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A novella by [[Charles Dickens]] first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843.  
 
A novella by [[Charles Dickens]] first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843.  
  
The novella was adapted for the stage almost immediately. Three productions opened on 5 February 1844, and by the close of February 1844, eight rival Carol theatrical productions were playing in London.
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The novella was adapted for the stage almost immediately. Three productions opened on 5 February 1844, and by the close of February 1844, eight rival theatrical productions of the work were playing in London.
  
 
The novel and the play have been a standard piece since then, and has been adapted for stage, film, radio and TV  production in numerous ways over the years. Also adapted for opera, ballet, a Broadway musical, a BBC mime production starring Marcel Marceau, and Benjamin Britten's 1947 chamber orchestra composition ''Men of Goodwill: Variations on 'A Christmas Carol''. Produced under the title Scrooge (e.g. ''Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost'', a 1901 silent film; ''Scrooge'' (1913 film); ''Scrooge'' (1935 film); ''Scrooge'' (1951 film); ''Scrooge'' (1970 musical film), and ''Scrooge'' (1992 stage musical), etc.)   
 
The novel and the play have been a standard piece since then, and has been adapted for stage, film, radio and TV  production in numerous ways over the years. Also adapted for opera, ballet, a Broadway musical, a BBC mime production starring Marcel Marceau, and Benjamin Britten's 1947 chamber orchestra composition ''Men of Goodwill: Variations on 'A Christmas Carol''. Produced under the title Scrooge (e.g. ''Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost'', a 1901 silent film; ''Scrooge'' (1913 film); ''Scrooge'' (1935 film); ''Scrooge'' (1951 film); ''Scrooge'' (1970 musical film), and ''Scrooge'' (1992 stage musical), etc.)   

Revision as of 16:56, 6 November 2013

A novella by Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843.

The novella was adapted for the stage almost immediately. Three productions opened on 5 February 1844, and by the close of February 1844, eight rival theatrical productions of the work were playing in London.

The novel and the play have been a standard piece since then, and has been adapted for stage, film, radio and TV production in numerous ways over the years. Also adapted for opera, ballet, a Broadway musical, a BBC mime production starring Marcel Marceau, and Benjamin Britten's 1947 chamber orchestra composition Men of Goodwill: Variations on 'A Christmas Carol. Produced under the title Scrooge (e.g. Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost, a 1901 silent film; Scrooge (1913 film); Scrooge (1935 film); Scrooge (1951 film); Scrooge (1970 musical film), and Scrooge (1992 stage musical), etc.)

Performance history in South Africa

Translations and adaptations

Pennyknyper ("Penny Pincher") An Afrikaans translation and adaptation of A Christmas Carol by **, directed for the Little Libertas Theatre, Stellenbosch in 2012 by Juanita Swanepoel, with Waldemar Schultz, ***

Scrooge, Lara Foot’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol , with Andrew Buckland, Marc Lottering, Shaleen Surtie-Richards and Christo Davids (2013).

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooge


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