To play this audio you need to enable JavaScript. In this episode, you'll get to know Ebenezer Scrooge. Nobody seems to be able to get a kind word or even a smile out of him. Listen to what he has ...

Marley was dead: to begin with. Following a phenomenally successful run in 2021, Mark Gatiss’ retelling of Dickens’ winter ghost story returns to the hauntingly atmospheric Alexandra Palace Theatre.

This Christmas, I’m feeling particularly fortunate to have a ghost of my own, albeit one less chain-encumbered and more benign than Marley. I haven’t seen the ghost in our house, but I have ...

Bob Cratchit is new this season, too. He's played by Anthony Irons, who is not as memorable as some I've seen but does make Scrooge's clerk a genuine nice guy who is sorely put-upon by his boss. Bri ...

Michael Russotto in ‘A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas.’ Photo by Teresa Castracane Photography. Truly, here the language is the star. Phrases such as “God bless us, every one!” and ...

Marley's ghost is shackled eternally to "the chains I forged in life" for his avarice, cold, isolated existence, and contempt for humanity. Marley's tormented soul, Scrooge's doppelgänger ...

Harvey Kurtzman's Marley's Ghost is available in comic shops now and will be released in bookstores on December 24. You can preorder a copy on Amazon.

In “Marley’s Ghost” (1843), Scrooge’s former partner who has just died is an unexpected visitor on Christmas Eve. Dressed in his burial clothes, Marley drags chains and weights, the penance for his ...

In “Marley’s Ghost” (1843), Scrooge’s former partner who has just died is an unexpected visitor on Christmas Eve. Dressed in his burial clothes, Marley drags chains and weights, the penance for his ...

Jacob Marley (Samuel Richie) is the first ghost we see, clanking out from under Scrooge’s bed weighed down by chains. In truly ghoulish makeup and with the ensemble echoing his wails from the rafters, ...

The Ghost of Christmas Present reveals to Scrooge the struggles of his employee Bob Cratchit and the Cratchit family, with Miss Piggy as his wife, including the grave illness of his son Tiny Tim.

The night of Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley. Scrooge is surprised to see Marley adorned with heavy chains and money boxes as a show of ...