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y separately published work icon A Very Jewish Christmas Carol single work   drama  
Adaptation of A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens , 1843 single work novella
Date: 2023
Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 A Very Jewish Christmas Carol
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'A clever twist on Charles Dickens’s classic Christmas morality tale, A Very Jewish Christmas Carol is a funny and delightful journey of discovering who we are and remembering the things that unite us.

'Caulfield baker Elysheva Scroogeavitz is determined not to let anything get in the way of fulfilling customer demand for her Bubby’s famous Polish gingerbread. Not her family’s impending Chrismukkah celebrations; not her contractions and imminent labour; and certainly not the ghosts who’ve suddenly shown up in her kitchen. But the Rein-Dybbuck of Chrismukkah Past, Gingerbread Golem and Lilith Claus have other ideas, and Ely’s about to get an unexpected lesson in the importance of making time for the ones we love.'

Source: Production blurb.

Production Details

  • Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner, 14 November - 16 December 2023.

    Developed as part of Melbourne Theatre Company's Next Stage Writers' program by writers-in-residence Elise Esther Hearst and Phillip Kavanagh.

    Director: Sarah Giles.

    Associate Director: Cassandra Fumi.

    Set and Costume Designer: Jonathan Oxlade.

    Composer and Sound Designer: Jed Palmer.

    Cast: Natalie Gamsu (Fran / Lilith Claus), Evelyn Krape (Older Woman / Bubby / Golem), Bert Labonte (Steve / Rein-dybbuk).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2023
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2023 .
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      Extent: 86p.
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      • Published November 2023

      ISBN: 9781760628246
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Works about this Work

Theatre Review : A Very Jewish Christmas Carol, Southbank Theatre Vanessa Francesca , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , November 2023;
— Review of A Very Jewish Christmas Carol Phillip Kavanagh , Elise Hearst , 2023 single work drama

'A repurposing of Dickens' classic tale with a gingerbread golem and a miser called Scroogavitz.'
Theatre Review : A Very Jewish Christmas Carol, Southbank Theatre Vanessa Francesca , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , November 2023;
— Review of A Very Jewish Christmas Carol Phillip Kavanagh , Elise Hearst , 2023 single work drama

'A repurposing of Dickens' classic tale with a gingerbread golem and a miser called Scroogavitz.'
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