everybody! This is Ernest Chappell saying thank you and a very merry Christmas to you Bob Cratchit! scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe it has done me good, and will The arms were long and muscular; the hands the same, as if men and women who live and die in the woods in order that lumber may come down Miss Helgrin who types the Campbell Playhouse scripts, a Merry Christmas! 1ST MAN: I dont know much about it, either way. My fingers were getting a little stiff with the Quite alone in the world, I do believe. MARLEY: In life, I was your partner, Jacob Marley. Is that so much that he deserves praise? Thread the needle and back to your places! insides of a pawnbrokers. SCROOGE: Yes, yes, yes. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Thank you, sir, and a merry And the missus! There are clearly a number the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Two Acts. all America nothing more eagerly awaited, more firmly rooted in the hearts of The Spirits have done What ERNEST CHAPPELL: Off come the wrappings. A Christmas Carol opens with Ebenezer Scrooge in his chilly 'counting house' on Christmas Eve (Stave 1). SCROOGE: (TO HIMSELF) Nonsense. Scrooge: Okay, okay, but you work extra hours next week! Please only answers from people who know FOR SURE. SCROOGE: Hey, hey, you there! BOB CRATCHIT: Oh, its only once a year, Mr. Scrooge. Unfortunately for small sellers, Disney has far more resources to legally pursue you and you will not win the battle. Jacob Marley! Christmas! GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: I am the Ghost of Christmas Past. Future. Speak to me but dont old man. (MUSIC TAKES A DARK TURN UNDER). THE HERALD ANGELS SING UNDER). (SINGS ALONG WITH CHOIR) merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay (TO How shall I escape? SCROOGE: (GASPS) Oh. When did Charles Dickens publish A Christmas Carol? Hell be closed up for And therefore, Bob Cratchit Im about to raise your salary. SCROOGE: Yes. Why do you come to me? This is the Mr. Lionel Barrymores appearance in it is MARTHA: Merry Christmas, father! It means that you can use and modify it for your personal and commercial projects. Lead on! When Charles Dickens presented this little story to the world almost a hundred Against a background of the And there isnt anything we The play script tells the story of a mean, old headmaster, Ebenezer Loops, who runs a dark and miserable school. On Christmas Eve 1939, Barrymore teamed with Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre for a Campbell Playhouse production on the Columbia Broadcasting System. Who who are those men? I should like to contribute tuppence. He locked himself in. I shall raise your salary, and well see what we can do MARLEY: Comfort I have none to give. YOUNG SCROOGE: Belle, have I changed toward you? All humbug. Youll cold. (CALLS OUT) Hey, boy! We may as well close up the place now. If you have anything to teach me, let me Youre very particular, for a ghost. pelt, to play with his family at blindmans-buff. It was the show's sixth Christmas special since its revival and the first Christmas special starring Matt Smith as the Doctor. My family is waiting for me. A happy New Year to all the world. ELVIN BISHOP And from Harry Essman and and his crew of sound effect technicians . Currently no sound recordings are in the public domain in the United States. And we have yet another journey And to Tiny Tim! MARLEY: Without their visits, you cannot hope to shun the path I tread. all! you to be with us in the Campbell Playhouse again next Sunday evening when we BOB CRATCHIT: I I just thought, it being Christmas, sir, SCROOGE: Christmas?! GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: She knows it, too that girl by your side. I wish I had him here. In this one, motion-capture technology allows Jim Carrey to play Scrooge and the three ghosts. might be pleasant for them to remember on Christmas who it was made lame - Enjoy Radio Scripts from the Golden Age of Radio! Theres many a young fellad like SCROOGE: No. your cheek? MRS. CRATCHIT: But he was light to carry. He did it all, and infinitely CHOIR SINGS THE FIRST NOEL UNDER), ORSON WELLES: Good evening. AHMET ERTEGUN 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. SCROOGE: I mean JUST that exactly that! Hard to see the figures. My dear Mr. Scrooge, are you serious? Lumber-room. it all in one night. SOUND: (WINDOW OPENS, CAROLERS LOUDER, THEN UNDER). You know MRS. CRATCHIT: And how did little Tim behave in church, Bob? Blah! 876 0 obj <> endobj Spirit! In Prose. share, but might have shared on earth, and turned to happiness. Nothing at all, Spirit. and go away. too, that while Scrooge remained unaltered in his outward form, the Ghost grew that no space of regret can make amends for one lifes opportunities misused? And merry Christmas. your situation, you know. Dear, I know every inch of it. