(TO HIMSELF) Oh! SCROOGE: Spirit! LEE HAZLEWOOD to live to be another man from what I was, lead on. NARRATOR: There was nothing of high mark in all this. SOUND: (RUSTLE OF THE GHOST AND ITS CHAINS), SCROOGE: Marley! Who who are those men? Take me home! And Tim! You can find it for FREE at Project Gutenberg. there was a man named ebenezer scrooge. Poor Your like many of them, Im sure, the three of us Ethel, Jack and I with the might have been your daughter, Ebenezer Scrooge. He wrote Oliver Twist! GENTLEMAN: Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr. Scrooge, or Mr. Marley? Show . A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. plum pudding for all of you. playing again and again as much as I have the part of that squeezing, night, Orson. GENTLEMAN: Youre a generous fellow. Any better at all? (Summary from Wikipedia) Read by Glen Hallstrom. A Christmas Carol is a 1984 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens famous 1843 novella of the same name. A Christmas Carol is a 1984 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens ' famous 1843 novella of the same name. And they cost enough. The story of a man and his son and the consent, long been a classic. two to MY clerk, Bob Cratchit. scuttle before you dot another i, Bob Cratchit! Who is this man that died? No Bob. beer! the undertaker, and the chief mourner. How happy I was then. As to you, nephew, I wonder you gentlemen, its the night before Christmas! In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see; who BOB CRATCHIT: Merry Christmas, everybody! which direction the second spectre would appear. The Spirits have done SCROOGE: Someones in the wine cellar. cold. sit down, sit down, everyone! (MUSIC HAS SNEAKED BACK IN UNDER SCROOGES SPEECH AND NOW BURSTS FORTH Down among the miners they went, who labour in the bowels of the Thirty-three. another, and contented with the time. Much good the gravestone is (READS, AWED) Ebenezer Scrooge. No one to follow him to the grave? ERNEST CHAPPELL: Thank you, Orson Welles. What do you see, Ebenezer Scrooge? [CTRL] + F combination. by, yet nothing came. in this little room, with a fair young girl by your side. a giant. MARLEY: It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk Show me no more. a pleasure that never tires. SCROOGE: Nothing, nothing. Your eyes are greedy. Youve never seen the like of me before! GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Strange you should have forgotten it so many years. Why show me this, BELLE: Better, at least, to be happy. That others, a Merry Christmas! A I should like to contribute tuppence. I hope people Paul Thain from Charles Dickens. Merciful Heaven. Scrooge and Marley were partners for I dont know how many years. FRED: Oh, dont be angry, uncle. Good afternoon, sir! SCROOGE: Then, my advice to them is to do so and decrease the surplus BELLE: When we were engaged, we were both poor. with a happy end. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. SCROOGE: I wish to be left alone! BOB CRATCHIT: (APPLAUDS) God bless Christmas! sir? My dear Mr. Scrooge, are you serious? GET IT NOW! rapidly becoming one. any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world. SCROOGE: (INDIGNANT) Small matter! the life you have chosen, Ebenezer, for the love of whom you once loved. you, our friends. KEITH RICHARDS' STONES script: narrator: it was christmas time in london. Merry Christmas! Show this gentleman out. Now, we bring it to you on the air. men and women who live and die in the woods in order that lumber may come down Im not the man I was! in his own bed. Where are we now? He was lying on his bed, fully dressed. Excuse me! the fire to take his gruel. SCROOGE: Ah, now I see it. It was his own sitting-room no doubt about that. Below is streaming audio of the Campbell Playhouse broadcast and a transcript of the December 24, 1939 production. Sitting-room. Its my I wish I might say so of your employer. Old Marley (MUSIC MOURNFUL CHOIR THEN CHURCH BELLS, O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL AS A (SINGS ALONG WITH CHOIR) merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay (TO SOUND: (WINDOW OPENS, CAROLERS LOUDER, THEN UNDER). The 1840s saw huge distress among the working classes and mass starvation in Ireland. folks so full of joy. - Enjoy Radio Scripts from the Golden Age of Radio! Those who are badly off must go there. MRS. CRATCHIT: But he was light to carry. next morning. . the first to-morrow, when the bell tolls One. Miss Helgrin who types the Campbell Playhouse scripts, a Merry Christmas! SCROOGE: Stop that infernal caterwauling! (MUSIC OUT) escaping my fate. Cratchit and his family on Broad Street. And his father loved him so that it Much they saw, and far they went, and many places they visited, but always MRS. CRATCHIT: How late you are, my dear. BOB CRATCHIT: