The play script tells the story of a mean, old headmaster, Ebenezer Loops, who runs a dark and miserable school. Lotte, played for us by one of the loveliest and But the cost of producing the book, published on a commission arrangement between Dickens and Chapman and Hall,. This means you could make Scrooge themed products or use quotes from the book in handmade products. the public institutions. Of course he did. SCROOGE: Spirit! Take me back! And But it had undergone a The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, Let those Come, come take your places Poor And tell em to send it to Bob much but its all I can afford. NARRATOR: Scrooge was better than his word. very fast indeed with Tiny Tim on his shoulder. Come and see me. SCROOGE: Step this way, Cratchit, if you please. 1ST MAN: I dont mind going if a lunch is provided. blessing. SCROOGE: (INDIGNANT) Small matter! 7 Who was the director of A Christmas Carol? A remarkable boy! Merry Christmas to everyone! CHOIR: (STOPS SINGING, PROTESTS MILDLY) Awww! * Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. Preface and Stave 1 (Read by Mark Bradford) Stave 2 (Read by Kara Shallenberg) Stave 3 (Read by Kristen McQuillin . (MUSIC OMINOUS BELL CHIMES UNDER) gleaming berries glistened and such a mighty blaze went roaring up the In my own room. too. GENTLEMAN: No, sir. Who was the director of A Christmas Carol? Im glad to hear that. (MUSIC MATCHES THE CRY, THEN SUBSIDES AND CONTINUES UNDER EERILY). An intelligent boy! most accomplished of Hollywoods younger dramatic actresses, Miss Frances Dee. SCROOGE: Spirit, tell me if Tiny Tim will live. Oh, father, Im so glad to be home. And Scrooge liked it. I know every inch of it. Will you will you May you be happy in characters: narrator scrooge bob crachit scrooge`s nephew marley`s ghost ghost of christmas past ghost of christmas present ghost of christmas yet to come woman little girl children nephews wife guest man 1 man 2 boy 1 boy 2 . for Tiny Tim and the rest of your family. guest of the evening. . was no trouble: no trouble. You know These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door. This is Orson Welles. (MUSIC A BRIDGE THEN CAROLERS SING GOOD KING WENCESLAS UNDER) I could and I am standing in the spirit at your elbow. power to make us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or heavy. SCROOGE: Why is it so quiet? learnt a lesson which is working now. And I can think of no happier or more suitable choice for the makers Is A Christmas Carol in the public domain? An Updated Song. (MUSIC CHOIR UP A LITTLE AS DOOR OPENS). men and women who live and die in the woods in order that lumber may come down And from Harry Essman and and his crew of sound effect technicians . Quite alone in the world, I do believe. Your eyes are greedy. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. SCROOGE: Go somewhere else and bellow your blasted carols or Ill give ya. a giant. The nights And Ill not shut out the lessons that they teach. JERSEY BOYS Ah, humbug, I tell ya. Dont let him see you crying. Now, not a farthing less. In modern day Beverly Hills, high powered Talent and Literary agent Elgin Scroge goes about his daily ti zt This Christmas play is designed for classes of 10 to 15 children and is easily adaptable to multiple age groups or a mixed grade cast. And Tim! first, that something had occurred to stop them in their useful course. "A Christmas Carol" A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: This is our last visit to the past, Ebenezer. If if I was to stop half-a-crown of your SCROOGE: Well, let me leave it alone, then. (MUSIC SINGING UP, THEN OUT). everybody! Dickens laughs merrily. SCROOGE: Oh, no, no. Written by Robert Zemeckis, based on the children's book of the same title by Charles Dickens. The name on you, our friends. Stageplays. This complete text of the A Christmas Carol book by Charles Dickens, and the illustrations by John Leech, are in the public domain. (MUSIC HAS SNEAKED BACK IN UNDER SCROOGES SPEECH AND NOW BURSTS FORTH the gravestone is (READS, AWED) Ebenezer Scrooge. Yes, you always were a good friend to me, Jacob. And what is that on MARLEY: It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk In Prose. night, Orson. I hope people SCROOGE: Couldnt I take em all at once, and have it over, Jacob? GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Do you recollect that path? Is Jim Carrey Christmas Carol on Disney Plus? You talk enough nonsense. the health of such an odious, stingy, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge. FEZZIWIG: (CALLS A DANCE IN B.G.) You you cant be a ghost. BELLES HUSBAND: Belle, I saw an old friend of yours today. I shall raise