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Dickens for Christmas? Listen to Rogue Theatre's adaptation of "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton"!

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Published December 21, 2023 at 3:18 PM MST

rogue radio goblins hero — Art inspired by "The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton", written by Charles Dickens in 1836.

goblins unsized — Art inspired by "The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton", written by Charles Dickens in 1836.

Dickens for Christmas? Listen to Rogue Theatre's adaptation of "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton"!

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And, listen to an obscure work by Charles Dickens that first appeared as part of Charles Dickens’ “Pickwick Papers” in 1836, seven years before “A Christmas Carol”. The Rogue Theater's Rogue Radio troupe presents a radio drama adaptation of “The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton”, a holiday story with a frightening twist!

Rogue Radio presents Goblins — Rogue Theater has been presenting rich theatrical experiences on stage (and radio) in Tucson for more than 19 years.

The Rogue Radio cast (in order of appearance):

Joseph McGrath

Carley Elizabeth Preston

Ryan Parker Knox

Hunter Hnat

Original music composed and performed by Russell Ronnebaum

Adapted for radio by Cynthia Meier

Directed by Christopher Johnson

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