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A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Adapted by Jerome McDonough from Dickens' classic.

Product Code: CL1000

  • One-act Play
  • Drama
  • Cast size: 12 to 30 actors, either gender, flexible.

    Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

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This title can be licensed and sold throughout the World.

* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.

$9.95 /script

Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

In stock

Synopsis

Marrying fidelity to Dickens' words with open, simple staging and costuming, McDonough's script is fresh and highly performable.A Christmas Carol has been one of the favorite presentations on Christmas programs for more than a century. Due to the multiple sets and numerous characters required, many dramatizations have failed in their presentations. Now, Jerome McDonough's adaptation offers an exciting style. Scene changes are effected by members of the "living cyclorama" (the chorus), thus maintaining the flow of the play even during slight pauses in the action. Characters enter the scenes from their positions on the cyclorama. This simplification of the physical aspects of the play has the added advantage of making the entire production highly portable. The original cast, for example, performed the entire play five times in five different schools in the time span of a single school day.

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Details

  • Status

    In stock

  • Type of Show One-act Play
  • Product Code CL1000
  • Cast Size 12
  • Min. Royalty Rate $40/perf
  • Cost $9.95
  • Approx. Run Time 35 min

Categories

  • Target Audience Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
  • Performing Group Middle School | High School | Dinner Theatre
  • Genre Drama
  • ISBN(13) 9780886800246
* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.

Customer Reviews

"We have done this several times and we and our audience love it."
Review by Harold Tighe, Sullivan City Dramatic Workshop, Swan Lake, NY

Productions

Location City State Opens Closes
Parkview Church Miamisburg Ohio 12/13/2024 12/14/2024
Columbus Middle School Columbus Nebraska 12/6/2024 12/7/2024
Walnut Grove High School Loganville Georgia 12/6/2024 12/7/2024
Fairfield High School Fairfield California 12/12/2024 12/14/2024
Burleson High School Burleson Texas 12/13/2024 12/14/2024
Eternity Church Princeton Minnesota 12/15/2024 12/15/2024
Parkwood Hill Int Fort Worth Texas 12/12/2024 12/13/2024