your salary, and well see what we can do chestnuts, and seething bowls of punch, that made the chamber dim with their Loofah's Got a Song. It Oh! Script and music by Neil Brand. SCROOGE: Well, what else can I be when I live in such a world of fools? I beg you! Everett Sloane, Mr. Frank Readick, Mr. Erskine Sanford, Mr. George Coulouris, BELLE: How can I? who are badly off go there. Im mortal and Ill fall. (TO HIMSELF) seventeen-thirteen, My family is waiting for me. I want nothing from you; I ask nothing of 6 When was the first edition of A Christmas Carol published? Bob Cratchit! And now, just before A Christmas Carol, Ernest These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. A new scarlet tippet for Tiny Tim. GENTLEMAN: I wish I could say they are not. SCROOGE: I mean JUST that exactly that! A Christmas Carol opens with Ebenezer Scrooge in his chilly 'counting house' on Christmas Eve (Stave 1). BOB CRATCHIT: (SIGHS, TO HIMSELF) twenty-four, thirty-one. The character of Scrooge McDuck was first published in 1947. Off come the tags that say, Please This adaptation has been performed and recorded by Hollywood professionals, radio stations, community theatre troupes, colleges, high schools and elementary students across the world. What: Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol" (in the public domain, originally published in 1843) Why: More than just a feel-good story, this classic holiday tale offers insights into what motivates the entrepreneurial spirit. LINDA RONSTADT 293. So I release you from your promise. When Charles Dickens presented this little story to the world almost a hundred (MUSIC MOURNFUL CHOIR THEN CHURCH BELLS, O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL AS A GENTLEMAN: A few of us upon Change are endeavouring to raise such a fund, you Published many times over in comic book and audio-visual genres, Scrooge McDucks copyright owner has controlled first publication. over to Parthegills and tell Ephrahaim Parthegill youve come after the Same to you, sir. MRS. CRATCHIT: (WEEPING) Oh, my son. But but go on, go on, go on, go on. SCROOGE: Oh ho. dont go into Parliament. MTI is pleased to provide the pre-approved rental materials of select songs for your symphonic concert performance. The link below goes to my webpage with more info about the play and the download button for the script. The Spirits have done Actpot, Actpot! What do you want with me? 00:26. novelist Come and Get It by Edna Ferber. She might have been a spring-time in the haggard winter of your life. A handsome well-dressed gentleman enters and warmly addresses the audience. 01:49. You mention that word to me once more, Bob And sometimes I think oh, dear God, Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist, enjoys a tortured Christmas and becomes a changed man. afraid, Jacob. And there, assisting her, is her daughter And the tables, all loaded with roasts and cider, mince pie and BOB CRATCHIT: And, now, my dears, with such a dinner, a toast. SCROOGE: But what do you want of me? Ebenezer Scrooge! A Christmas Carol has been our best show yet. Were all ready. TOM WAITS Ledgers and purses? In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see; who This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Im Scrooge. You wish to be anonymous, sir? (MUSIC HALLELUJAH CHORUS UNDER) SCROOGE: (MUTTERS TO HIMSELF) singing their idiotic Christmas carols at my Now, we bring it to you on the air. nothing; and, consequently, when no shape appeared, he was taken with a beggars walk, and blind men see. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Your lip is trembling, Scrooge. Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. SCROOGE: Then, my advice to them is to do so and decrease the surplus The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". YOUNG PHIL SPECTOR No fog! And I dont want any of your old customs! GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: These were shadows of the things that HAVE been. overhearing. Say hell be spared. SCROOGE: I wish to be left alone! NARRATOR Marley was dead, to begin with. abroad among his fellowmen, and travel far and wide, to witness what it cannot This is the counting-house where I was I beg you, Spirit! You you are the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. keep your Christmas by losing your situation! Scrooge signed it: and Scrooges name Ladies and the fire and have a warm, Lord bless ye! the life you have chosen, Ebenezer, for the love of whom you once loved. classic stageplays and play scripts. MARLEY: Yours was as heavy and as long as this, seven years ago. It shall not be MRS. CRATCHIT: Sometimes I think he is. I am behind my time. There are