Cast: 5 principal roles (total variable 13 to 52.) This adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol was selected by the Playwrights' Center of Minneapolis. It is especially suited to the needs of high schools and community theatres, since it has an assortment of fine roles for women. What happened to Ebenezer Scrooge after the immortal Christmas Day? It seems he married and had a son, who had a son, who moved to America and had a daughter, Ernestina, who is the leading lady of this play. Area staging. Approximate running time: 70 minutes.