Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Radio Dramatization characters

Appears from the start

A wealthy London businessman who has reduced life to accounts, profit, and self-protection. He rejects charity, companionship, and Christmas observance, treats his clerk harshly, and lives alone. On Christmas Eve, a succession of supernatural visitors forces him to examine the harm caused by his choices.

Appears from the start

Scrooge's deceased business partner, once as devoted to profit and indifference as Scrooge remains. His ghost appears burdened by the consequences of that life and warns Scrooge that three more spirits will visit him.

Appears from the start

Scrooge's poorly paid clerk, a patient family man who endures a cold office and his employer's contempt without losing his affection for Christmas or his household.

Appears from the start

Scrooge's cheerful nephew, who continues to invite his uncle to Christmas dinner despite repeated refusals and insults. He regards the season as valuable for the generosity and fellowship it encourages.

First appears in chapter 2

The first of the three promised spirits, an uncanny figure who conducts Scrooge through scenes from his own childhood and early adulthood. The spirit's light exposes memories Scrooge has kept at a distance.

First appears in chapter 2

A generous former employer from Scrooge's youth who treats his apprentices as members of a community and makes a modest workplace celebration feel abundant.

First appears in chapter 2

The woman once engaged to Scrooge. She recognizes that his growing devotion to wealth has displaced the hopes they shared and releases him from their promise rather than bind him to a life he no longer wants.

First appears in chapter 3

The second spirit, a warm and imposing presence who shows Scrooge how Christmas is being kept in homes very different from his own. The spirit combines abundance with a stern concern for neglected people.

First appears in chapter 3

Bob Cratchit's young son, physically frail but affectionate and attentive to others. His place in the close-knit Cratchit household makes him central to the future the spirits ask Scrooge to consider.

Also known as Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

First appears in chapter 4

The final spirit, a silent, shrouded figure who answers Scrooge only by pointing. It presents possible consequences of the life Scrooge is still choosing, leaving him to interpret the scenes and plead for the chance to change them.