A Christmas Carol

Summary: BBC live studio production of Dominic Roche’s play A Christmas Carol, after Charles Dickens’ story, presented on the evening of Christmas Day 1950.
Theatre play: A Christmas Carol by Dominic Roche [more information]
Play synopsis: Charles Dickens’ tale of Scrooge on Christmas Eve.
Production history: [Details of a theatrical presentation still to find.]
Date of transmission: Monday 25 December 1950
Time: 9.00-10.30pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Eric Fawcett

Playwright

Dominic Roche

Adapted for Television by

Original Book by

Music

Conductor

Sets / Settings

Dances Arranged by

John Armstrong

Assistant Producer

Leslie Jackson

Cast

John Bentley	Night Watchman; Young Scrooge
Pamela Cameron	Martha Cratchit
Robert Cawdron	Mr Fred
Howard Douglas	Gentleman of the Stock Exchange
Julian d’Albie	Portly Gentleman / Ghost of Christmas Present
Michael Edmonds	Boy Waif / Carol Singer
Adrian Evans	Boy Cratchit; Carol Singer
Patricia Fryer	Fanny; Girl Waif
Arthur Hambling	Spirit of Christmas Past / Gentleman of the Stock Exchange
W. E. Holloway	Marley’s Ghost / Gentleman of the Stock Exchange
Shirley Hose	Girl Cratchit
Sean Lynch	Boy Scrooge; Carol Singer
Tony Lyons	Boy with the Goose; Carol Singer
Thomas Moore	Tiny Tim
Barbara Murray	Fiancée
John Ruddock	Bob Cratchit
Kathleen Saintsbury	Mrs Cratchit
Leonard Sharp	Crossing Sweeper / Joe
Gillian Stirrup
Dorothy Summers	Mrs Dilber
Stanley Vines	Gentleman of the Stock Exchange
Ewart Wheeler
Bransby Williams	Ebenezer Scrooge
Ann Wriggs	Mrs Fred
John Young	Peter Cratchit

Origination: Live from studio
Vision original: Monochrome
Later transmissions: Presented again at 5.00pm on Wednesday 27 December 1950.
Extant status: No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags: adaptation of novel; Christmas

Title: Radio Times, 22 December 1950 (Magazine)
Linking notes: listing, p. 49; article by ionel Hale, ‘The Best Fairy Story in the World’, p. 47

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