Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge
by Christopher Durang

Name: Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge
Brand: Christopher Durang
SKU: 9780822220275
Rating: 3.36 (36 reviews)

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Highlights

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120 mins Victorian (British and American) Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Features Children Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes Comedy

Synopsis

In Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge , Mrs. Bob Cratchit, a minor character in the Dickens, takes center stage.

No longer loving and long suffering, Mrs. Bob is in a rage: She’s sick of Tiny Tim, she hates her 20 other children (most of them confined to the root cellar), including oversized Little Nell, and she wants to get drunk and jump off London Bridge.

As the Ghost loses more control, the plot morphs into parodies of Oliver Twist , The Gift of the Magi and It’s a Wonderful Life .

To make matters worse, Scrooge and Mrs. Bob seem to be kindred souls falling in love.

With a dénouement that is two parts Touched by an Angel and one part The Queen of Mean , Scrooge’s tale of redemption and gentle grace is placed squarely on its head.

Press Reviews

"A hilarious success. Durang… has done it again. The show goes in so many wonderfully loony directions at once."
— Pittsburgh Pulp

"Fiendishly funny… never disappoints. Wild it most certainly is, without apologies. Send-ups are often immersed in venom, but this one wears an ear-to-ear smile."
— Observer-Reporter

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Ebenezer Scrooge	—	—	—
Bob Cratchit	—	—	—
Mrs. Bob Crachit	—	—	—
Tiny Tim Played by young, boyish adult (can also play a Fezziwig daughter)	female	—	Played by young, boyish adult (can also play a Fezziwig daughter)
Little Nell Female (can also play Mrs. Fezziwig, the Beadle's wife)	female	—	Female (can also play Mrs. Fezziwig, the Beadle's wife)
Gentleman 1 Male (can also play Mr. Fezziwig, the Beadle, Act Two Bartender)	male	—	Male (can also play Mr. Fezziwig, the Beadle, Act Two Bartender)
Gentleman 2 Male (can also play Edvar, George Bailey, Voice of Tess, Serena)	male	—	Male (can also play Edvar, George Bailey, Voice of Tess, Serena)
Ghost Of Jacob Marley Male (can also play Clarence, Act One Bartender)	male	—	Male (can also play Clarence, Act One Bartender)
The Nice Mrs. Cratchit Female (can also play Hedvig, Lovely Irish Voice)	female	—	Female (can also play Hedvig, Lovely Irish Voice)
Young Ebenezer Boy, age 8 through 13, can also play Cratchit Child 2	—	—	Boy, age 8 through 13, can also play Cratchit Child 2
Young Jacob Marley Girl, age 8 through 13, can also play Cratchit Child 1, and the child ZuzuNote: Four separate children can play the roles above if you wish – three boys for Ebenezer, Jacob and Child 2; and one girl for Child 1 and Zuzu.	—	—	Girl, age 8 through 13, can also play Cratchit Child 1, and the child ZuzuNote: Four separate children can play the roles above if you wish – three boys for Ebenezer, Jacob and Child 2; and one girl for Child 1 and Zuzu.
Ghost Black woman	female	—	Black woman