![]() The costumes, based on fashions of the nineteenth-century London, provide color and texture against the abstract setting. The set furnishings include: Scrooge’s writing desk, the Cratchits’ armchair, and chandeliers for the parties. The props include: candles, lanterns, the little girl’s doll, and platters of food and bowls of drink for Fezziwig’s party. The set is painted black and is hung with dark textured fabrics at the back and sides. A series of stairs and ramps makes a curving sweep from the bed across the upstage area and slopes down to a chair-high platform at left center. The space under it forms the entrance to Scrooge’s office. ![]() A high platform that serves as Scrooge’s bed is at a downstage right. The play is designed to be produced on a simply mounted, nonrealistic setting. Finally, he awakens to the reality of Christmas morning and discovers the joy of giving, loving, and caring for others. The visiting spirits of Christmas force Scrooge to confront people and scenes from his life that remind him of his friendlessness – he even sees his home and his future corpse being rifled by his own servants. Carolers sing fragments of joyous Christmas songs in the corners of Scrooge’s mind, and a little girl with a doll accompanies him on the street and joins him on his dream-journey. ![]() In Frederick Gaines’s theatrical adaptation of Charles Dickens’s story, Scrooge is visited by the spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come in A Christmas Carol, by Frederick Gaines 2 scenes that flow rapidly from one to the next, activated by the setting. Notes on the Play: Ebenezer Scrooge, obsessed with solitude and greed, collides in a nightmare with his own youth and his lost love. Cratchit Gentleman Visitor Tiny Tim Warder Peter Cratchit Sparsit, Scrooge’s servant Boy Cook Girl Charwoman Coachman Jacob Marley First Spirit, the Spirit of Christmas Past Ben Benjamin Jack Walton Young Scrooge Fan, Scrooge’s sister Fezziwig Young Ebenezer Dick Wilkins Sweetheart of Young Ebenezer Scene v-The Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come Scene vi-Scrooge’s ConversionĬast of Characters: Fred, Scrooge’s nephew Second Spirit, the Spirit of Christmas Ebenezer Scrooge Present Bob Cratchit, Scrooge’s clerk Mrs. Scene iii-The Spirit of Christmas Past Scene iv-The Spirit of Christmas Present Scene i-Scrooge in His Shop Scene ii-Scrooge Goes Home The script was edited by Linda Walsh Jenkins with the assistance of Carol K Metz. Cratchit Gentleman Visitor Tiny Tim Warder Peter Cratchit Sparsit, Scrooge’s servant Boy Cook Girl Charwoman Coachman Jacob Marley First Spirit, the Spirit of Christmas Past Ben Benjamin Jack Walton Young Scrooge Fan, Scrooge’s sister Fezziwig Young Ebenezer Dick Wilkins Sweetheart of Young EbenezerĪ Christmas Carol By: Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, Play version adapted by Frederick Gaines This adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was first produced by the Children’s Theatre Company of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts in November 1968. ![]() Sequence of Scenes: Scene i-Scrooge in His Shop Scene ii-Scrooge Goes Home Scene iii-The Spirit of Christmas Past Scene iv-The Spirit of Christmas Present Scene v-The Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come Scene vi-Scrooge ’ s Conversion Cast of Characters: Fred, Scrooge’s nephew Second Spirit, the Spirit of Christmas Ebenezer Scrooge Present Bob Cratchit, Scrooge’s clerk Mrs. 1 A Christmas Carol By: Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, Play version adapted by Frederick Gaines This adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was first produced by the Children’s Theatre Company of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts in November 1968.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |