A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol is a novel written by Charles Dickens. Since its first publication in 1843, the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge's redemption through his ghostly encounters with Christmas past, present and future has been adapted for theatre, film, television, radio, and opera numerous times. The various adaptations have included straightforward retellings, modernizations, parodies and sequels.
Adaptations
| Picture | Production | Year | Protagonist | Director |
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| Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost | 1901 | unknown (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Walter R. Booth |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1908 | Thomas Ricketts (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown |
| A Christmas Carol | 1910 | Marc McDermott (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | J. Searle Dawley |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1913 | Sir Seymour Hicks (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1914 | Charles Rock (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Harold M. Shaw |
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| The Right to be Happy | 1916 | Rupert Julian (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Rupert Julian |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1922 | H. V. Esmond (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | George Wynn |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1923 | Russell Thorndike (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Edwin Greenwood |
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| Old Scrooge | 1926 | unknown (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1928 | Bransby Williams (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Hugh Croise |
| Scrooge | 1935 | Sir Seymour Hicks (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Henry Edwards |
| A Christmas Carol | 1938 | Reginald Owen (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Edwin L. Marin |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1943 | William Podmore (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | George Lowther |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1947 | John Carradine (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1948 | Dennis King (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1949 | Taylor Holmes (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Arthur Pierson |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1950 | Bransby Williams (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown |
| Scrooge | 1951 | Alastair Sim (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Brian Desmond Hurst |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1951 | Ralph Richardson (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Gordon Duff |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1952 | Malcolm Keen (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1953 | Noel Leslie (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1954 | Fredric March (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Ralph Levy |
| The Stingiest Man in Town | 1956 | Basil Rathbone (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Daniel Petrie |
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| The Trail to Christmas | 1957 | John McIntire (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | James Stewart |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1958 | Basil Rathbone (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Neil McGuire |
| Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol | 1962 | Quincy Magoo (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Abe Levitow |
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| Carol for Another Christmas | 1964 | Sterling Hayden (as Daniel Grudge) | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
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| Mr. Scrooge | 1964 | Cyril Ritchard (as Ebenezer Scrooge ) | Bob Jarvis |
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| Carry on Christmas | 1969 | Sid James (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Ronnie Baxter |
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| Famous Classic Tales: A Christmas Carol | 1970 | Ron Haddrick (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Zoran Janjic |
| Scrooge | 1970 | Albert Finney (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Ronald Neame |
| A Christmas Carol | 1971 | Alistair Sim (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Richard Williams |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1977 | Michael Hordern (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Moira Armstrong |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1978 | Warren Graves (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | John Blanchard |
| The Stingiest Man in Town | 1978 | Walter Matthau (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. |
| Rich Little's Christmas Carol | 1978 | Rich Little (as W. C. Field as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Trevor Evans |
| A Special Sesame Street Christmas | 1978 | Oscar the Grouch (as himself) | unknown |
| Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol | 1979 | Yosemite Sam (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Friz Freleng |
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| Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol | 1979 | Hoyt Axton (as Cyrus Flint) | unknown |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1981 | William Paterson (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Laird Williamson |
| An American Christmas Carol | 1982 | Henry Winkler (as Benedict Slade) | Eric Till |
| A Christmas Carol | 1982 | Richard Hilger (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown
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| The Gospel According to Scrooge | 1983 | Robert Buchanan (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Mark S. Vegh |
| Mickey's Christmas Carol | 1983 | Scrooge McDuck (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Burny Mattinson |
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| Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas | 1984 | Jack Elam (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown |
| A Christmas Carol | 1984 | George C. Scott (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Clive Donner |
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| A Christmas Carol | 1984 | Michel Bouquet (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Pierre Boutron |
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| Christmas Carol II the Sequel | 1985 | James Whitmore (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown |
| A Jetson Christmas Carol | 1985 | Cosmo S. Spacely (as himself) | unknown |
| Scrooged | 1988 | Bill Murrary (as Frank X. Cross) | Richard Donner |
| Blackadder's Christmas Carol | 1988 | Rowan Atkinson (as Ebenezer Blackadder) | Richard Boden |
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| Christmas | 1988 | Robert Guillaume (as John Grin) | Robert Guillaume |
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| Scrooge: A Christmas Sarah | 1990 | Sarah Greene (as Sarah Scrooge) | Peter Leslie |
| The Muppet Christmas Carol | 1992 | Michael Caine (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Brian Henson |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carol | 1992 | Alvin the Chipmunk (as himself) | unknown |
| Animaniacs: "A Christmas Plotz" | 1993 | Thaddeus Plotz (as himself) | Rusty Mills |
| A Flintstones' Christmas Carol | 1993 | Fred Flintstone (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Joanna Romersa |
| Beavis and Butt-head: "Huh-Huh-Humbug" | 1994 | Beavis (as himself) | Mike Judge |
| A Christmas Carol | 1994 | unknown (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Toshiyuki Hiruma Takashi |
| Ebbie | 1995 | Susan Lucci (as Elizabeth "Ebbie" Scrooge) | George Kaczender |
| Xena: Warrior Princess: "A Solstice Carol" | 1996 | Peter Vere-Jones (as King Silvas) | John T. Kretchmer |
| A Christmas Carol | 1997 | Tim Curry (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Stan Phillips |
| Ebenezer | 1997 | Jack Palance (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Ken Jubenvill |
| Ms. Scrooge | 1997 | Cicely Tyson (as Ebenita Scrooge) | John Korty |
| An All Dogs Christmas Carol | 1998 | Carface Malone (as himself) | Paul Sabella |
| A Christmas Carol | 1999 | Patrick Stewart (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | David Hugh Jones |
| A Christmas Carol | 2000 | Ross Kemp (as Eddie Scrooge) | Catherine Morshead |
| Maxine's Christmas Carol | 2000 | Maxine (as herself) | unknown |
| A Diva's Christmas Carol | 2000 | Vanessa Williams (as Ebony Scrooge) | Richard Schenkman |
| Christmas Carol: The Movie | 2001 | Simon Callow (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Jimmy T. Murakami |
| Scrooge and Marley | 2001 | Dean Jones (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Fred Holmes |
| Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol | 2002 | Brer Rabbit (as himself) | Al Guest |
| A Carol Christmas | 2003 | Tori Spelling (as Carol Cartman) | Matthew Irmas |
| A Christmas Carol: The Musical | 2004 | Kelsey Grammer (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Arthur Allan Seidelman |
| VeggieTales: "An Easter Carol" | 2004 | Mr. Nezzer (as Ebenezer Nezzer) | Tim Hodge |
| The Northern Ballet Theatre presents A Christmas Carol | 2005 | Jeremy Kerridge (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown |
| Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | 2005 | Mr. Herriman (as himself in a spoof) | Craig McCracken |
| Chasing Christmas | 2005 | Tom Arnold (as Jack Cameron) | Ron Oliver |
| A Christmas Carol: Scrooge's Ghostly Tale | 2006 | unknown (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown |
| A Sesame Street Christmas Carol | 2006 | Oscar the Grouch (as himself) | unknown |
| Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas | 2006 | Daffy Duck (as himself) | Charles Visser |
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| The Carol Project | 2006 | Bill Bourne (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Tim Folkmann |
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| The Nutcracker: A Christmas Story | 2007 | Marc Wenke (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | unknown |
| A Christmas Carol | 2009 | Jim Carrey (as Ebenezer Scrooge) | Robert Zemeckis |
References
- Fred Guida, A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: Dickens's Story on Screen and Television, McFarland & Company, 2000. ISBN 0-786-40738-7.
