検索キーワード： 著者 "Edward Stirling" すべてのカテゴリー

Step into the world of Charles Dickens with this lively stage adaptation of his beloved novel, which made its debut in November 1838 at the Adelphi Theater in London. At that time, only eight installments of the story had been published, leading to the omission of key characters like the flamboyant Crummles family, who play a significant role in the later narrative. Notably, the plays ending is an imaginative twist by playwright Edward Stirling, diverging from Dickens original vision. Interestingly, Dickens himself attended a performance featuring the talented comedienne Mary Keeley as Smike, ...

Ebenezer Scrooge is a penny-pinching miser in the first degree. He cares nothing for the people around him, and for him mankind exists only for the money that can be made through exploitation and intimidation. He particularly detests Christmas, which he views as "a time for finding yourself a year older, and not an hour richer". On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former partner, Jacob Marley, who died seven Christmas Eves ago.