MOURNFUL MARLEY IS A MULTI-VOICED GEM!

It’s may appear unfair to start a review of a “Christmas Carol” production—particularly the inventive and multi-faceted audio-only version that is now being performed live by A Theatre In The Dark—with mention of the famous opening line “Marley was dead, to begin with… Dead as a doornail.” Then I thought, what exactly is a doornail and why in the Dickens does that grouping of words work so well whenever this classic comes to mind?