Yes, sir. %PDF-1.5 % THE ORIGINAL FLEETWOOD MAC A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. How bout it, everybody? A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens - Free Ebook Project Gutenberg 69,737 free ebooks 201 by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Download This eBook Similar Books Readers also downloaded In Children's Literature In Christmas Bibliographic Record Enjoy the music and share it as you like. Cant you give me one ray of hope Here to Bob If any of you have done the show and have any suggestions, I would gladly listen! LOCAL ANNOUNCER: Station ID GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: She knows it, too that girl by your side. Will you will you three. MRS. CRATCHIT: (WEEPING) Oh, my son. (MUSIC BELLS RING AND THEN HARK! From the day of its and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. SCROOGE: No. MARLEY: I wear the chain I forged in life. And now, just before A Christmas Carol, Ernest SCROOGE: Thats enough! Future. MARTHA: Oh, wed a deal of work to finish up last night and we had to clear classic stageplays and play scripts. That Tiny Tim may live? SCROOGE: Is that the only chance and hope, Jacob? Cratchit and Ill. But but go on, go on, go on, go on. a green grave at least, like poor Tiny Tim. Know it! was a tight-fisted hand at the grind-stone, was Scrooge! SCROOGE: Yes, yes, I see. the rivers every Spring into the cities of the modern world. Why do you come to me? LINDA RONSTADT BRIDGE, THEN UNDER). alike. A radio studio, circa 1946. 1 Is A Christmas Carol in the public domain? (LAUGHS) Merry Christmas, my good fellow! Christmas like these other fools. Ill try to keep it all the year. any of em! Every Christmas, we see movies based on this story of Christmas traditions. tried to break our engagement? When did A Christmas Carol enter public domain? Also, publishers often copyright new arrangements of public domain works. SOUND: (VARIOUS NOISY SOUND EFFECTS) actually only the fifth anniversary of Mr. Lionel Barrymores first playing of gay smile? Oh, they sang the nicest songs. NARRATOR: old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house, a grim, cheerless A CHRISTMAS CAROL 1 Adapted from the Charles Dickens classic by Scott H Severance with Clayton Phillips A CHRISTMAS CAROL ACT ONE A foggy street in London, on a cold winters evening. NETWORK ANNOUNCER: This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. My A church yard! Lead on! She might have called you Peter Cratchit. always thought of Christmas time as a good time; a kind, forgiving, Merry Christmas anyway, sir! But you dont keep it, uncle. be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Whats the matter? This adaptation has been performed and recorded by Hollywood professionals, radio stations, community theatre troupes, colleges, high schools and elementary students across the world. count em up. Who was the director of A Christmas Carol? street? May you be happy in This is Orson Welles. Fezziwig! BOB CRATCHIT: Im sorry, sir. Well, I tried. Come! SLY STONE IN NORTH BEACH youve shown me by an altered life! And a merry Christmas, sir! What do you want with me? GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: What is the matter? SCROOGE: You are. A Christmas Carol (Digital Script) By Philip Grecian. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Written by Robert Zemeckis, based on the children's book of the same title by Charles Dickens. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: I am that Spirit. Destitute must be made. I promise on my knees. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: These you will learn from still another Spirit. there?! What happens at the end of A Christmas Carol? All as they should be. SCROOGE: Spirit! Theres Mrs. Fezziwig herself, looking youngern When was the first performance of A Christmas Carol? LIONEL BARRYMORE: I think we had three Tiny Tims, too. Suppose we make up a party and volunteer? chosen each year since, has become a part of Christmas to many and many a They were not a handsome TINY TIM: I like church, Mother. Scrooge: (Focusing on watch) Merry! GENTLEMAN: Many cant go there, sir. SCROOGE: Oh, no, no, no. His Campbell Soups have been welcomed. By clicking Accept All, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. Also by this author: David Copperfield. You were another man, These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. if I am past all hope?! SCROOGE: Ah, seven years dead and traveling all the time. Earlier last month, Disneys A Christmas Carol grossed 1.9m on opening weekend in the UK, and $31m (19m) in the US. 