[Illustration: Cover: OLD SCROOGE] "OLD SCROOGE:" A Christmas Carol in Five Staves. DRAMATIZED FROM Charles Dickens' Celebrated Christmas Story, By CHARLES A. SCOTT. NEWARK, N. J.: NEW JERSEY SOLDIERS' HOME PRINT. 1877. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, BY CHARLES A. SCOTT, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. All Rights Reserved. _This edition is limited, and is printed for the convenience of to enable the owner to make such alterations as may seem judicious._ _CHARACTERS._ Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly broker Frederick Merry, a nephew to Scrooge Bob Cratchit, clerk to Scrooge Ghost of Jacob Marley, dead seven years Spirit of Christmas Past Spirit of Christmas Present Mr. Thomas Topper Mr. Henry Snapper Mr. Mumford | philanthropic citizens Mr. Barnes | Peter Cratchit Little Cratchit Tiny Tim Scrooge's former self Mr. Stevens | Mr. Jones | Mr. Fatchin | Scrooge's business friends Mr. Snuffer | Mr. Redface | Mr. Kemper Mr. Fezziwig, Scrooge's former master Mr. James Badger Dick Wilkins, Fezziwig's apprentice Old Joe, a pawnbroker Mr. Shroud, an undertaker Old Baldhead, the fiddler The Lamp Lighter First Man Second Man Ignorance The boy with the turkey Thomas, a servant Mrs. Belle Kemper, Scrooge's first and last love Mrs. Frederick Merry | Miss Julia Kemper | her daughters Miss Sarah Kemper | Mrs. Cratchit, a devoted wife Belinda Cratchit | her daughters Martha Cratchit | Mrs. Caroline Badger Mrs. Mangle, a laundress Mrs. Dilber, a char-woman Mrs. Fezziwig, a worthy matron Clara Fezziwig | her daughters Emma Fezziwig | Little Fanny Scrooge Want Six or eight children for tableaux. [Illustration: hand with pointing finger] By a distribution of two or three character to one person, the piece can be performed by fifteen males and nine females. _COSTUMES._ _Scrooge._ First dress: Brown Quaker-cut coat, waistcoat and pants. Dark overcoat. Low-crowned, broad-brimmed hat. Black silk stock and standing collar. Bald wig with tufts of white hair on each side. Smooth face. Second dress: Dressing gown, cotton night-cap and slippers. _Fred. Merry._ First dress: Walking suit, overcoat, black silk hat. Black silk stock and standing collar. Side whiskers. Second dress: Dress suit. _Bob Cratchit._ Long-tailed business coat of common material, much worn, and buttoned up to the neck. Woolen pants and waistcoat of check pattern. Colored scarf and standing collar. Large white comforter. Narrow-rimmed silk hat, old style and the worse for wear. Smooth face.