lived, A Christmas Carol once again has huge pertinence to today’s cost-of-living crisis.
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