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Very busy, noisy site. Dec. 2 to Dec. 21. (Gainesville, Fla.)

The Grand Theatre's adaptation is by Michael Shamata. It's a non-musical version. The Evening Times Globe had nice things to say about the adaptation. Dec. 2 to Jan. 3. (London, Ont.)

Falls Patio Players (amateur) does an original musical version by Carol Klose and Jack C. Strawbridge. Tickets are only $5. Dec. 5 to Dec. 7. (Menomonee Falls, Wis.)

Courtesy of the Dickens Project, here are some sites where you can find the complete text of the original:
http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Dicke
gopher://wiretap.spies.com/00/Library/Classic/carol.txtns/christmas-carol/

The Emmett Community Playhouse amateur production features Judge Gordon Petrie as Scrooge. The adaptor is uncredited in this article. Dec. 5 to Dec. 14. (Emmett, Idaho)

The big boy, king of the mountain is The Theater at Madison Square Garden's version, adapted by Lynn (Ragtime) Ahrens and Mike (Me and My Girl) Ockrent who also directed, with music by Alan (Beauty and the Beast) Menkin, and lyrics by Lynn (Anastasia) Ahrens. Choreographed by Susan (Big) Stroman. This year's performance of Scrooge is split between Hal (Barney Miller) Linden and Roddy (Planet of the Apes) McDowell. The Amex-sponsored site is full featured, with lots of graphics and RealAudio and Video, but, surprising, never really bothers to acknowledge the creators or creative staff (let alone the other performers). Nov. 18 to Jan. 6. (New York, N.Y.)

What's on Stage features no less than six different London (England) area productions:

  • Colourhouse Theatre, South Wimbledon, adapted by the Brothers Kaufman, Dec. 3 to Dec. 24
  • Thameside Theatre, London, Dec. 3 to Dec. 6
  • Octagon Theatre, Bolton, Nov. 20 to Jan. 10
  • Springfield Theatre, London, Dec. 2 to Jan. 11
  • Theatre Clwyd, Mold, adapted by Peter Barnes, Dec. 5 to Jan. 17
  • Chicken Shed, Southgate, Dec. 8 to Jan. 10

    • . . . plus something called Scrooge's Christmas by Michael Poynter at Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Dec. 4 - Jan. 17.

    A page devoted to Theater in Madison, Wis., informs us that Madison Savoyards, a G&S group, is performing A Gilbert and Sullivan Christmas Carol. They credit Dickens with the story, Gayden Wren with the libretto, and Sir Arthur Sullivan with the music, so how is it "A Gilbert" and Sullivan CC? Dec. 11 to Dec. 14. CTM is doing an adaptation written and directed by Nancy Thurow (for the 21st year), Nov. 28 to Dec. 23. (The site leaves the impression that these are both community groups.) Madison, Wis.

    Western Oregon University Theatre and Dance Department's adaptation by Patrick Page claims to be entirely in "Dickens' words, nothing added." Their school performances are utterly

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