# A Christmas Carol

## Metadata

- Slug: a-christmas-carol
- Type: Full-length Play
- Genre: Drama
- Acts: 2 acts
- Duration: 60–90 minutes
- Cast: Large (15+)
- Cast Summary: 4-10+ male, 7-17+ female, 7+ any gender (*may be reduced with doubling) 
- Movement Requirements: Opportunity for minimal dancing during Fezziwig flashback
- Technical Requirements: Some optional lighting and sound effects, but can be minimal
- Performing Groups:
  - Professional Theatre
  - Community Theatre
  - College/University
  - High School/Secondary
- Primary Image: https://content.uproartheatrics.com/4qapno53y6y0jb098v9ut81o7pwn

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## Authors

- By Tracy Wells (author slug: tracy-wells)

## Overview

**It's the Christmas Carol you know, but with more of the people who make Scrooge's redemption possible.****
Playwright Tracy Wells embraces everything that has made Dickens' classic endure for generations.  In addition, she has smartly expanded the roles of characters like Belle, Fan, and Mrs. Cratchit, giving greater depth to the women whose lives help shape Scrooge's journey. An ensemble of Storytellers carries Dickens' original prose through the production, allowing his wit, humor, and lyricism to echo beyond the pages of his novel. Use them as individual tracks for a large cast, or double-cast with named characters for a smaller cast size.
In summary: everything we love about *A Christmas Carol*, but with more good stuff for the women, and flexibly-cast Storytellers. It's the opposite of a bah humbug.
**Looking for the one-act version? [Here you go!](https://www.uproartheatrics.com/shows/a-christmas-carol-one-act)**

## Plot

Ebenezer Scrooge is a miser…just ask his faithful employee Bob Cratchitt. So it’s no surprise that when Scrooge goes home on Christmas Eve, he expects a night like any other: a solitary evening complete with a meager meal and turning in early to bed.  But when he is awakened by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley and told that he must change his ways to avoid a terrible fate, Scrooge is whisked away on a journey through his life that he never expected.

## Cast

| Name | Description |
| ---- | ---- |
| STORYTELLERS | Townspeople or any medium to smaller named roles who deepen the story: any gender, any number 2-30+ (suggested at least 5). |
| EBENEZER SCROOGE   | Miserly owner of counting house; male.
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| GHOST OF JACOB MARLEY |   Scrooge’s deceased former partner; male. |
| GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST   |     The first specter; any gender.                   
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| GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT  |  The second specter; any gender.
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| GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE |     The third specter; any gender.
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| BOB CRATCHITT	 |                              Scrooge’s clerk; male.
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| MRS. CRATCHITT            |             	       Wife of Bob Cratchitt; female. |
| TINY TIM      |                                       The Cratchitt’s disabled son; male. |
| PETER              |                                  Crachitt’s oldest son; male.                     
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| MARTHA |                                          Cratchitt’s daughter; female.          
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| BELINDA   |                                           Cratchitt’s daughter; female.       
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| CAROLINE       |                               Cratchitt’s daughter; female.                     |
| SARAH    |                                       Cratchitt’s daughter; female. 	         |
| 1ST SOLICITOR  |               	     Money collector for the poor; any gender.  
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| 2ND SOLICITOR |                  Money collector for the poor; any gender. |
| FRED     |                                   Scrooge’s nephew; male. |
| CATHERINE     |                                               Fred’s wife; female. |
|  ELIZABETH       |                                              A party guest; female.
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| YOUNG SCROOGE | Age 8 and age 18; male, may be 2 actors. |
| FAN  |                                   Scrooge’s sister age 18 and later 22; female.
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| FEZZIWIG      |                                           	     Scrooge’s employer; male.
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| MRS. FEZZIWIG         |                             	        	Fezziwig’s wife; female.
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| RICHARD          |                                       	   Fezziwig’s apprentice; male.
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| MARY       |                                                 	   Fezziwig’s daughter; female.
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| BELLE     |                                                  	    Scrooge’s lost love; female.
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| YOUNG BELLE      |                               Age 18 and later 30; female.
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| GEORGE |                                               Belle’s husband; male.
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| YOUNG CHARLOTTE    |                       Belle’s daughter, age 10; female.
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| CHARLOTTE   |                                    Belle’s daughter; adult female.
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| MRS. DILBUR  |                                        Thief; female.
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| MRS. BURROWS    |                                          Thief; female.     	
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| MRS. TURNER  |                                         	  Thief; female.
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| ERRAND CHILD   |                                               	any gender.
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## Materials

### Available for additional fee:

| Name | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| 60-Minute Talkback with the Creator | A 60-minute Zoom/Google Meet with the show's creator. Licensees and guests can ask questions, share experiences, and hear about the artistic journey of the show and creative team. This can be scheduled before or after the performances. If we are unable to make scheduling work, the cost will be refunded. |
| Video Recording License | License to create an archival recording of the show that may be distributed to the cast and crew. This does not allow publicly posting the performance. |