A Christmas Carol
Synopsis
Kevin D. Ferguson’s A Christmas Carol is a faithful adaptation of Dickens’ novella sure to please any fan of the original Christmas-time ghost story and amaze younger audience members new to the telling. Full of authentic Victorian Christmas carols that conjure the Yuletide mood, this family-friendly telling of the classic story nevertheless maintains the spookier edge of this cautionary tale. Come follow Ebeneezer Scrooge as the ghosts take him on a journey of redemption sure to put the “fa la la la la” in everyone’s holiday.
Cast of Characters
(with suggested doublingDICK WILKINS, Apprentice Scrooge's fellow apprentice; EDWIN THE
STREET VENDOR; THE UNDERTAKER'S MAN; PARTY-GOER ONE; BUSINESS MAN
ONE; POULTERER
SCROOGE'S NEPHEW FRED, a persistently cheerful young man; APPRENTICE
SCROOGE; QUARTET MEMBER ONE; ANGRY PASSER-BY
JACOB MARLEY, the ghost of Scrooge's business partner; GHOST OF
CHRISTMAS YET TO COME
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT; FEZZIWIG, a jovial old man, Scrooge's
old master; OLD JOE
GENTLEMAN, a benevolent philanthropist; QUARTET MEMBER TWO; BUSINESS
MAN TWO
TINY TIM CRATCHIT; YOUNGEST SCROOGE, abandoned at school; PASSER-BY
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GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST; MARTHA CRATCHIT, old enough to be 'in-
service'; PARTY-GOER TWO; CHARWOMAN; LADY ONE
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MRS. FEZZIWIG, Fezziwig's wife; MRS. CRATCHIT, Bob's wife;
PASSER-BY; PARTY-GOER THREE; MRS. DILBER THE LAUNDRESS; LADY TWO
EBENEEZER SCROOGE, an elderly skinflint
BOB CRATCHIT, his haggard but kindly clerk
LITTLE FAN SCROOGE, Young Scrooge's younger sister; BELINDA
CRATCHIT, still too young to be 'in-service'; PASSER-BY
YOUNG SCROOGE, rescued from boarding school by his sister Fan;
PETER CRATCHIT, nearly old enough to be apprenticed; BOY
SINGER; PASSER-BY
BELLE, Scrooge's former fiance; QUARTET MEMBER THREE
SCROOGE'S NEPHEW FRED'S WIFE; CAROLINE; QUARTET MEMBER FOUR
