For the first part of the question you should examine the language of the extract closely. Look at how Scrooge is presented ... There's the corner where the Ghost of Christmas Present, sat!

not Belle, as Dickens named her. Overall, seeing Sim as Scrooge should be at the top of A Christmas Carol list. A close second is the adaptation with George C. Scott, in the 1984 A Christmas Carol.

By Christmas morning, Scrooge has found redemption. It’s Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” of course ... “I can tell you that Belle is more prominent than in the previous version ...

We live in a generation filled with Ebenezer Scrooges, the leading character of Charles Dickens’s classic, A Christmas Carol ... one stop includes Scrooge’s betrothed, Belle, calling off ...

This holiday season, 10 years after the tradition began, A Christmas Carol ... to Belle (Tessa May). Though the play doesn’t delve into any more detail, Purry cleverly plays the older Scrooge ...

By Michael Paulson Reporting from Dallas Sally Nystuen Vahle bursts into “A Christmas Carol ... started as Belle, the young woman who was once engaged to a not-yet-miserly Scrooge, and ...

Hartford Stage knows how much its long-running “A Christmas Carol ... and Scrooge’s nephew Fred. Marguerite Hero, who plays Mrs. Cratchit, is the daughter of the show’s original Belle ...

Whether you were introduced to this story through The Muppets, Bill Murray, or through one of the many other individuals who have adapted this story, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol promises to deliver ...

The Rep opened "A Christmas Carol" Friday evening at the Pabst Theater; the production continues through Dec. 24. Matt Daniels returns for his third year as Scrooge. With his long limbs and antic ...

There are many commendable adaptations of Charles Dickens‘s 1843 novella A Christmas Carol ... “When Love is Gone,” sung by Belle (Meredith Braun) when Scrooge visits his past Christmases.