"Scrooge in Rouge"

A mixture of Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Noises Off, Scrooge in Rouge is a Victorian-era music hall version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, in which 17 members of the Royal Music Hall 20-Member Variety Players have taken ill from the cast party the night before, leaving only Charlie Schmaltz, an animated character actor; Lottie Obligato, a bubbly, over-the-hill ingénue; and Vesta Virile, a male-impersonating diva, to play and sing all the male and female parts in the show.