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A Christmas Carol (Barlow)
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 3m
“Picking a man’s pocket every twenty-fifth of December! It’s not fair sir d’ye hear me? Just not fair.”
It wouldn’t be Christmas without A Christmas Carol. In this new stage version, Patrick Barlow takes Charles Dickens’ classic story of greed, grief, ghoulish ghosts and eleventh-hour redemption, and makes it feel brand new again.
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Cast Size
2w, 3m -
Subgenre
Adaptation (Literature)
Accolades
- Nominee: 2016 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
Details
Summary
This adaptation brings the timeless tale to life with just five actors and all the wit, flair and theatrical invention you’d expect from Patrick Barlow, who brought The 39 Stepsto the stage so memorably.
Charles Dickens’ tale, adapted by Olivier Award winning and Tony nominated Patrick Barlow, returned to the stage of the Noël Coward Theatre in 2015, starring Jim Broadbent as Ebenezer Scrooge. Other plays adapted by Patrick Barlow include The 39 Steps, also published by Samuel French.
- Time Period Victorian (British and American)
- Features Period Costumes
- Additional Features Puppetry, Special Effects
Media
"...A true gift of a Christmas show." — LondonTheatre.co.uk
"Warm and familiar." — The Stage
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Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Patrick Barlow
Besides his version of Lew Wallace’s Ben Hur, Patrick Barlow’s Olivier-nominated adaptation of A Christmas Carol has played off-Broadway and London’s West End while his 4-person adaptation of The 39 Steps has played in over forty countries worldwide, winning Olivier, Helpmann ...