The Play

The play A Christmas Carol is based on the novel of the same name, written by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of a miserly businessman who has no belief in Christmas. He is only interested in money and in having as much of it as possible. In 1834, shortly after the book was written, Dickens wrote the following about the tale:

“I have endeavoured in this ghostly little book to raise the ghost of an idea which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their house pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. Their faithful friend and servant, C.D.”