This play, with music, is adapted from the second of Charles Dicken's series of holiday tales. In A Christmas Carol, the rich miser Scrooge sees the error of his ways after meeting the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future. The Chimes takes a very different perspective; the action centers around a poor man who is convinced by his 'betters' that the Poor deserve their fate. The Spirits that live in the bell tower of an old church give him a dramatic preview of the future. By the time the bells ring in the New Year, our hero has seen the error of his ways and is ready to see the good in his friends and family.
