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Christmas Carol, A (Mortimer)

  • John Mortimer
  • Full Length Play, Christmas/Holiday, Drama
  • 20M or F
  • ISBN: 9780573017339

Dramatized with flair and wit in a version first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, this adaptation of the ageless story captures Dickens' ironic point of view, while it creates a panoramic view of Victorian London.

  • Full Length Play
  • Christmas/Holiday, Drama

Dramatized with flair and wit in a version first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, this adaptation of the ageless story captures Dickens' ironic point of view, while it creates a panoramic view of Victorian London. All of the much loved characters are in place. Cast and staging requirements are extremely flexible; this is ample opportunity for creative doubling.

Premiere Production: A Christmas Carol was commissioned and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre, London, on 28th November, 1994.
  • Casting: 20M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Expandable casting
  • Casting Notes: Large flexible casting

  • EBENEZER SCROOGE
    BOB CRATCHIT
    FRED - Scrooge's nephew
    TWO PORTLY GENTLEMEN
    TINY TIM
    JACOB MARLEY'S GHOST
    MRS. CRATCHIT
    PETER CRATCHIT
    BELINDA CRATCHIT
    MARTHA CRATCHIT
    TWO SMALLER CRATCHIT - a boy and a girl
    THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PAST
    CHILD SCROOGE
    ALI BABA - non-speaking
    MORGIANA - non-speaking
    ROBINSON CRUSOE - non-speaking
    MAN FRIDAY - non-speaking
    SINBAD THE SAILOR - non-speaking
    YOUNG SCROOGE
    HEADMASTER
    FAN - Scrooge's sister
    FEZZIWIG
    DICK WILKINS - Fezziwig's other apprentice
    MRS. FEZZIWIG
    THREE MISSES FEZZIWIG
    BELLE - once engaged to Scrooge
    BELLE'S HUSBAND
    BELLE'S DAUGHTER THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT
    SCROOGE'S NEPHEW
    FRED'S WIFE
    MISS ROSIE - the Plump Sister
    TOPPER
    GUESTS AT FRED'S PARTY
    IGNORANCE - a boy
    WANT - a girl
    THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS YET TO COME
    FIRST BUSINESSMAN
    SECOND BUSINESSMAN
    THIRD BUSINESSMAN
    FOURTH BUSINESSMAN
    FIRST IMPORTANT MAN
    SECOND IMPORTANT MAN
    MAN ON SCROOGE'S CORNER OF THE EXCHANGE
    OLD JOE - a receiver of stolen property
    CHARWOMAN
    MRS. DILBER - a laundress
    AN UNDERTAKER'S MAN
    CAROLINE
    WILLIAM
    THEIR CHILD
    BOY IN SUNDAY CLOTHES
    POULTERER'S MAN
    FRED'S MAID
    SAILORS, MINERS, LIGHTHOUSE MEN, etc.
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    Dramatized with flair and wit in a version first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, this adaptation of the ageless story captures Dickens' ironic point of view, while it creates a panoramic view of Victorian London. All of the much loved characters are in place. Cast and staging requirements are extremely flexible; this is ample opportunity for creative doubling.

    $24.95