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Wandering Around in the Dark: An Exhibit of Stage Manager Artifacts

A Christmas carol, or, Past, present, and future

Item

Title
A Christmas carol, or, Past, present, and future
Description
This script is a document that was taken from Charles Dickens’ famous story A Christmas Carol. The script was adapted from the book. This production of A Christmas Carol was put on at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi. In this script is a list of all the technical cues that are required to put on this particular production of A Christmas Carol. It includes the list of all entrances and exits as well as scenery plots, a list of the props needed, call times, any incidents that may have occurred, and a copy of the original Playbill.
Date
1844
Creator
Stirling, Edward, 1807-1894
Dickens, Charles, English novelist and draftsman, 1812-1870
Dickens, Charles
Rights
Yale University Libraries
Subject
Christmas plays
Identifier
waitd_1844_B_script
Source
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Site pages
Exhibition