Charles Dickens/Scrooge: 50’s+

A dynamo of energy. A mesmerizing presence and voice. At this age, he is already near

the height of his storytelling powers.

Mark Lemon: 40-50’s

(Also plays the role of: First Portly Gentleman, Fezziwig, Ghost of Christmas Present,

Fatman and Man on the Bed)

The genial, quick-witted editor of the well-known weekly humor magazine Punch. He is

advancing toward middle age and corpulence.

Frederick Dickens: 30-40’s

(Also plays the role of: Fred, Young Scrooge, Peter Cratchit, Ghost of Christmas Yet to

Come (I) and Old Joe)

Younger brother of Charles Dickens. Something of a ne’er-do-well, but charming. He is

a Dickens after all.

Clarkson Stanfield: 50’s+

(Also plays the role of: Bob Cratchit, The Ghost of Christmas Past, Topper, The Thin

Man and The Undertaker)

A painter, famous for both his theatrical scene painting and naval genre pictures.

Handsome, with a quality that is at once mischievous yet gentle, equally at home in

theaters and the Royal Academy.

Helen Hogarth: 10-15+

(Also plays the role of: A Caroler, Fan, A Little Fezziwig, Belinda Cratchit)

Charles Dickens young niece. Already a quick mind.

Charley Dickens: 10-15+

(Also plays the role of: A Caroler, Young Ebenezer, A Little Fezziwig, Tiny Tim and The

Boy)

Charles’ and Catherine’s son. Quick-witted.

Rebecca Stanfield: 40-50’s

(Also plays the role of: Belle, Martha Cratchit, Dora, The Charwoman)

Wife of Stanfield. An actress before her marriage, she has no trouble slipping into the

evening’s activities.

Catherine Dickens: 20-30’s

(Also plays the role of: Mrs. Fezziwig, Betsey Cratchit, Jenny and Mrs. Dilber)

Wife of Dickens. She is the one who has the resources to put up with occasions such as

this, when her husband’s flights of imagination take precedence over everything else,

with humor and grace.

John Forster: 30-40’s+

(Also plays the role of: Second Portly Gentleman, Ghost of Jacob Marley, Dick Wilkins,

Man with the Handkerchief and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (II)

Editor and writer. Dicken’s closest friend and advisor. He’s the only person in whom

Dickens confided the painful story of his time in the blacking warehouse. He is in many

ways Dickens’s opposite: though given to occasional fits of joviality, he is by nature gruff

and taciturn. It takes an evening such as this one to reveal that other side.

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