by Bernadette Nason | Dec 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Everyone was afraid of Sister Mary. She was American and that was scary enough to an English child who’d never met an American before, and “Mayen, shay taweckd funny.” She wore the full black nun’s habit with white around the face and a long black veil, like the...
by Bernadette Nason | Dec 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Although I grew up with the Coventry Carol, hearing it sung most Decembers by the Winchester Cathedral Choir or at the Mayor’s Advent Carol Concert, I didn’t sing it myself until the State Theatre’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL in 2005. And I didn’t discover its origin until...
by Bernadette Nason | Dec 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
On the Seventh Day of Advent — SANTA CLAUS: THE DEFINITIVE SURVEY From The Guardian, 24th December 1991 Armed with just a sleigh and a reindeer, he allegedly delivers toys to children the world over. Using computers, we assess if it is physically possible. Do you...
by Bernadette Nason | Dec 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Eight Who Played Everyone except Scrooge I’ve been in five different productions of Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL since arriving in America in 1992, excluding my own solo presentation which is in its fifth manifestation. Each has its own special qualities...
by Bernadette Nason | Dec 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
“A CHRISTMAS CAROL” by Charles Dickens (an excerpt) Scrooge and the Ghost passed on, invisible, straight to Scrooge’s clerk’s; and on the threshold of the door the Spirit smiled, and stopped to bless Bob Cratchit’s dwelling with the sprinklings of his torch. Think of...
