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A Christmas Carol For Edgar Allan Poe at The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre

A Christmas Carol For Edgar Allan Poe at The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre

Everyone’s going to want a little bit of whatever the Spirit of Fortune (Anthony Parker) is drinking. An imbibing spirit from the moment he topples down through the chimney and out of the fireplace, this play of ‘Ghost of Christmas Present’ is nothing short of witty, amusing, and heartily out of sorts with the rest of the characters, but in a pleasantly unexpected way.