A Christmas Carol

Dickens famous classic ghost story,which sticks close to the original with minimum narration.
It is Christmas Eve. The grasping, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley, who warns Scrooge that he is to be haunted by three Spirits - Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet To Come. Each spirit escorts Scrooge through scenes of his youth and the life of his clerk, Bob Cratchit, whose family includes the crippled Tiny Tim. The shape of things to come are brought to him if he doesn’t change his ways. Having seen how others face adversity with courage and forbearance, Scrooge determines to change his ways from skinflint to generous benefactor - starting with the Cratchit family.

The original musical version was first performed at the RSC’s Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, December 1998. (See Musicals section)
Directed by Wilson Roberts,
with Brian Manvell as Scrooge.
Would suit operatic societies

'Truly magical moments' (Stratford Standard)

Charles Dickens
Fred, Scrooge’s nephew
Emily, his wife
Topper, Fred’s friend
Rose, Topper’s fiancee
Scrooge, a miser
Bob Cratchit, his clerk
Two charity workers
Mrs Dilber, housekeeper
The ghost of Jacob Marley
The Spirit of Christmas Past
Young Ebenezer Scrooge
Fanny, his sister
A Schoolmaster
Fezziwig,
Dick Wilkins,
Mrs Fezziwig
Two Fezziwig daughters
Belle, Scrooge’s past fiancee
Spirit of Christmas Present
A barrow boy
A bystander
Mrs Cratchit, Bob’s wife
Martha, their elder daughter

Peter, their eldest son
Belinda, another daughter
Tiny Tim, their lame son
Another son and daughter
Ignorance, an Urchin girl
Want, a similar young boy
Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come
Portly business man
Thin business man
Third business man
Charwoman
Undertaker’s man
Old Joe, a second hand dealer
Young errand boy
GROUPS
Four Ladies of the Street*
School children
Fezziwig’s party guests
Miners*
Sailors*
A poor family*
Lighthouse keepers
Villagers & Revellers*