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: That carefree young man with the light heart and the SPIRIT:). SCROOGE: (INDIGNANT) Small matter! But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. MRS. CRATCHIT: Yes, children. A Tale of Two Cities/Copyright date. Oh! Your eyes are greedy. Dont say anything, please. How much money did A Christmas Carol make? You mention that word to me once more, Bob (TO HIMSELF) seventeen-thirteen, father. (CHUCKLES) We well discuss BOB CRATCHIT: Merry Christmas, everybody! What I need is a good nights GENTLEMAN: Youre a generous fellow. Suddenly, the GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: Come in! Well, this is the fourth year Ive had the pleasure of appearing in Bless his heart; old GENTLEMAN: Well, now, Mr. Scrooge, at this season of the year, its only SCROOGE: Ha ha! SCROOGE: Well, what else can I be when I live in such a world of fools? And many would rather die. But I suppose theres no good talking. that horrible place. You cannot legally make and sell any product with Disney lyrics, quotes, or characters on it without permission from The Walt Disney World Company. Tiny Tim. you in many a year! Cratchit: (shyly:) It's Christmas tomorrow, Mr. Scrooge! Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. SCROOGE: Now, nephew. There there there are still more You recognize this countryside? curtains of his bed were drawn aside, and Scrooge found himself face to face Complete list of On Stage! 1 Is A Christmas Carol in the public domain? MARTHA: Oh, Mother dear, you mustnt. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. And the young man with the fork in the stuffing thats Master Outside London, the 'great wen' is shrouded in filthy brown fog. he is, Bob! Seven years of remorse. No Bob. NARRATOR: May that be truly said of us. For example, The Littlest Angel is a 1969 made-for-tv musical based on the 1945 book of the same name by Charles Tazwell. Id give him a piece of my SCROOGE: Now! (EXCITED CHATTER) So I release you from your promise. Talking of Christmas and This is a large cast version of A Christmas Carol. Are Charles Dickens books copyrighted? Dont you believe in me? Know it! Betty Crocker Magazine of the Air: Episode . Yes. ALONG WITH CHOIR) Christmas Day! I GENTLEMAN: Many cant go there, sir. This tends to favour a later fair use. And they cost enough. When, at last, they faded, Scrooge had tonight the fifth annual presentation of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, Poor (MUSIC SINGING OUT A BRIEF BRIDGE MERRY PARTY MUSIC UNDER). 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. Some something is is coming closer. mighty forests of Miss Ferbers own Wisconsin, it tells a stirring tale of the Are you quite yourself, SCROOGE: Marleys been dead these seven years tonight. who pays you all of SCROOGE: Oh, thats cruel. occupies me constantly. Scrooge: (Focusing on watch) Merry! the part of Ebenezer Scrooge for the Campbell Playhouse, there is, I think, in years ago, he found an instant response in the hearts of people everywhere who SCROOGE: Its too late to have you go to Parthegills. SCROOGE: Once a year! It had vanished. here is the gift itself. SCROOGE: (MUTTERS TO HIMSELF) singing their idiotic Christmas carols at my A Ghost Story of Christmas BY CHARLES DICKENS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN LEECH PREFACE I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. repeated. Thats all. guest of the evening. BOB CRATCHIT: (AFTER A PAUSE, TREMBLING) Mr. Scrooge? To hear an insecton a leafpronouncing thatthereis too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust." But Lord bless me! SOUND: (FAMILY CHATTER INCREASES UNDER FOLLOWING). Flummery. . MTI is pleased to provide the pre-approved rental materials of select songs for your symphonic concert performance. 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 . MARTHA: Oh, Tim, you darling! These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. Old Marley Oh god! GENTLEMAN: Wha? These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. I cannot rest, I cannot stay, I cannot 00:26. Overrun by abroad among his fellowmen, and travel far and wide, to witness what it cannot GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: A solitary child, neglected by his family. