The Very First Adaptations of A Christmas Carol

<p>Before there was film or TV, there were stage versions of <em>A Christmas Carol,</em> and the two I&#39;m talking about today came out in 1844, just weeks after the book was first published. Clearly, this story was a hit right away. What did the very first adaptations of the story like?</p><p>Full text of plays</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/41739/pg41739-images.html" target="_blank">A Christmas Carol; Or, The Miser&#39;s Warning! by C.Z. Barnett</a></p><p><a href="https://victorianweb.org/mt/adaptations/stirling2.html" target="_blank">A Christmas Carol; or, Past, Present, and Future, A Burletta in Three Staves by Edward Stirling</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/mQ8YrpxFbk4?si=HdcPR57hZiIKn-BZ" target="_blank">Audio version of the Barnett play</a></p>