"Old Scrooge: A Christmas Carol in Five Staves" (1877)
Newark, N.J. Soldiers' Home Print
Adaptor: Charles A. Scott
We head back to the boards for this 1877 dramatization by Charles A. Scott entitled "Old Scrooge: A Christmas Carol in Five Staves."
When coming across such things, I always wonder if the adaptor throws a curveball and this one has a doozie! More about that later!
First: Let's take a look at the cast of characters:
Most of them are self-explanatory. With a couple of the men that seem mysterious, you can figure out who they are if you also see the women.
Mr. Kemper would be tough to figure out, but when you see Mrs. Belle Kemper, you can figure out that he's Belle's husband.
Simmrly, Mr. James Badger would be tough to guess, until we see Mrs. Caroline Badger, as we know Caroline is the wife who's releived Scrooge died in the future.
Chaelres A. Scott alos gives a first anme og Thomas to Topper, which is intetsing because there's also "Thomas, a servant" who works for Fred. So, there are two Thomases in Fred's party scene, which violates the unwritten rule having havng twocharcters with the same frst name.
Other chrcters who are unnamed in the book are given names, with Mr. Henry Snapper the toughest to guess. He comes afeter Topper, though, beacsue he's another guest at Fred's party.
Fred's wife ("Mrs. Merry"), Mrs. Cratchit and Mrs. Fezzwig were apparenlt not in the line when they were giving out names!
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