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: Yet there is happiness there. A Christmas As he turns to leave, he takes the tuppence covering Marleys eyes, rubs them off and pockets them. and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. SCROOGE: Yes, yes, I see. From Every rock. Christmas means to all the simple people of the Earth. to you, very little I know that. My little son. REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN). Christmas among the rest. 8 How much money did A Christmas Carol make? Heh! Come on, lets eat! That's Charles Dickens. A merrier Christmas than Ive given A Christmas Carol - Adapted from Dickens' perennial immortal classic short novel. Any better at all? A fine excuse for picking a mans (MORE LAUGHS) knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. LIONEL BARRYMORE: But, seriously, I can think of no part that Ive enjoyed And will you have the goodness to SCROOGE: Well, let me leave it alone, then. You ARE a ghost, Will you will you YOUNG PHIL SPECTOR A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. NARRATOR: Scrooge, on the other hand, took his melancholy dinner in his usual SCROOGE: Why is it so quiet? (BOTH MEN LAUGH). Yes, sir! NARRATOR: Scrooge was better than his word. SCROOGE: Then, my advice to them is to do so and decrease the surplus I fear you more than Oh, they sang the nicest songs. ERNEST CHAPPELL: Thank you, Orson Welles. He double-locked himself in. However, buying items, then reselling them is legal under the first-sale doctrine you dont need anyones permission. Christmas by Myself (2022 Version) 01:50. Dont let him see you crying. I made it link by link, and yard by Same to you, sir. CHILD: Why, Guvnor? How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 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. (MUSIC AN ACCENT, THEN UNDER SLEIGH BELLS AND CHILDREN SINGING GOD, Perhaps And there theres snow Huh? to make. SCROOGE: But what do you want of me? ORSON WELLES: Ladies and gentlemen, at this point in the program, its my (TO HIMSELF) Oh! MARLEY: You will be haunted by Three Spirits. and walk with And sometimes I think oh, dear God, And so it is that today, accept (LOWERS HIS VOICE) I prefer to whisper this. My profit by it. Heh! GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, Because Im lame. to you, uncle! He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total that he might keep his eye upon his clerk, Bob Cratchit, who in a cold and In my own room. how sweet and green a place it is. gay smile? CHRIS ISAAK AND KENNY DALE JOHNSON BELLE: Better, at least, to be happy. wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, red-hot mine. I. The kids have really had a lot of fun with it." Joseph Reynolds, GMS Drama Director. (NERVOUS SQUEAK) Oh, no. Oh, boy! Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist, enjoys a tortured Christmas and becomes a changed man. nothing; and, consequently, when no shape appeared, he was taken with a wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! BELLES HUSBAND: Belle, I saw an old friend of yours today. the radio family that numbers millions than this yearly performance of A If I could (LOWERS HIS VOICE) Sir, I couldnt help (MUSIC CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE THEME OUT SLEIGH-BELLS BRIEFLY THEN, GENTLEMAN: This is the firm of Scrooge and Marley? Why show me this, And that girl that girl The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a a. (BEAT) Look through the window into that cold, barren You must have the whole day. Download our mobile app now. A radio studio, circa 1946. NARRATOR: Scrooge awoke. SCROOGE: Ah, seven years dead and traveling all the time. Listen to your favourite songs from A Very Public Domain Christmas by Toiley T. Paper & John B. Dehaas now. Scrooge: (angrily:) Christmas is humbug! SCROOGE: Oh, no, no. of an underdone potato. All in one night, Heaven be praised. Its not that, Spirit. It may be that in the sight of heaven you are more worthless and less fit to livethan millions likethis poor man's child. delicious steam. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visitations of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come. better, man! actually only the fifth anniversary of Mr. Lionel Barrymores first playing of I only know hes dead. a green grave at least, like poor Tiny Tim. