Irish Mensa Lecture & Discussion: The Man Who Invented Christmas: Film Adaptations of Dickens' A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol (1843) is the most filmed and televised of Dickens' works. Many will warmly remember the 1951 Alastair Sim version, but how many are aware of "Carol for Another Christmas" (1964), a propaganda film produced in support of the UN, or "The Passions of Carol" (1975), which attempted to highlight the evil of the pornography industry?

How do the different versions reflect the politics and culture of their own particular times? What makes a good Carol movie? Is it truth to the original or is it something else?

Our Speaker:
Dr. Christine Corton is a Senior Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge. She has worked for many years in publishing houses including Hamish Hamilton and Penguin, and was Production Director at Boxtree Books. She is Chair of the Lunchtime Seminar Series at Wolfson College and also sits on the Committee of the Humanities Society.

This is a FREE virtual event, with no need to register in advance. Just click on the Zoom link below when it is time to join the meeting.

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The lecture will take place at 7 p.m., Irish time. Consider using WorldTimeBuddy for your local equivalent.

For more information, contact Mary Reilly at mary@craftcottage.ie.