Dickins' Christmas is a re-interpretation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, set in Melbourne in the mid-1950s. Jack Gruel presides over the Maudlin Theatre Company counting his pennies as he brings British Theatre to the Antipodes. His company, though, is frustrated by his slavish devotion to another culture. One has the temerity to attempt writing an Australian play much to Jack's amused astonishment. But then three spirits come who show Jack a different way and convince him it is time to change. (From publisher's blurb)
