Overview
An ambitious young family man plans an elaborate trick on his old miser of an uncle, Ebenezer Scrooge. To help, he enlists a sarcastic and morally suspect female theatrical producer, and a mumbly writer, who hasn’t had a hit since Nicholas Nickleby.
Casting & Production
Casting
FRED — an aspiring businessman in his 20s.
J.B. ROTH — a theatrical producer in her 40s.
CHARLES DICKENS — a writer in his 30s.
Setting
Place
London
Time
Early December, 1842