A Christmas Carol: a Stage Adaptation

By B K Buis

Charles Dickens' classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge comes to life on the stage. This stage adaptation is true to the book and includes all of the famous characters: Scrooge, Cratchit, Tiny Tim, and the three Ghosts. It has also been performed several times onstage.

• Language: English
• Publisher: B K Buis
• Release date: Mar 16, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310483318

B K Buis

B.K. Buis has been a high school Language Arts and Theatre teacher for twenty-seven years. He's written many skits for Pioneer Drama., and The Family Tree is his first young adult novel. He also co-founded and ran a community theatre, The New London Theatre, in Snellville, Georgia.

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A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens

Adapted for the Stage

By

Kirk Buis

by B.K. Buis

Published by Kirk Buis at Smashwords

Copyright 2015 Kirk Buis

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Teachers may copy one class set of this script for classroom work. A royalty fee of $15.00 is due for any performance at which there is a paying audience. Please contact the author at [e-mail] to arrange payment. Performing at a competition, for which there is no paying audience, is free.

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Directors are encouraged to adapt/modify lines/costumes/sets to your own situation.

Cast of Characters

Lamplighter

Ebenezer Scrooge

Townsperson One

Townsperson Two

Child One

Beggar

Bob Cratchit

Nephew

Person One

Person Two

Caroler

Caroline

Husband

Marley’s Ghost

Ghost of Christmas Past

Young Scrooge

School Boy 1

School Boy 2

Parents

Fan

Teen Scrooge

Teen Belle

Older Scrooge

Older Belle

Fezziwig

Mrs. Fezziwig

Fezziwig Daughters

Guests/Suitors

Charles

Children

Ghost of Christmas Present

Mrs. Cratchit

Peter Cratchit

Belinda Cratchit

Jillian Cratchit

Martha Cratchit

Tiny Tim

Niece

Sister

Topper

Ghost of Christmas Future

Businessperson One

Businessperson Two

Businessperson Three

Old Joe

Charwoman

Laundress

Undertaker’s Wife

Turkey Boy

Townspeople/Carolers

ACT ONE

(AT RISE: As the house lights dim, different groups of carolers enter from various points in the theater. Each group is singing a different uptempo carol, such as I Saw Three Ships, Good King Wenceslas, or We Wish You a Merry Christmas. The LAMPLIGHTER enters, watches as the carolers exit and, as he speaks, lights the first lamp.)

LAMPLIGHTER: Once upon a time, Marley was dead! There was no doubt about it! He was as dead as a doornail. Did Scrooge know he was dead? Oh, yes! This must be distinctly understood! Otherwise, nothing wonderful can come of the story we are about to relate.

(HE waves his hand and all the other lamps come on.)

LAMPLIGHTER: For Scrooge never painted out old Marley’s name. There it hung above the warehouse door: Scrooge and Marley.

(Light hits Scrooge and Marley sign above the counting house.)

LAMPLIGHTER: Now, some people called Scrooge Scrooge, and others called him Marley. But he answered to both names; it was all the same to him. And on this particular Christmas eve, in cold, bleak, biting weather --- Old Scrooge sat in his counting house.

(Lights rise on SCROOGE in the counting house. Behind him is CRATCHIT.)