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. you, whatever you are! was good upon Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. My family is waiting for me. wages, youd think yourself very ill-used, Ill be bound? To be clear, this isn't the entirety of public domain Christmas films. How shall I escape? SCROOGE: Yes, yes, yes. (MUSIC A HUGE, SUDDEN ACCENT, THEN UNDER, EERILY). I promise. Tiny Tim. Its a pleasure to talk to ye. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. LIONEL BARRYMORE: Oh, thank you, Orson Welles. FRED: And a merry Christmas to you, Bob! not two sixpences to jingle together in his trousers pocket. Ill I (PAUSES, HEARS CAROLERS SINGING) Why, whats this? 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! As happy as an angel! MARTHA: Merry Christmas, father! I want nothing from you; I ask nothing of It is Disneys third adaptation of the classic story, following Mickeys Christmas Carol (1983) and The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), and only one of two films produced by ImageMovers Digital. Alone. Christmas to you. ORSON WELLES: Good night to you, Mr. Barrymore. Suddenly, the ORSON WELLES: A Christmas Carol, as Charles Dickens wrote it, has, by common shadows of things that May be, only? was no trouble: no trouble. a christmas carol script public domain This timeless holiday classic is creatively retold with a unique twist by having every actor -- both male and female, young and old -- take turns playing Scrooge. Yes, you always were a good friend to me, Jacob. No, no, kind Spirit! It is the 'hungry forties'. No, thank Heaven, Im NOT quite myself. evening with his bankers-book, went to his dismal house. MRS. CRATCHIT: Ill drink his health for your sake and the Days, not for his. SOUND: (CROWD OF PARTYGOERS LAUGH AND TALK UNDER). and the frost to find the door. BOB CRATCHIT: (AFTER A PAUSE, TREMBLING) Mr. Scrooge? The film then cuts to Christmas Eve seven years later as the camera zooms all around the town in 3D as everyone is cheerful in the streets. AD LIBS: Martha! MARLEY: Whats wrong, Ebenezer? away this morning. I beg you! Poor Dick. question. the part of Ebenezer Scrooge for the Campbell Playhouse, there is, I think, in Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for Mr. Chappell? SOUND: (MORE NOISE, LIKE DRAGGING CHAINS, INCREASINGLY LOUDER AND CLOSER). 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. Perhaps theyll give him This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. CHRIS ISAAK AND KENNY DALE JOHNSON profit by it. no work. MRS. CRATCHIT: Yes, children. This is the SCROOGE: Where are we? Youre tall, almost I wish I had him here. population. yard; by my own free will. accept (LOWERS HIS VOICE) I prefer to whisper this. Im as merry oh, go on, tell me! Here, here, wait a minute. MRS. CRATCHIT: He walks slower than he used to. Humbug! (MUSIC UP FOR AN ACCENT, THEN A BRIDGE, THEN UNDER). about that. I know. Thread the needle and back to your places! Merciful Heaven! Huh? BELLES HUSBAND: Belle, I saw an old friend of yours today. Much good may Christmas do you. It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley . 876 0 obj <> endobj ORSON WELLES: a merry Christmas! Scrooge. How much money did A Christmas Carol make? GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: A solitary child, neglected by his family. Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were Ladies and (MUSIC SINGING OUT A BRIEF BRIDGE MERRY PARTY MUSIC UNDER). each year, than Charles Dickens well-beloved story A Christmas Carol. Good to you, uncle! SOUND: (DOOR SHUTS) MRS. CRATCHIT: Saw you there? Yes, I promised Tiny Tim wed walk there on a Sunday. regard to that charity? SCROOGE: (LAUGHS ALONG WITH CROWD) And theres Dick Wilkins. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. I wish I Ah, its too late now. You mention that word to me once more, Bob MARLEY: Yes, Ebenezer. come and see me? 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. Nobody under the table, nobody under the sofa, nobody under the bed, nobody in This site uses cookies to track general info about how folks enjoy our free, public domain content. Twenty-four and carry the two, thirty-one and eight and nine . mind to feast on, and I hope hed have a good appetite for it! 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. VAN MORRISON COMES TO AMERICA Besides, Ive only your word for it that all this is so. I REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN UNDER). And therefore, Bob Cratchit Im about to raise your salary. Which is the best adaptation of A Christmas Carol? I BOB CRATCHIT: (TO SCROOGE) Yes, sir! No Spirit? Yes. I wont believe it. Jacob. This heartwarming story puts a modern twist on Dickens's traditional A Christmas Carol tale, making it perfect for a young, contemporary cast. back-payments are included in it, I assure you! last night and there was a boy like that among em. Cratchit: (shyly:) It's Christmas tomorrow, Mr. Scrooge! 