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Christmas Carol, A (Ludlam)

A faithful, authentic adaptation of the evergreen Christmas tale.

The New York Times

A perfect holiday entertainment.

SoHo Weekly News

A delicious family treat.

Christian Science Monitor

  • Full Length Play
  • Christmas/Holiday, Drama

A Ridiculous but surprisingly faithful rendition of the Dickens classic in which Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by the ghosts of his late partner, Jacob Marley, Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come. Faced with his own mortality, and the evil results of his misanthropic, miserly ways, Scrooge is redeemed, reconciled with his nephew and his neighbors, and becomes a second father to his assistant's son, Tiny Tim.

Ludlam finds the humor as well as the pathos in this Victorian melodrama, creating the most Dickensian and stageworthy adaptation yet.

REVIEWS:

A faithful, authentic adaptation of the evergreen Christmas tale.

The New York Times

A perfect holiday entertainment.

SoHo Weekly News

A delicious family treat.

Christian Science Monitor
Premiere Production: A Christmas Carol was first produced by the Ridiculous Theatrical Company at the Charles Ludlam Theatre in the December of 1979.
  • Casting: 17M, 14F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Cross gender casting

  • SCROOGE
    BOB CRATCHIT
    NEPHEW
    GENTLEMAN #1
    GENTLEMAN #2
    BOY
    MARLEY
    CHRISTMAS PAST
    LITTLE SCROOGE
    FAN
    FEZZIWIG
    MRS. FEZZIWIG
    DICK
    GUESTS AT THE FEZZIWIGS' (dancers)
    GIRL
    SCROOGE-THE-MAN
    MOTHER (girl married)
    FATHER
    CHRISTMAS PRESENT
    MRS. CRATCHIT
    MISS BELINDA
    LITTLE BOY
    LITTLE GIRL
    MARTHA
    TINY TIM
    MINERS
    NIECE
    TOPPER
    PLUMP BEAUTY
    WANT
    IGNORANCE
    CHRISTMAS FUTURE
    BUSINESSMAN #1
    BUSINESSMAN #2
    BUSINESSMAN #3
    MAN A
    MAN B
    BAG LADY
    OLD JOE
    MRS. DILBER
    HE
    SHE
    PETER
    BOY
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    A Ridiculous but surprisingly faithful rendition of the Dickens classic in which Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by the ghosts of his late partner, Jacob Marley, Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come. Faced with his own mortality, and the evil results of his misanthropic, miserly ways, Scrooge is redeemed, reconciled with his nephew and his neighbors, and becomes a second father to his assistant's son, Tiny Tim. Ludlam finds the humor as well as the pathos in this Victorian melodrama, creating the most Dickensian and stageworthy adaptation yet.

    $24.95