The Farndale Christmas Carol is one of 11 plays from a series written by McGillivray and Zerlin in the British style of "coarse theatre,". The play centers on the Farndale Dramatic Societyâs decision to launch its production of "A Christmas Carol." Murphy's Law soon applies â from collapsing scenery to falling actors, missed cues to disappearing props, everything thing that can go wrong finds a way to go wrong.