Desperate to finish the novel in time to hit the Christmas market, the author demands his family absent themselves and then drives them from his attic writing chamber. On the brink of losing his family, while writing Scrooge's redemption, Dickens finds his own. A large-cast play with a variable cast, Charles Dickens Presents A Christmas Carol preserves the original narrative while revealing the story of its author. Two families, one fictional, one historical, find their way to a brighter New Year for themselves and others around them. God Bless Us Everyone