Set: No set, simple props.
Synopsis: The first of two adaptations of Dickens' Christmas classic, this one for performance to younger children. The original miserable miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, receives
a visit from the Spirit of Christmas.
Running time: Around 15 minutes (Caution! This is very dependent on your production.)
Notes: 'Including a simple song and a few pantomime style gags, there is also ample room to add your own Christmas music half way through the play. Audience
participation is to be encouraged (and expected!) in this tale of what happens to a man when he spends all his life being nasty. The theme is timeless, but presented in an
approachable and appropriate style for the very youngest of audiences.'
Published: 2009
First Produced: Cookham nursery, Berks, 2008
Latest Production: Aberdour Primary School, Edinburgh, 2011
SAMPLE SCENE
Narrator #1: Good afternoon Mr Scrooge.
Scrooge: Is it? Do you know, I hate good afternoons. I’ve had such a busy day. Now, let me just check I’ve done everything I wanted to do today. (He sits to look through his
ledger) Kicked the cat - Yep. Knocked on someone’s door and run away – yep. Put a spider in a child’s packed lunch box. Yep. Ooh, what fun!
Narrator #1: Perhaps because he had such an odd name, Ebeneezer Scrooge was miserable.
Scrooge: I am miserable.
Narrator #2: He was always miserable.
Scrooge: I’m always miserable.
Narrator #1: And the thing that made him the most miserable of all was… Christmas.
Scrooge: Christmas? Christmas? Ooh, I hate Christmas. I hate all those Christmas carols, I hate all that Christmas food, but most of all I hate all those Christmas presents.
Especially giving them. Don’t mind receiving them though.
(He turns to the children.)
Scrooge: Do you think I deserve any presents this year?
(Children respond.)
Scrooge: Oh yes I do! Well, do you know, I hate Christmas so much, I’ve even thought of a new word to describe it. Shall I tell you it? Humbug. That’s it. Humbug. So when
people say to me ‘Merry Christmas Mr Scrooge’ I shan’t say ‘Merry Christmas to you too’. No, I shall look them in the eye, pull my most miserable face and say ‘Bah,
humbug!’.
Synopsis: The first of two adaptations of Dickens' Christmas classic, this one for performance to younger children. The original miserable miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, receives
a visit from the Spirit of Christmas.
Running time: Around 15 minutes (Caution! This is very dependent on your production.)
Notes: 'Including a simple song and a few pantomime style gags, there is also ample room to add your own Christmas music half way through the play. Audience
participation is to be encouraged (and expected!) in this tale of what happens to a man when he spends all his life being nasty. The theme is timeless, but presented in an
approachable and appropriate style for the very youngest of audiences.'
Published: 2009
First Produced: Cookham nursery, Berks, 2008
Latest Production: Aberdour Primary School, Edinburgh, 2011
SAMPLE SCENE
Narrator #1: Good afternoon Mr Scrooge.
Scrooge: Is it? Do you know, I hate good afternoons. I’ve had such a busy day. Now, let me just check I’ve done everything I wanted to do today. (He sits to look through his
ledger) Kicked the cat - Yep. Knocked on someone’s door and run away – yep. Put a spider in a child’s packed lunch box. Yep. Ooh, what fun!
Narrator #1: Perhaps because he had such an odd name, Ebeneezer Scrooge was miserable.
Scrooge: I am miserable.
Narrator #2: He was always miserable.
Scrooge: I’m always miserable.
Narrator #1: And the thing that made him the most miserable of all was… Christmas.
Scrooge: Christmas? Christmas? Ooh, I hate Christmas. I hate all those Christmas carols, I hate all that Christmas food, but most of all I hate all those Christmas presents.
Especially giving them. Don’t mind receiving them though.
(He turns to the children.)
Scrooge: Do you think I deserve any presents this year?
(Children respond.)
Scrooge: Oh yes I do! Well, do you know, I hate Christmas so much, I’ve even thought of a new word to describe it. Shall I tell you it? Humbug. That’s it. Humbug. So when
people say to me ‘Merry Christmas Mr Scrooge’ I shan’t say ‘Merry Christmas to you too’. No, I shall look them in the eye, pull my most miserable face and say ‘Bah,
humbug!’.
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A CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS CAROL (Click the title to read the whole script online at Lazy Bee Scripts)
Cast: Variable (5 characters - of which only one must be male)
EBENEEZER SCROOGE, the original miserable miser!
2 NARRATORS
CHARITY WORKER
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
Cast: Variable (5 characters - of which only one must be male)
EBENEEZER SCROOGE, the original miserable miser!
2 NARRATORS
CHARITY WORKER
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
Richard James / Actor & Playwright
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