by Lorraine Gibson.

It’s 1843 and with Christmas looming, Mr. Dickens is about to publish his latest instalment of the cautionary yuletide tale.

Meanwhile, Mr Scrooge is at his desk, working desperately to tell his side of the story.
This is the premise of an innovative, one-man show that aims to put the record straight on the truth behind A Christmas Carol…
Ebeneezer Scrooge opens his diary to expose the awful truth about Tiny Tim, the Fezziwigs, Jacob Marley and the disgustingly-jolly, gluttonous, consumer-driven Ghost of Christmas Present, as he calls out Dickens, the ‘vengeful, slanderous, upstart author’ of said novel…

At the suggestion that Marley was dead to begin with, Scrooge retorts:
“Humbug, Mr.Dickens! Dead? Marley was not dead but rather sitting on some sun-soaked, off-shore beach squandering all the hard-earned money that he had so fraudulently embezzled from my firm over the years!
“You know nothing Mr.Dickens! You are a fraud sir – an embezzler of the truth! Bah!…”.

The Scrooge Diaries: Saturday, Dec 17, 7.30pm, Hinton Martell Village Hall. (01258 840066).
Sunday, Dec 18, 4pm. Studland Village Hall. (01929 450587). Tickets online at artsreach.co.uk.
Actor, Peter Macqueen of PMac Productions, will perform The Scrooge Diaries, billed as a ‘fantastically festive and revelatory show’, to three Dorset communities through Artsreach, the touring arts charity.