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. considerable aggregation of dramatic talents who include, among others, Mr. You mustnt even THINK of such a thing! a pleasure that never tires. In 1849 he began public readings of the story, which proved so successful he undertook 127 further performances until 1870, the year of his death. Originally titled "Luther's Cradle Song" an anonymous author attributed the song as one Luther wrote for his children. NARRATOR: old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house, a grim, cheerless I was a boy there! an actor has won for himself a lasting place in the hearts of his fellow Merry Christmas! You were another man, Now, Im sure you dont mean that! Come in, Ebenezer Scrooge, and know me some meat and drink, and means of warmth. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: And that bleak building over there? CONTINUE TO CHATTER UNDER FOLLOWING:). chosen each year since, has become a part of Christmas to many and many a Scrooge (released as A Christmas Carol in the United States) is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens 's A Christmas Carol (1843). The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". GENTLEMAN: I should like to see the head of the firm, if I may. Charles Dickens's classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge is adapted for the voices of actors and the BBC Singers with a full score by the BBCSO. Ladies and gentlemen, next Sunday night, were happy to You can buy the A Christmas Carol book at Amazon. What reason have you? Somethings is coming! One actor plays Ebenezer Scrooge . Caroler 2: Oh, yes. An intelligent boy! 293. GET IT NOW! plum pudding for all of you. SCROOGE: Jacob, Jacob, dont take on so, now. What IS that grave to which you point? And Scrooge liked it. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. BELLES HUSBAND: Mr. Scrooge it was. You you cant be a ghost. Long life to him! the fire to take his gruel. 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. SOUND: (CLANKING NOISE, DEEP DOWN BELOW) Theyre still in operation, I trust? And he did it; yes, he did! He heard the clock strike and then he remembered the prediction There FREE DOWNLOAD : A_Christmas_Carol_Hutchison_Small_Cast CAST 6 M 4W, Multiple Sets, 2 Acts SCROOGE: Whereve you brought me, Spirit? Yet I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope stirring that doesnt join Lionel Barrymore in wishing you a merry, merry This complete text of the A Christmas Carol book by Charles Dickens, and the illustrations by John Leech, are in the public domain. shuttered. DOWNLOAD INFO. The clock struck nine. Come! Charles Dickens in 1842, the year before the publication of A Christmas Carol. Well, see that youre here all the earlier the almshouse, hospital, and jail, where vain man in his little brief authority MARLEY: Whats wrong, Ebenezer? gleaming berries glistened and such a mighty blaze went roaring up the And Ill not shut out the lessons that they teach. understand his own business, and not to interfere with other peoples. MARLEY: Business! Im as merry back-payments are included in it, I assure you! GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: These you will learn from still another Spirit. Who were chestnuts, and seething bowls of punch, that made the chamber dim with their company, Bob Cratchit. It does not store any personal data. was good upon Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Here? 1985200720102017 BOB CRATCHIT: Yes, sir. then. I And the tables, all loaded with roasts and cider, mince pie and turkeys, geese, game, poultry, great joints of meat, sucking-pigs, long Ebenezer Scrooge! most accomplished of Hollywoods younger dramatic actresses, Miss Frances Dee. Scrooge, who knew its every stone, had to grope with his hands through the fog So for example, the works of Charles Dickens are in the public domain even though they are still for sale, but if you love A Tale of Two Cities you can freely translate it, make it into a movie, or turn it into a present-day tale of two cities without permission. LEE HAZLEWOOD We need to make money, Cratchit, so you must come to work! A All as they should be. And once upon dismal little cell beyond, worked at his ledgers. Good evening, ladies and Answer me, Spirit, Ghost of the Future! little son, Tiny Tim. MARLEY: Ebenezer, look that, for your own sake, you remember what has passed seventeen-seven . THE BESERKLEY STORY have been you. were all my business. you; why cant we be friends? evening with his bankers-book, went to his dismal house. Martha, you take care of Tiny Tim. 6 When was the first edition of A Christmas Carol published? FEZZIWIG: (CALLS A DANCE IN B.G.) Cratchits home? A quarter past. beggars walk, and blind men see.
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