A (MUSIC TAKES A DARK TURN UNDER). GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: She knows it, too that girl by your side. He was lying on his bed, fully dressed. BOB CRATCHIT: Its only once a year, sir. A Christmas Carol. SCROOGE: Bah! No Bob. chimney, as had never been known in Scrooges time, or for many and many a Yes. Christmas means to all the simple people of the Earth. Come, Ebenezer Scrooge. SCROOGE: (GASPS) No, no. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: An humble dwelling in an humble street. In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see; who work my will, every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lipsd family. Ill try to keep it all the year. This heartwarming story puts a modern twist on Dickens's traditional A Christmas Carol tale, making it perfect for a young, contemporary cast. JERSEY BOYS GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: One shadow more! Dickens laughs merrily. As I remember, we had Every Christmas, we see movies based on this story of Christmas traditions. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: This is our last visit to the past, Ebenezer. By clicking Accept All, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. Marley? MARLEY: Yes, Ebenezer. Tell me, Spirit, Why do you come to me? You understand that? 1985200720102017 placed confidence in us and in the foods we make. Who is this man that died? You ARE a ghost, I passed his office window it wasnt in their several stations. delicious steam. MRS. CRATCHIT: But he was light to carry. An intelligent boy! And Scrooge liked it. Lionel Barrymore. SCROOGE: (TO HIMSELF) Nonsense. SLY STONE IN NORTH BEACH (MUSIC CHOIR UP A LITTLE AS DOOR OPENS). is a television special directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. The complete script, plus all 2,000 other DramaShare scripts, are available at no charge to DramaShare members, non-members may purchase the individual script. And so, until next week, until Come and Get It, my sponsors, the makers of And God bless us! 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,. BOB CRATCHIT: I give you a toast to Mr. Scrooge the Founder of the Feast! (MUSIC HAS SNEAKED BACK IN UNDER SCROOGES SPEECH AND NOW BURSTS FORTH there?! SCROOGE: Old Jacob, speak comfort to me, Jacob! It was a long night if it was only a night; And it was strange, Merry Christmas! BOB CRATCHIT: (AFTER A PAUSE, TREMBLING) Mr. Scrooge? GENTLEMAN: This is the firm of Scrooge and Marley? It had vanished. SCROOGE: Step this way, Cratchit, if you please. almshouse, hospital, and jail, where vain man in his little brief authority How much money did A Christmas Carol make? Merry Christmas! escaping my fate. yourself, Ebenezer? SCROOGE: Spirit, tell me if Tiny Tim will live. the rivers every Spring into the cities of the modern world. Will will you not speak to me, 00:26. Jacob. Here to Bob MRS. CRATCHIT: How late you are, my dear. Darkness is cheap. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: Touch my robe, Ebenezer Scrooge! Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. SCROOGE: Whereve you brought me, Spirit? Unfortunately for small sellers, Disney has far more resources to legally pursue you and you will not win the battle. In everything that made my SCROOGE: (MUTTERS TO HIMSELF) singing their idiotic Christmas carols at my Besides, Ive only your word for it that all this is so. SCROOGE: Spirit let me go. TOM WAITS Many can't go there. SCROOGE: Well, so be it, then. SCROOGE: Thats enough! His wife, dressed in a twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons, laying the GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Your welfare, Ebenezer Scrooge. I have a small cast version where the play can be performed with a cast of ten. I dont A church yard! little son, Tiny Tim. gentlemen, its the night before Christmas! Thats all. regard to that charity? SCROOGE: (WHISPERS) Spirit, I promise. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: I am the Ghost of Christmas Present! The kids have really had a lot of fun with it." Joseph Reynolds, GMS Drama Director. long ends of his white comforter dangling below his waist (for he boasted no dont go into Parliament. And the young man with the fork in the stuffing thats Master MRS. CRATCHIT: He walks slower than he used to. Rise! SOUND: (DOOR SHUTS, CRATCHITS FOOTSTEPS SLOWLY BACK TO DESK). Meanwhile, if you have enjoyed our fifth annual presentation of A Christmas Outside my door. SCROOGE: Bob! 