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 * Charles Dickens Notes**

1. Most popular works are A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities 2. The play A Christmas Carol is a very popular play. 3. The movie "Ghost of Girlfriends Past" is a romantic comedy based off of A Christmas Carol. 4. Disney resently put out a animated version of A Christmas Carol. 5. A Christmas Carol (1974)- original musical comedy stage adaptation written and directed by Ira David Wood III 6. A Christmas Carol (1981)- another musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol 7. The Gospel According to Scrooge(1986)- a stage musical that empathizes relgious elements of Dickens' works. 8. Scrooge! A Dickens of a One-Man Show(1991)- a theatrical adaptation of a one-man show where one person plays all 40 characters of a Chritsmas Carol. 9. A Christmas Carol: The Musical(1994)- a broadway adaption of A Christmas Carol. 10. A Christmas Carol-As told by Jacob Marley: played as a one man show told from the point of veiw of Jacob Marley. 11. Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost:(1901)- earliest film adapation of A Christmas Carol. 12. Several other movies are made between 1908 and 1951. 13. Its Never Too Late(1953): First film of a Christmas Carol made in italy and spoken in italian. 14. Mickey's Christmas Carol(1983): animated short film featuring various Walt Disney characters. 15. Christmas Carol: The Movie(2001)- animated version featuring voices of Nicholas Cage. 16. Winne The Pooh: Springtime with Roo(2004)-animated adaptation based on the 3 ghosts idea. 17. Barbie in A Christmas Carol(2008): animated adaptation featuring the popular childrens doll as a female Scrooge 18. A Christmas Carol(2009): Most recent animated film based directly on A Christmas Carol. Directed by Robert Zimeckis. 19. Various other childrens shows have done parodies of A Christmas Carol. 20. The earliest televised broadcast related to A Christmas Carol was in 1944 21. The Stingiest Man in Town(1956): Second musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol to be televised. 22. Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol(1962): animated musical television special voiced by Jim Backus. 23. Carol for another Christmas(1964): a TV written movie based in 1964. 24. Scrooge Gets an Oscar(1970): An epsiode of the odd couple. Story based like A Christmas Carol. 25. Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol(1979): Popular Looney Tunes characters adapted to A Christmas Carol. 26. A Jetson Christmas Carol(1985): Christmas themed episode of the Jetsons with several A Christmas Carol refrences. 27. Huh Huh Humbug(1995): Beavis and Butthead episode based on A Christmas Carol. 28. Disney's 101 Dalmatians The series(1997): Showed Cruella as scrooge. 29. A Sesame Street Christmas Carol(2006): direct to DVD special featuring sesame street characters as A Christmas Carol characters. 30. Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas(2006) 2nd Looney Tunes adaptation of A Christmas Carol. 31. Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure(2009): Childrens show "Dora the Explorer" adapts to A Christmas Carol. 32. In 1978 Marvel produced a comic book of the story A Christmas Carol. 33. Dickens read excerpts from his stories until his death 34. His first public reading was in the Birmingham Town Hall on December 27 1852 35. A Christmas Carol (1941): Remake set in WWII 36. Christmas Carol(1910): A Christmas Carol in a silent movie setting 37. Scrooged(1988): American comedy film. Modernized version of A Christmas Carol 38. A Flinstones Christmas Carol(1960's): A holiday themed episode of The Flinstones based on A Christmas Carol 39. Scrooge(1951): Alastair Sim stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in this black and white reproduction of A Christmas Carol 40. Scrooge(1970): British flim directly based on A Christmas Carol 41. An American Christmas Carol(1979): A Christmas Carol set in America 42. Blackadder's Christmas Carol(1988): Based on a BBC series. Adapted to A Christmas Carol 43. Northern Exposure(1994): TV series Northern Exposure did an entirely Jewish parody of A Christmas Carol 44. A Christmas Carol & Christmas Carol The Movie(1997 & 2001): Britain produced 2 animated films of A Christmas Carol 45. A Carol Christmas(2003): About a female TV host who learns to be nice in an A Christmas Carol fashion. 46. A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843, 6 days before christmas 47. After its publishing Dickens edited it and made a shorter version. Made it more suitable for public reading. 48. First made into a silent movie in 1901 49. In 1938 MGM produced A Christmas Carol and was seasonally revived for many years 50. In 1951 Alastair Sim starred in A Christmas Carol and the movie became one of the mose widely shown. 51. In 1962 the first animated TV parody of A Christmas Carol was made. 52. In 1970 the story was taken to a musical level. It earned 4 Oscar Nominations. 53. Also in 1970 another parody was released on TV based on a popular sitcom of that time. 54. In 1979 a "made fot TV" movie was produced based in depression era new england. 55. Also in 1979 A Christmas Carol was animated again in Bugs Bunny's Looney Tunes Christmas Tales. Although it was only 8 minutes long. 56. Also in 1979 another movie was made called a Country Christmas Carol using country music as a background. 57. In 1983 Disney created its own reenactment of A Christmas Carol using its various popular characters. 58. In 1984 another live action portrayal of A Christmas Carol was made starring George C. Scott. 59. In 1992 the muppets did their own version of A Christmas Carol. 60. In 1999 various popular actors were recorded reading excerpts from the story, 61. In 2009 A Christmas Carol was re-made into a 3d animated movie. 62. A Christmas Carol has been done by a traveling commedia dell arte troupe 63. More traditional plays of A Christmas Carol are done today. 64. They also do more modern representations of Scrooge. 65. Many of the playwrights today change the characters to make the audience think diffrently 66. Some plays do some very modern representations such as a character having to work at Mcdonalds. 67. Some theaters do these plays every year. 68. Some traditions are over 14 years. 69. The plays have been adapted to reach younger audiences. 70. Like dickens himself these writers try to impart lessons. 71. Although they all try to bring back the theme of christmas. 72. An entirely african version has been done. 73. Gospel concerts have been created from it. 74. The plays have been everywhere between funny and serious. 75. The play has been adapted to suit the needs of other holidays. 76. It's been presented from agnostic and religious points of veiw. 77. Pageant stlye plays have been done. 78. For some writers it is meant to be a very vestive thing. 79. The music has been changed greatly from the original movies and plays. 80. The play has been put on in many diffrent countries.

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