Ebeneezer
Scrooge is spending his Christmas Eve in the usual way;
claiming that all those who make merry at this festive
time are fools. As he says, "What's Christmas but a
time of paying debts with no money, becoming another year
older and not one penny the richer?"
After ordering his clerk Bob Cratchit to return to work
in the Scrooge & Marley counting house the next
morning, he settles down to sleep. During the night, the
ghost of his late partner Jacob Marley visits him and
shows him the errors of his selfish ways. He awakens to
find that it is Christmas morning, and can put right all
of his past wrongs.
Shenley Leisure Centre
Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 November 2000 |
Ebeneezer Scrooge |
Keith Jones |
The Ghost of Jacob
Marley |
Gareth Viccars |
Bob Cratchit |
Tim Hawthorn |
Mrs Fred, Scrooge's
niece |
Shirley Jones |
Polly |
Hilary Lane |
Two Ladies |
Emily Canvin
Kim Matthews |
Scrooge's
sweetheart |
Jean Stratford |
Mrs Cratchit |
Libby Hawthorn |
Peta Cratchit |
Kim Matthews |
Belinda Cratchit |
Jennifer Lane |
Martha Cratchit |
Emily
Canvin |
Tiny Tim |
Luke
Wilson |
The Spirit of Christmas
Present |
Shirley
Jones |
Three Waifs |
Jennifer
Lane
Hilary Lane
Jack Wilson |
Mrs Dilber, a char |
Jean
Stratford |
Jo, a receiver of
stolen goods |
Shirley
Jones |
Scrooge as a young boy |
Jennifer
Lane |
Front
of House |
Joanne
Pennant & Frank Walker |
Costume |
Group
Wardrobe |
Lighting
and Sound |
Frank
& Joan Walker |
Make-up |
Clarence
Gill |
Prompt |
Valerie
Brown |
Pianist |
Geoff
Long |
Producer |
Joan
Walker |
See also our productions of 'A
Christmas Carol' in 1977 and 1987.
"Is this the place?" Mrs Fred,
Scrooge's niece,
pays Ebeneezer a visit on Christmas Eve.
"At this festive time of year, Mr Scrooge, it is
more than usually desirable that we should make some
slight provision for the poor and destitute."
Scrooge is asked for a charitable donation.
"What do you think you're doing?"
- "Going home, sir." - "Home?"
"I've come to take you home, dear brother.
Home for good and all."
Marley shows Ebeneezer a vision of himself as a young
boy, with his sister Fan.
"All that made my love of any worth or value has now
been displaced by another idol - an idol made of
gold." Scrooge's sweetheart breaks off their
engagement in another vision.
"God bless us!" - "God
bless us every one!"
At home with the Cratchits.
"What's this I see? Young children
ragged, starving, homeless..."
"I suppose you've heard he's dead?" -
"Dead? No! When did it happen?"
A vision of the future.
Scrooge and Marley survey the
visions before them.
"Do you know if they've sold the prize turkey that
was hanging in the poulterer's shop?"
- "What, the one as big as me?"
Scrooge decides to make amends with the purchase of
Christmas dinner.
Miracles still happen at Christmas...
...it's a magic time of year.
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