Chris Louttit
@drchrislouttit.bsky.social
Victorianist, Dickensian, adaptation scholar. Teaches at Radboud University in NL. Edits English Studies @englishstudies.bsky.social. He/him
Wondering if this is a 2025 trend, or just testament to the bewildering number of stage & screen Carols...
Intrigued by the mini-wave of tweaked, relocated Christmas Carols - both this (comedy musical) one at the Liverpool Royal Court & at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast. Reinventing 'Charlie Dicko' as panto?
The Scouse Christmas Carol review – knockabout comedy with a potty mouth
Paul Duckworth’s sweary Scrooge has romantic history with Marley’s widow in a pun-heavy festive show
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Wondering if this is a 2025 trend, or just testament to the bewildering number of stage & screen Carols...
If I'm remembering right, he's a spiritualist himself, and believes he was the plagiarised 19th-c author (Matthew Franklin Whittier) in a past life. The past life stuff seems to have dropped out of his most recent theories - now all about the supposed plagiarism.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
If I'm remembering right, he's a spiritualist himself, and believes he was the plagiarised 19th-c author (Matthew Franklin Whittier) in a past life. The past life stuff seems to have dropped out of his most recent theories - now all about the supposed plagiarism.
Ah, just seen that they've self-published a book on the 'theft and reworking of A Christmas Carol'. Maybe explains the new burst of emails. Eagerly awaiting one myself now!
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Ah, just seen that they've self-published a book on the 'theft and reworking of A Christmas Carol'. Maybe explains the new burst of emails. Eagerly awaiting one myself now!
Thought the person in question would have given up by now! Apparently they also think Poe couldn't have written 'The Raven'...
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Thought the person in question would have given up by now! Apparently they also think Poe couldn't have written 'The Raven'...
Yes, but not this year! Is it doing the rounds again?
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Yes, but not this year! Is it doing the rounds again?
Just added you!
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just added you!
Great to have you on board & to recognise your earlier contributions to the journal, Dom!
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Great to have you on board & to recognise your earlier contributions to the journal, Dom!