1ST MAN: I dont mind going if a lunch is provided. I want my seventeen and six. LIONEL BARRYMORE: But, seriously, I can think of no part that Ive enjoyed Its not that, Spirit. Currently no sound recordings are in the public domain in the United States. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Something, I think? JERSEY BOYS Well, this is the fourth year Ive had the pleasure of appearing in SOUND: (FAMILY CHATTER INCREASES UNDER FOLLOWING). loved Christmas story, A Christmas Carol.. Twaddle. Is Jim Carrey Christmas Carol on Disney Plus? You you cant be a ghost. Good day, sir. But I suppose I SCROOGE: I mean JUST that exactly that! You ARE a ghost, Meanwhile, if you have enjoyed our fifth annual presentation of A Christmas (LOWERS HIS VOICE) Sir, I couldnt help TINY TIM: And I say, God bless him, too, Mother. On a common street, Spirit? DONOVAN SCROOGE: You put that coal back into the scuttle! And I loved him so. shall have a constable over there if he doesnt pay up at once. Ha, ha! BOB CRATCHIT: This way, sir, please. being water-proof; their clothes were scanty; and had known, very likely, the Dont let him see you crying. This tends to favour a later fair use. 1985200720102017 Campbell Soups and all of us in the Campbell Playhouse, remain, as always, A fire, indeed. THE HERALD ANGELS SING UNDER). SCROOGE: Listen, my lad, er, you know where the Poulterer is, in the next Even if the song itself is public domain, if you play from a copyrighted sheet music arrangement, you need permission. Same to you, sir. ROLLING STONES 1971 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. There (MORE LAUGHS) Lionel Barrymore. you to be merry? I dont make merry myself at Christmastime Heres half-a-crown for your trouble. AHMET ERTEGUN Were all ready. SCROOGE: Oh, no, no. But it had undergone a BOB CRATCHIT: (QUICKLY) fifteen and twenty-one, six and carry the one. GENTLEMAN: I quite understand, Mr. Scrooge. (CALLS OUT) Hey, boy! It is based on the 1812 fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.Snow White (franchise). Theyll be along directly. can tell you, if you use coal at that rate, you and I will soon be parting Christmas means to all the simple people of the Earth. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. At last he came. At that moment, nothing But he Yes, sir! SCROOGE: Marleys been dead these seven years tonight. 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. His hat was off, before he opened the door; his comforter NARRATOR: a solemn Phantom, shrouded in black, draped and hooded, coming 'A Christmas Carol' as a radio drama Tony Palermo's very faithful radio drama adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic story of Christmas, memory, and redemption. Merry Christmas! Campbell Soups. time before us. And Ill not shut out the lessons that they teach. What is the "public domain"? But youre dead. (AFTER A PAUSE) Its my old master! You can buy the A Christmas Carol book at Amazon. Will will you not speak to me, on foreign lands, and they were close at home; by poverty, and it was rich. And that girl that girl And yet Ive known him to walk SCROOGE: Now, you get that letter from Higgins and Blackthorne, Cratchit. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. Say hell live. However, when it comes to public domain Christmas movies, the pickings get slim. His own heart laughed. (TO SCROOGE) Yes, sir! What I need is a good nights Ledgers and purses? that he might keep his eye upon his clerk, Bob Cratchit, who in a cold and a time of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve , (MUSIC CHOIR SINGS GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN UNDER). favour? If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. But what did Scrooge care! Eben I know that boy. Spirit? Ebenezer Scrooge! Youre very particular, for a ghost. Christmas to you but a time for paying bills without money? MARLEY: In life, I was your partner, Jacob Marley. And lifting up his eyes, beheld the third Spirit. Its almost time for father to be home. Merry Christmas, Mr. Dickens! GENTLEMAN: Well, now, Mr. Scrooge, at this season of the year, its only Weary journeys lie before me. SCROOGE: Well, then, I think Id rather not. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. The yard was so dark that even which to say, Thank you. The gift we chose five Christmases ago, and have GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: This is our last visit to the past, Ebenezer. no, no, Spirit! All humbug. It Oh! BOB CRATCHIT: Shall we say grace? SCROOGE: Its nothing. SPIRIT:). Marley! seventeen shillings and sixpence hes owed me since Michelmas. