A CHRISTMAS CAROL - LEAFLET - DEC 2009

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

LEAFLET - DEC. 2009



The EOI of Almeria presents:

NO LAUGHING MATTER THEATRE COMPANY

In

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

By CHARLES DICKENS

El grupo de teatro ‘No Laughing Matter’ presenta su séptima obra puesta en escena. Este año adelantándonos al fin de curso hemos decidido representarla en Navidad y elegir una historia propia de esta época del año. La esencia de nuestro grupo sigue estando ahí, echamos de menos a algunos que nos han dejado y estamos contentos por otros que se han unido a nosotros. Para los que formamos el grupo de teatro ‘No Laughing Matter’ es siempre una gran satisfacción poder representar una obra todos los años. Somos un gran equipo con ganas de trabajar, aprender y divertirnos y con deseos de compartir este rato con vosotros que venís a vernos. Nuestro grupo está formado por alumnos, ex-alumnos y profesores, y este año tres jóvenes actores con un gran futuro se han unido a nosotros. Tenemos una afición en común: el teatro.

INTRODUCTION

Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature´s most ironic characters, with the theme of social reform running throughout his work. The continuing popularity of his novels and stories is such that they have never gone out of print.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

The book was first published on 19 December 1843, it´s about a miserly, cold, unfeeling, old curmudgeon and his secular conversion and redemption after being visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve. The tale has been viewed as an indictment of 19th century industrial capitalism and has been credited with returning the holiday to one of merriment and festivity in Britain and America after a period of sobriety and somberness.

SOURCES

The principal forces that shaped A Christmas Carol were the profoundly humiliating experiences of the author´s childhood, his sympathy during the decades of the 1830s and 1840s with the poor, specially the children. Young Dickens observed the lives of the men, women and children in the most impoverished areas of London and witnessed the social injustices they suffered.

PLOT

The tale begins on Christmas Eve, the ghost of Jacob Marley appears before Scrooge and warns him that his soul will be bearing heavy chains for eternity if he does not change his greedy ways, and also predicts that a series of other ghosts will follow. Three Christmas ghosts visit Scrooge during the course of the night, fulfilling Marley's prophecy. The first, the Ghost of Christmas Past, takes Scrooge to the scenes of his boyhood and youth. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes Scrooge to the home of his nephew Fred and to the humble dwelling of his clerk Bob Cratchit to observe his Christmas dinner. The third spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, harrows Scrooge with dire visions of the future if he does not learn and act upon what he has witnessed. Crippled Tiny Tim does not die as the ghost foretold and Scrooge becomes a different man, treating his fellow men with kindness, generosity, and compassion, and gaining a reputation as a man who embodies the spirit of Christmas.

CAST

EBENEZER SCROOGE …………..EDUARDO JESÚS GARCÍA ROJAS
FRED (SCROOGE´S NEPHEW) …. ALEJANDRO GARCÍA SEGURA
BOB CRATCHIT……………………… JUAN JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ BAÑOS
JACOB MARLEY…………………………….. ENRIQUE SEGURA RECHE
SPIRIT OF THE PAST ……………….…… SOFÍA CAMACHO ESTRADA
SPIRIT OF THE PRESENT ………….………… MARÍA LÓPEZ GARCÍA
SPIRIT OF THE FUTURE ………………….…… MARÍA FERRIZ NÚÑEZ
MRS CRATCHIT …………………………... REMEDIOS MATUTE LÓPEZ
TINY TIM ……………………………….………. SIMÓN RODRÍGUEZ CRUZ
LISA (FRED´S WIFE) ………..… Mª MAR MURILLO DE LAS HERAS
EMMA (FRED´S DAUGHTER). MIRIAM HERNÁNDEZ FERNÁNDEZ
BELINDA ………………………………… MARIOLA BERENGUEL MARTÍN
MARTHA ……………………………….……………. HEIKE DÍAZ ORTEGA
WOMAN 1 …………………………….………Mª MAR MÁRQUEZ MADRID
WOMAN 2 …………………….……………. YOLANDA MARTÍN GARCÍA
BOY SINGING ………….……………. ANTONIO GONZÁLEZ MATUTE
SCROOGE BOY …………………..………….. JAVIER GÓMEZ SIERRA
BOY PLAYING …………..…………… ANTONIO GONZÁLEZ MATUTE
GIRL PLAYING ………………..… MIRIAM HERNÁNDEZ FERNÁNDEZ
FANNY ………………………………..… MARIOLA BERENGUEL MARTÍN
ISABELLA ………………………….… Mª MAR MURILLO DE LAS HERAS
YOUNG SCROOGE ……..……………. ANTONIO MARTÍNEZ LÓPEZ
OLD FEZZIWIG …………….……… ANTONI DAVID BERBEL GARCÍA
WOMAN 1 …………………...…………..…YOLANDA MARTÍN GARCÍA
WOMAN 2 ……………………..……….……………HEIKE DÍAZ ORTEGA
MAN 1 ……………………………… ANTONIO DAVID BERBEL GARCÍA
MAN 2 ……………………………………….ANTONIO MARTÍNEZ LÓPEZ
BOY IN THE STREET …………..…………… JAVIER GÓMEZ SIERRA
MAN IN THE STREET ………………… ANTONIO MARTÍNEZ LÓPEZ
WOMAN IN THE STREET …………. ROSANA SIERRA BARRANCO
MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS………….……..…. JOSÉ LUÍS RUÍZ
DIRECTOR…………………………… ROSANA SIERRA BARRANCO