A CHRISTMAS CAROL BEING A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS
By Charles Dickens
Adapted for the Radio by T. Paul Pfeiffer and the Salisbury University Radio Theatre Class Fall, 2015
Dramatis Personae
Narrators: a collection of trade’s people from various levels of Cheapside. These are characters which appear, as they might, among a crowd in the neighbourhood or in a place of business. Through these witnesses we learn our story. Principally, they are:
Cassandra Raefski Mrs. MacCready: a Charwoman not above thievery
Zachary Williams: Mr. Townley: a Middling Merchant of good heart
Dan Frana: Mr. Rampling: a Middling Merchant of charitable disposition
Emily Stanton: Miss Dorset: a Seller of laces, ribbons and other notions
Michael Mitchell: Fred: Nephew to old Scrooge
Dr. T. Paul Pfeiffer: Ebenezer Scrooge: a Miserly Man of business full of deep regret
Andres Roas: Bob Cratchit: Clerk to Old Scrooge and Father to his loving family
Jacob Nail: Street Urchin Caroler
Various voices: Street Urchin Carolers
Alex Scoras: Mr. Rumbottom: a Poulterer of small means
Eleni Lukaszcyk: Mrs. Faucet: A vendor of hot broth of dubious origins
Michael Mitchell: Jacob Marley: The Spirit of Scrooge’s former business partner
Kimberly Garcia-Torres: The Ghost of Christmas Past
Dawson Forbes Hill: Young Ebeneezer
Emily Stanton: Fanny: Sister to Ebeneezer and mother of Fred
Dan Frana: Old Fezziwig: a merchant whose business is Humanity
Cornelius Fletcher: The Ghost of Christmas Present
Rebeka Anderson: Caroline Cratchit: Loyal Wife and loving Mother
Emily Stanton: Martha Cratchit: Eldest Daughter in service in a great house
Dawson Forbes Hill: Peter Cratchit: Eldest Son and of apprentice age
Jacob Nail: Samuel Cratchit: the Middle Son
Marykathryn Overstreet: Rebecca Cratchit: the Middle Daughter
Caitlin Sell: Tiny Tim Cratchit: a Cripple – youngest and wisest of them all
Faith Sullivan: Susannah: Young Wife to Fred
Zack Baker: Old Joe: A purveyor of ‘ill-gotten gain’
Caitlin Rogers: Mrs. Dilber: a Laundress and sometime prostitute – and thief Dawson
Forbes Hill: Poulterer’s Boy
Foley artists Ethan Boyer, Michael Cummins, Tony Deluise, Jessica Hartlet, Camille Johnson, Dallas Jordan, Samantha Olsen, Emily Regan, Niamani Robinson, Taylor Still, Madeline Sisto, and Alexis Williams