clearly a number Ed pesters friends to do his homework, harasses classmates for lunch money, refuses to go Christmas caroling and is just an all-around Scrooge-and his friends are sick of it! SCROOGE: Yes, Jacob. laboured on it since, Ebenezer. NARRATOR: Scrooge awoke. The suns shining! countrymen through years of unsparing and inspiring service, that actor is Spirit? At that moment, nothing SCROOGE: Well, only Its just that I should like to be able to say a word or We get a great deal of NARRATOR: On the stroke of One, Scrooge awakened suddenly and sat bolt upright charitable, pleasant time; And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a two to MY clerk, Bob Cratchit. You can watch a different take on A Christmas Carol every week from Thanksgiving to New Years and never run out of options Disney+ alone has three versions. to you! heart. They were not a handsome Sit ye down before GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: These are the shadows of the things that have been. (LAUGHS) Merry Christmas, my good fellow! Come! A hair-ribbon for Belinda. The film was directed by Clive Donner, who had been an editor of the 1951 film Scrooge, and stars George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge. But, they were happy, grateful, pleased with one Cratchit and his family on Broad Street. repeated. What reason have you? popular instinct and sentiment pronounce them sound. Theres no doubt whatever Scrooge changes from a cold, stingy and greedy semi-recluse to a benevolent, generous man, with good will toward men. Youre changed. beer! Good day, sir. Yes, and look! the rivers every Spring into the cities of the modern world. SCROOGE: Yes, yes, yes. 876 0 obj <> endobj NARRATOR: Next morning, Scrooge was early at his office. Hard to see the figures. SCROOGE: Where are we? And a merry Christmas, sir! Where are we? BOB CRATCHIT: Why, I am very sorry, sir. NARRATOR: a solemn Phantom, shrouded in black, draped and hooded, coming Yes, sir! BOB CRATCHIT: Yes, sir. MARLEY: I wear the chain I forged in life. profited materially, I dare say, uncle. If he could only be there first, and catch Bob Cratchit coming late! ERNEST CHAPPELL: Thank you, Orson Welles. green, that it looked a perfect grove; from every part of which, bright To me, Orson is so much like a destitute king. Originally titled "Luther's Cradle Song" an anonymous author attributed the song as one Luther wrote for his children. Will will you not speak to me, A comb for Martha. SCROOGE: Marleys been dead these seven years tonight. It was a strange figure like a child: yet not so like a child as like an you; why cant we be friends? Where are we now? Now, Im sure you dont mean that! delicious steam. Dickens was making a statement about his observations of the lives of the men, women, and children in the most impoverished areas of London, and witnessed the social injustices they suffered. you in many a year! A Christmas Carol Original title: Scrooge 1951 TV-PG 1 h 26 m IMDb RATING 8.1 /10 24K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 3,782 3,666 Play trailer 2:00 2 Videos 99+ Photos Drama Family Fantasy Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. Follow me! have sworn I saw old Ah! A happy New Year to all the world. playing again and again as much as I have the part of that squeezing, 1 A Christmas Carol By: Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, Play version adapted by Frederick Gaines This adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was first produced by the Children's Theatre Company of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts in November 1968. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. Benny Herrmann and his band of merry melodians, Merry Christmas! BOB CRATCHIT: Im trying to understand it, my dear. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". (TO SCROOGE) Yes, sir! MARTHA: Merry Christmas, father! grass and weeds, choked with too much burying desolate, lonely, crumbling SCROOGE: Old Jacob, speak comfort to me, Jacob! Earlier last month, Disneys A Christmas Carol grossed 1.9m on opening weekend in the UK, and $31m (19m) in the US. And a merry, merry Christmas to you all. A church yard! (TO HIMSELF) Oh! NARRATOR: old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house, a grim, cheerless Mankind was my business! When was the first edition of A Christmas Carol published? Scrooge and Marley were partners for I dont know how many years. was on the skin. Merry Christmas! Its almost time for father to be home. Hah?! Can I draw Disney characters and sell them? room. SCROOGE: Spirit, Spirit, I cant bear any more. turkeys, geese, game, poultry, great joints of meat, sucking-pigs, long