Carol's Christmas pantomime script

CAROL'S CHRISTMAS
By Peter Foord
An ingenious reworking of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens as a pantomime. While remaining faithful to the original, Peter Foord introduces pantomimic elements such as Principal Boy & Girl, Dame, and two sets of comic duos, plus original lyrics and music.

Plot Summary
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge totally resists the idea of Christmas, and refuses to let his daughter Carol marry his clerk, Bob Cratchit. Bob and Carol with the help of Mrs Scrooge and their friends have a cunning plan to try to make Scrooge see the error of his ways. The plan is to appear before Scrooge as ghosts of Christmas Past Present and Future, but they had reckoned without the ghost of Jacob Marley appearing as well ...
ISBN 1 904930 90 5

CAST 3 MALE 1 FEMALE 6 M/F PARTS

MAIN PARTS

Carol, Scrooge's daughter (PG)
Mrs Scrooge, the Dame
Bob Cratchit, clerk (PB)
Bob Roberts &
Will Williams, comedy duo Ebenezer Scrooge, miser
Hammer &
Nails, comedy duo
Thomas the Cat
Marley's Ghost

3 MAIN SETS
Production notes inc FX and musical numbers suggested.

Script Sample - Bah! Wine Gums!

The door opens and Hammer and Nails enter followed by handfuls of snow

Hammer We’re back Mr Scrooge. It seems to be gettin’ even colder out there.
Nails (aside) It don’t seem any warmer in here.
Scrooge I hope you have managed to collect lots of money in for me.
Hammer Not as much as you was expecting, Mr Scrooge. They seems to be avoiding us today.
Scrooge Then we will have to see how they like living on the streets then, shan’t we? It seems we are going to have a busy day tomorrow.
Hammer Tomorrow, sir? But tomorrow is Christmas Day. Surely you is not expecting us to work tomorrow?
Nails Yes sir, tomorrow’s Christmas Day.
Hammer I just said that, you idiot.
Scrooge Christmas, that’s all I keep hearing. Bah, wine gums!
Hammer It is customary to ’ave time off over Christmas, Mr Scrooge.
Scrooge Oh, it is, is it? And how long is it customary to have off, then?
Nails The ’ole day at least, sir.
Scrooge A whole day! And I suppose the business will run itself during this time?
Hammer Well sir, nobody else’ll be working, so you won’t have no-one to do business wiv anyway.
Bob And of course, in one way you will be saving money because you won’t have to use any coal to heat the office.
Nails (looks at Bob and gives thumbs up) Good one, Bob!
Scrooge Bah! Wine gums! Very well, it looks as though I can’t win this time. Take the day off if you must but I will expect you in all the earlier on the next day to make up!
Hammer Thank you, Mr Scrooge. You’re very kind.

Hammer, Nails and Bob all look very pleased with themselves. Bob goes back to his desk and Hammer and Nails sort out the books on the table DC. Nails then places a book on his head and starts to walk around the stage

Hammer What do you think you are doing?
Nails I’m practising to be like Mr Scrooge.
Hammer What on earth are you talking about? Why are you walking around with that book on your head?
Nails I’m balancing the accounts!
Hammer Idiot!
Nails Here, I meant to ask you somefing. You know that bloke who used to work here before me? What was ’e like?
Hammer Well he was ever so tall, six foot six if ‘e was an inch. He had muscles out ’ere and he was as ’ard as a brick wall. Why?
Nails What was his name?
Hammer ‘E was called … (in a deep voice) Tiny Tim.
Nails Well, where did he go to?
Hammer He went to ’elp the police with their enquiries.
Nails Oh, yeah. So where is ‘e now?
Hammer Well apparently he was so helpful they’ve taken ’im on full time. ’E’s at a place called Wormwood Scrubs, I think!

from Carol's Christmas, Act 1 Scene 5

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