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By Hannah Story

David Wenham stars in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol in Melbourne in first stage role in a decade

When David Wenham walked into rehearsals for A Christmas Carol in October, he felt the same way he did as a young actor preparing for his very first roles.

"First day of rehearsal, I'm [still] exactly the same. I'm extremely nervous because I don't know what's going to happen," he says.

The 57-year-old hasn't stepped onto a stage in almost a decade – since he played the guilt-ridden John Proctor in The Crucible at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2013.

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