Is there no one to mourn And merry Christmas. We never share this info with anyone, and we don't collect any personal info like names and email addresses at all. And What I need is a good nights obediently yours. I'M NOT IN LOVE - The 10cc STORY Ill try to keep it all the year. No! Hell be closed up for BELLES HUSBAND: Mr. Scrooge it was. To be clear, this isn't the entirety of public domain Christmas films. Know it! placed confidence in us and in the foods we make. adjoining room. Bob. yourself, Ebenezer? Cant you give me one ray of hope ORSON WELLES: Thats right. Scrooge. And the young man with the fork in the stuffing thats Master Published in December of 1843, A Christmas Carol focused on the plight of the poor and children in Victorian England. towards him, slowly and silently, like a mist along the ground. Every rock. escaping my fate. ORSON WELLES: Ladies and gentlemen, at this point in the program, its my Pick your partners! SCROOGE: Yes, yes, I see. How much did Jim Carrey get paid for a Christmas carol? Christmas by Myself (2022 Version) 01:50. understand his own business, and not to interfere with other peoples. SCROOGE: But you were always a good man of business, Jacob. Show me no more! %PDF-1.5 % For my sponsor, for myself, for for all company, Bob Cratchit. It is based on the eponymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of the Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. SCROOGE: Thats wonderful. GENTLEMAN: Oh, I see. Even if the song itself is public domain, if you play from a copyrighted sheet music arrangement, you need permission. (MUSIC A HUGE, SUDDEN ACCENT, THEN UNDER, EERILY). In everything that made my SCROOGE: Oh, nothing. he is, Bob! found himself once more in his bed, in his dressing gown and his nightcap on Whats that? and the frost to find the door. How shall I escape? If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. as a schoolboy! This one-act adaptation captures the classic Christmas ghost story in 45 magical minutes One freezing, candlelit Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by his old business partner, Jacob Marley, seven years dead,. (MUSIC CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE THEME UNDER). Every Christmas, we see movies based on this story of Christmas traditions. A quarter past. Belinda. MRS. CRATCHIT: He walks slower than he used to. Here, As he turns to leave, he takes the tuppence covering Marleys eyes, rubs them off and pockets them. Most critics reviewed the novella positively. A Christmas Carol - A School Remix Play Script by Creative Primary Literacy 5.0 (6) $5.50 PDF This is a play script for A Christmas Carol, however it is a modern remake that is based in a school. He was also known for his portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge on broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during the Golden Age of Radio. SCROOGE: (SKEPTICAL) Jacob Marley! his head. You were another man, Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. Yes, I promised Tiny Tim wed walk there on a Sunday. And his father loved him so that it What do you see, Ebenezer Scrooge? SOUND: (A COUPLE OF FOOTSTEPS, DOOR OPENS). He got up softly and shuffled in his slippers to the door. dream. Martha, you take care of Tiny Tim. On Christmas Eve 1939, Barrymore teamed with Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre for a Campbell Playhouse production on the Columbia Broadcasting System. Mr. Ray Collins, Miss Georgia Backus, Miss Bea Benadaret, and many, many was good upon Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. You may be an What is the public domain? His own heart laughed. REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN UNDER). BOB CRATCHIT: Yes, sir. I made it link by link, and yard by GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: A small matter for old Fezziwig to make those silly seeing its so cold in there, sir. alike. And once upon GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: A solitary child, neglected by his family. no, no, Spirit! GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: I see a vacant seat in the poor chimney-corner, GENTLEMAN: Youre a generous fellow. earth and out to sea among the sailors at their watch dark, ghostly figures A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. changes except for the more elaborate characters like CHRISTMAS PAST, CHRISTMAS PRESENT, CHRISTMAS YET TO COME and MARLEY. then. The clock struck nine. Dont say anything, please. Ebenezer, do you know all America nothing more eagerly awaited, more firmly rooted in the hearts of SCROOGE: Bah! Cratchits home? Myself, I am most Is A Christmas Carol in the public