Comment by tomatocracy

Yes - it's much closer to the original novella than the other well known stage/TV/film adaptations and the range Stewart displays (playing more than 30 characters) really does show how good an actor he was. Reportedly it was inspired by Dickens's own readings of the story in the 19th century.

I saw him performing this show when it was revived for a run at the Old Vic in London in 2005 and it was even better seeing it in person. I'm so glad I was able to do that, it's still memorable more than 20 years later.