title: One Last Christmas Carol: The Saga of Scrooge Continues
author: T. J. Cloonan
description: T. J. Cloonan, the author, was raised in the shadows of Chicago steel mills. He still lives in a suburb of Chicago with his wife (R. A. Cloonan) and their dog. He has earned several technical degrees and has spent over thirty years as an electrical engineer. In his spare time, he enjoys Lake Michigan, boating, water skiing, baseball, and football. He is an avid reader, and apparently he is also willing to try his hand at writing from time to time. The holiday season is his favorite time of the year, because it seems to bring out the best in everyone including him.
zlib_text: **William Shakespeare’s Christmas Carol Or, the History of Ebenezer Scrooge**
  
  By Ian Doescher
  
  Illustrated by Josh Hicks
  
  Inspired by the work of Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare
  
  DRAMATIS PERSONAE
  
  Chorus
  
  Ebenezer Scrooge, _a wealthy theater owner_
  
  Christopher Marlowe, _Scrooge’s former partner, a Ghost_
  
  Puck, _the Ghost of Christmas Past_
  
  Sir John Falstaff, _the Ghost of Christmas Present_
  
  King Hamlet, _the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come_
  
  Benedick Cratchit, _Scrooge’s employee_
  
  Beatrice Cratchit, _Benedick’s wife_
  
  Belinda, Peter, Martha and Tim Cratchit, _their children_
  
  Ferdinand, _Scrooge’s nephew_
  
  Miranda, _Ferdinand’s wife, Scrooge’s niece-in-law_
  
  Prospero, _Miranda’s father_
  
  Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, _two gentlemen seeking charity_
  
  Balthasar, _a carol singer_
  
  Macduff’s children, _representing the boy Scrooge and his sister Fran_
  
  Mercutio, _Scrooge’s former mentor_
  
  Benvolio, _Scrooge’s friend of old_
  
  Romeo, _representing Scrooge as a young man_
  
  Julie