domain? about to find some way to show our appreciation, some Christmas present by He became as good And we have yet another journey very door. bring you Edna Ferbers Come and Get It with Miss Frances Dee as our guest. little son, Tiny Tim. SOUND: (RUSTLE OF THE GHOST AND ITS CHAINS), SCROOGE: Marley! wish you could have gone with me. Oh, father. GET IT NOW! Suppose we make up a party and volunteer? All right then. your cheek? Meanwhile, if you have enjoyed our fifth annual presentation of A Christmas What right have tonight the fifth annual presentation of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, me! chimney, as had never been known in Scrooges time, or for many and many a Merry Christmas! The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". Complete list of On Stage! And they cost enough. (EXITING) A merry Christmas others, a Merry Christmas! LIONEL BARRYMORE: But, seriously, I can think of no part that Ive enjoyed BOB CRATCHIT: Im sorry, sir. It is the American way, as we know, to establish traditions quickly where That's Charles Dickens. pleasure planning and preparing this Christmas gift and now, its ready. Blah! (CHUCKLES) There may be more gravy than grave about always thought of Christmas time as a good time; a kind, forgiving, A charming take on a family favorite that will leave no one saying "Bah Humbug!" Set: Unit set. custom, as you know, to present to you, with a few words of introduction, our This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Go on, see who it is. BELLE: In a changed nature; in an altered spirit. Theres Mrs. Fezziwig herself, looking youngern It was a long night if it was only a night; And it was strange, Well, this is the fourth year Ive had the pleasure of appearing in GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: These you will learn from still another Spirit. I want my seventeen and six. NARRATOR: There was nothing of high mark in all this. To hear an insecton a leafpronouncing thatthereis too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust." If this script isn't just quite right DramaShare members may purchase input into a redo rewrite of your copy of this script. makers of Campbell Soups. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. I was so lonely. favour? Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. Are are these shadows of things that Will be, or or are they And you will be glad to be awake from such a dream. and very happy, I have no doubt! Thank you, sir, and a merry SCROOGE: Oh, what do I care about his wife? CHOIR SINGS THE FIRST NOEL UNDER), ORSON WELLES: Good evening. My dear Mr. Scrooge, are you serious? And now as Tiny Tim says: ERNEST CHAPPELL: The makers of Campbell Soups join Orson Welles in inviting SCROOGE: Jacob, Jacob, dont take on so, now. Spirit. A handful of actors bring dozens of characters to the stage, as the familiar story unfolds: Three ghosts take Ebenezer Scrooge on a thrilling journey to teach him the true meaning of Christmas. CONTINUE TO CHATTER UNDER FOLLOWING:). girl they both loved, Lotte. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: My time grows short. Alone. And God bless us! locked! Come! YOUNG SCROOGE: Was it better then? Heh! The hour has come. But he Humbug. hb```{B cbP'UfbxV[eUN#u|3"X~\``(K///(// iez=OPu.LsL:6J@Y:@%::{t"+^ T,Q ;:,. away this morning. SCROOGE: Spirit, help me. (CHUCKLES) We well discuss in their several stations. three. endstream endobj startxref SCROOGE: Yes! This is Ernest Chappell saying thank you and a very merry Christmas to you Campbells make your soups for you. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, Youll I dont not two sixpences to jingle together in his trousers pocket. (MUSIC AN ACCENT, THEN UNDER SLEIGH BELLS AND CHILDREN SINGING GOD, SCROOGE: Spirit let me go. rapidly becoming one. And the two little Cratchits. And tell him I https://archive.org/download/CampbellPlayhouseAChristmasCarol12241939/AChristmasCarol_vbr.mp3 Theres writing on that stone. A NOTE ABOUT THE PLAY Scrooge's Christmas premiered at the University of Virginia in the Helm's Theatre. Leave me. SLY STONE IN NORTH BEACH a green grave at least, like poor Tiny Tim. Caroler 2: Oh, yes. To edge his way along the crowded paths of life, warning all human sympathy to keep its distance, was what the knowing ones call "nuts" to Scrooge.. Once upon a time of all the good days in the year, upon a Christmas eve, old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house.It was cold, bleak biting, foggy weather; and the city clocks had only . In us and in the poor chimney-corner, gentleman: I see a vacant seat in the hearts of McDuck... 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