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A Christmas Carol -Charles Dickens | |
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old man who believes that Christmas is just an excuse for people to miss work and for idle people to expect handouts. He doesn't believe in all of the good cheer and charity that the season promotes, and he makes sure everyone knows it.
That night, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business associate, Jacob Marley -- a man who was as greedy and cold as Scrooge is. Marley warns Scrooge that if he continues to live so selfishly, he will spend eternity wearing the chains that his greed has built.
Three ghosts visit Scrooge successively: the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. They show Scrooge his error in valuing money over people. Scrooge is frightened by the bleak picture of his life and promises to change his ways.
Scrooge awakes on Christmas morning a new man. He becomes jolly and charitable, and truly turns into the man he promised the ghosts he would become. He carries the spirit of Christmas with him all the year round.
| Ebenezer Scrooge | Dean Day |
| Bob Cratchit | Melvyn Freake |
| Ghost Of Jacob Marley | George Penfield |
| Ghost of Christmas Past | Lynsie Campling |
| Ghost of Christmas Present | Paul Jackson |
| Ghost of Christmas yet to come | David Pitchford |
| Narrator | Val Tillett |
| Tiny Tim | Zac Bihmoytine |
| Mrs Cratchit | Lorraine Macciochi |
| Martha Cratchit | Christina Coxell |
| Belinda Cratchit |
Abbie Charles |
| Mr Fezziwig | David Pitchford |
| Mrs Fezziwig | Beryl Rudge |
| Young Scrooge | Alec Bennie |
| Young Marley | Paul Jackson |
| Belle | Katie Wallington |
| Dick Wilkins | Kevin Lemon |
| Miss Fezziwig | Christina Coxell |
| Child Scrooge |
Zac Bihmoytine |
| Fanny | Abbie Charles |
| Fred | Tom Dale |
| Mrs Fred | Katherine Mclean |
| Topper | Peter Coxell |
| Miss Dora | Becky Dear |
| Party Man | Kevin Lemon |
| Party Women | Lynsie Campling |
| Charity Man 1 | Colin Seabrook |
| Charity Man 2 | Peter Coxell |
| Bailiff 1 | David Pitchford |
| Bailiff 2 | Colin Seabrook |
| Thompkins | Peter Taylor |
| Mrs Thompkins |
Vandana Verma |
| Businessman 1 | Peter Taylor |
| Businessman 2 | Melvyn Freake |
| Old Joe | George Penfield |
| Char woman | Laura McHugh |
| Mrs Dilber | Pauline Cunningham |
| Turkey Boy | Zac Bihmoytine |
| Towns Woman | Liz Charles |
| Directed By | Dean Day |
| Assistant Director | Paul Jackson |
| Assistant Director | George Penfield |
| Set Design | Greg Tillett |
| Stage Manager | Greg Tillett |
| Set construction | Greg Tillett, Nigel
Kathro, Peter Taylor, Colin Seabrook, Dave Dale and members of Parkside Players |
| Sound | Stephen Wade |
| Costumes | Coral Kathro, Beryl
Rudge, Lorraine Macciochi, Val Tillett |
| Properties | Beryl Rudge |
| Prompt | Val Tillett |
| Front Of House | Members of the Company |
| Publicity | Lynsie Campling |
| Programme | Stephen Wade |
| Musical Arrangement | Paul Jackson, Katherine Mclean |