Neil Gaiman as Charles Dickens: A Dramatic Reading of A Christmas Carol

Novelist and comic-book auteur Neil Gaiman, the creative force behind The Sandman and American Gods, recounted Charles Dickens's supernatural Christmas novella in a celebrated 2013 reading at the New York Public Library. Now he dons a top hat and beard once more in a pair of shows at the Town Hall; writer and podcaster Molly Oldfield provides historical background to set the scene.