A CHRISTMAS CAROL

(based on the novella by Charles Dickens)

By Tom Smith

Characters:

SCROOGE

BOB CRATCHIT

FRED

GENTLEMAN 1

GENTLEMAN 2

CAROLLING BOY

GHOST OF JACOB MARLEY

GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST

FAN

YOUNG EBENEZER

MR. FEZZIWIG

WILL DICKINS

EBENEZER

MRS. FEZZIWIG

BELLE

CLOVIA

SAPHRONELLA

PARTY GUESTS

GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT

MRS. CRATCHIT

PETER CRATCHIT

BELINDA CRATCHIT

MARTHA CRATCHIT

TINY TIM CRATCHIT

FRED's WIFE

TOPPER

NEGLECT (BOY)

WANT (GIRL)

GHOST OF CHRISTMAS YET TO COME

BUTCHER

FISHMONGER

CHARWOMAN

OLD JOE

LAUNDRESS

BOY (OFFSTAGE VOICE)

(May be doubled with as few as 5M, 3W)

Time/Place: 1880s and before and after; London.

Running time: 100 minutes.

Summary: Dickens' classic story of miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge, who is visited one Christmas Eve by the Ghosts of Past, Present, and Yet-to-Come. This adaptation includes four simple songs and a dance.