The Ghosts In Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol

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Just like the decorations in stores, one clear signal of the holiday season is the staging of Charles Dickens’s novel A Christmas Carol. The play poses a particular challenge to designers, who need to make the ghosts that lead to scrooges spiritual awakening seem supernatural. At the renowned Guthrie theater in Minneapolis, several original effects meet the plays’ design challenges. The Ghosts of Christmas Past costume is strung with Christmas lights seem to grow out of the actor’s fingertips while on his head is an illuminated candle hat. Even more striking is the Ghost of Christmas Present’s cornucopia, which shoots flames out of its’ horn. While the Ghost of Christmas Future is a stark black robe. However, the actor wearing it’s perched