The Stranger Christmas Eve by Thomas Hardy adapted to play form by Kathy Applebee is a 16 page, 4 scene script for 4 females, 8 males, and as many extras as desired. It can be used as a reader’s theater or performance piece. During Nazi occupation, a Christmas Eve celebration in a remote area is interrupted by three strangers seeking relief from the snow storm. Before the evening ends, pride, mistaken identities and conflict between Nazis and the Norwegians living in an occupied area will occur