A solo performance of the historic 1868 public reading text with live musical underscore Performed by Frank Babbitt A Christmas Carol in Four Staves is a one-man performance of the historic 1868 public reading text that Dickens used while on his extensive public reading tours in Europe and America. After many public readings over several years, Dickens reduced the reading time to ninety minutes by dividing the story into four staves (or chapters), while retaining the…