A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Radio Drama starring Ralph Richardson (1965)

Radio Drama starring Sir Ralph Richardson as the Storyteller and Scrooge.

Cast:
Frederick Treves as Bob Cratchit
Mary Wimbush as Mrs Cratchit
John Ruddock as Jacob Marley
Ralph Truman as the Ghost of Christmas Present
Wilfred Carter as the Ghost of Christmas Past
Bruce Beeby as Fred
Sheila Grant as Tiny Tim

Broadcast on 25 December 1965.

A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. It was first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. Carol tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation resulting from a supernatural visit by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim.The book was written and published in early Victorian era Britain, a period when there was strong nostalgia for old Christmas traditions together with the introduction of new customs, such as Christmas trees and greeting cards. Dickens' sources for the tale appear to be many and varied, but are, principally, the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories and fairy tales

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