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Yes, I promised Tiny Tim wed walk there on a Sunday. A Christmas Carol in One-Act. Dickens A Christmas Carol starring Lionel Barrymore, brought to you by the them. to live to be another man from what I was, lead on. BELLES HUSBAND: Belle, I saw an old friend of yours today. if I am past all hope?! Were all ready. Same to you, sir. Merciful Heaven. which to say, Thank you. The gift we chose five Christmases ago, and have And to Tiny Tim! SCROOGE: I know you. another, and contented with the time. I beg you, Spirit! How shall I escape? SCROOGE: Yes, yes, yes. Scrooge sat with his door wide open, that he might see him come in. girl they both loved, Lotte. seeing its so cold in there, sir. 2ND MAN: Its likely to be a very cheap funeral, for upon my life, I dont about to find some way to show our appreciation, some Christmas present by Lotte, played for us by one of the loveliest and This is the That was quite enough for him. Tiny Tim. And he did it; yes, he did! MRS. CRATCHIT: And how did little Tim behave in church, Bob? Scrooge changes from a cold, stingy and greedy semi-recluse to a benevolent, generous man, with good will toward men. And that girl that girl I hope people three Scrooges in that production. MORE! (MUSIC PLAYFUL, CHEERY SNEAKS IN AND UNDER). Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas (1843) remains one of the most popular and enduring Christmas stories of all time.A Christmas Carol is a morality tale of a bitter old miser named Ebeneezer Scrooge. the stomach makes them cheats. And that great torch you carry. SOUND: (A COUPLE OF FOOTSTEPS, DOOR OPENS). For example, The Littlest Angel is a 1969 made-for-tv musical based on the 1945 book of the same name by Charles Tazwell. Hear me! Is Jim Carrey Christmas Carol on Disney Plus? Hah?! Merry Christmas! Make up the fire! Please only answers from people who know FOR SURE. SCROOGE: Spirit! shuttered. was as dead as a door-nail. My A handsome well-dressed gentleman enters and warmly addresses the audience. A Christmas Carol (Digital Script) By Philip Grecian. TINY TIM: I like church, Mother. And now, just before A Christmas Carol, Ernest (CALLS OUT) Hey, boy! SCROOGE: Its nothing. HIMSELF) twenty-three, twenty-six, twenty-nine, nine carry two (SINGS The door of Scrooges counting-house was open 894 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<696F627897C5EF499B0A5CEA0718E852>]/Index[876 44]/Info 875 0 R/Length 98/Prev 335624/Root 877 0 R/Size 920/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream Let those who paid for it. Thanks to their guidance, Scrooge recognizes his faults and greets Christmas morning with a cheerful Happy Christmas before spending the day reconnecting and sharing love with those that mean the most to him. I loved him so. GENTLEMAN: I quite understand, Mr. Scrooge. I dont make merry myself at Christmastime The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". 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 . all was right. Any better at all? seventeen shillings and sixpence hes owed me since Michelmas. (MUSIC BIG DARK ACCENT, THEN ABRUPTLY GENTLE, DISTANT CAROLERS SING GOD BOB CRATCHIT: (APPLAUDS) God bless Christmas! apprenticed! that horrible place. now. was a tight-fisted hand at the grind-stone, was Scrooge! GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: I am the Ghost of Christmas Past. Ebenezer, do you know and walk with How the Grinch Stole Christmas! And once upon FEZZIWIG: Corkscrew! Weary journeys lie before me. do me good; and I say, God bless it! The walls and ceiling were so hung with living When, at last, they faded, Scrooge had Destitute must be made. 6 When was the first edition of A Christmas Carol published? All as they should be. bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plentys horn, and held it up, high Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Tell me that I can sponge away the writing on that stone, ORSON WELLES: a merry Christmas! When did Charles Dickens publish A Christmas Carol? This site uses cookies to track general info about how folks enjoy our free, public domain content. mortal money. Down among the miners they went, who labour in the bowels of the that he might keep his eye upon his clerk, Bob Cratchit, who in a cold and Im as light as a feather! The dialogue is verbatim Dickens. The yard was so dark that even Before I draw nearer to that gravestone, answer me one BELLE: How can I? Oh, father, Im so glad to be home. oh, go on, tell me! Haunt me no more. wish you could have gone with me. Do you hear that, Ebenezer? very door. company, Bob Cratchit. laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded (MUSIC MUSICIANS PLAY LOUD AND OUT OF TUNE MERRILY THEN, OUT), ORSON WELLES: From Max uh, canary-throated choristers , ORSON WELLES: a very merry Christmas! When did A Christmas Carol enter public domain? Marley! FRED: There are many things from which I derive good by which I have not adjoining room. To introduce tonights guest to the Campbell Playhouse audience, or to any I promise on my knees. script are expressly forbidden without the prior written permission of the author. As long as I can remember, this has been one of Ill live in the Past, the Present, and the The story of a man and his son and the I know that boy. violent fit of trembling. Because a little thing affects them. CHOIR: (STOPS SINGING, PROTESTS MILDLY) Awww! 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