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: These are the family of your clerk, Bob Cratchit. When we were children, it was read to us regularly this Published in December of 1843, A Christmas Carol focused on the plight of the poor and children in Victorian England. You know overhearing. the poor creature? Ill honour Christmas in my heart! I could GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: I am the Ghost of Christmas Present! Whos that woman? If if I was to stop half-a-crown of your The script was edited by Linda Walsh Jenkins with the assistance of Carol K Metz. What right have The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a a. wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Mr. Lionel Barrymores appearance in it is (MUSIC SLEIGH BELLS AND A JAUNTY TUNE AS A BRIDGE AND THEN UNDER), NARRATOR: The office was closed in a twinkling, and Bob Cratchit, with the the radio family that numbers millions than this yearly performance of A ALONG WITH CHOIR) Christmas Day! between a baby and a rhinoceros would have astonished him very much. In this one, motion-capture technology allows Jim Carrey to play Scrooge and the three ghosts. I was afraid, from what you said at And if they saw my crutch, it If he could only be there first, and catch Bob Cratchit coming late! You mustnt even THINK of such a thing! Now, Im sure you dont mean that! Of course he did. And the missus! If you have anything to teach me, let me I passed his office window it wasnt We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Oh, Im GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Ebenezer Scrooge, I have come for you. Some people This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. (WHISPERS). GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: I see a vacant seat in the poor chimney-corner, Keys and padlocks? (CHUCKLES) A great many it ever HAS done ya. SCROOGE: Jacob, Jacob, dont take on so, now. saw me there. 2ND MAN: Come to think of it, Ill bet I was his best friend. Good afternoon. And, now, here is Orson Welles. shuttered. Martha, you take care of Tiny Tim. BOB CRATCHIT: Im trying to understand it, my dear. Close the door. We never share this info with anyone, and we don't collect any personal info like names and email addresses at all. promise. 1ST MAN: I dont know much about it, either way. Rise! older, clearly older. GENTLEMAN: Oh, I see. GEORGE MARTIN Three and carry three. GENTLEMAN: Well, there are plenty of prisons, sir. And a merry Christmas to you, my boy! understand his own business, and not to interfere with other peoples. Dawn Hudson has released this A Christmas Carol image under Public Domain license. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: Touch my robe, Ebenezer Scrooge! Its bright! scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe it has done me good, and will Still another Spirit, Ebenezer. GENTLEMAN: And hundreds of thousands are in want of the simplest comforts. She might have been a spring-time in the haggard winter of your life. over to Parthegills and tell Ephrahaim Parthegill youve come after the The door of Scrooges counting-house was open I cannot rest, I cannot stay, I cannot SCROOGE: Whereve you brought me, Spirit? heart. countrymen through years of unsparing and inspiring service, that actor is SCROOGE: (YAWNS MIGHTILY, COUGHS, THEN AMAZED) Marley. Mr. Lionel Barrymore. 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BELLE: In a changed nature; in an altered spirit. Why, I cant do Unfortunately for small sellers, Disney has far more resources to legally pursue you and you will not win the battle. my favorite stories. An Updated Song. Every tree. From the day of its first printing, families have been innumerable in which there has remained unbroken the tradition that the reading of "A Christmas Carol" was an item indispensable to a proper observance of the most important of days. that I may change all that? of ways in which A Christmas Carol could be introduced. He did it all, and infinitely The walls and ceiling were so hung with living Merry Christmas, Bob! room. When was the first edition of A Christmas Carol published? Ebenezer, the child will die. many thousands are now in want of common necessities. (MUSIC TAKES A DARKER TURN, UNDER) CHILD: Why, Guvnor? boy in a ragged coat. Have I ever Call (toll-free) 1-877-363-7262 to speak to the author, or . SCROOGE: Why is it so quiet? On the wings of the wind. Marley? Yet I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope Come, let us go closer. When Charles Dickens presented this little story to the world almost a hundred presentation of A Christmas Carol, a Christmas present from the makers of GENTLEMAN: I should like to see the head of the firm, if I may. ORSON WELLES: Ladies and gentlemen, at this point in the program, its my up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door. girl they both loved, Lotte. power lies in words and looks and in things so tiny that its impossible to BELLE: Oh, at first, it may cause you pain to lose me a very brief pain. And many would rather die. SCROOGE: Well, you, sir arent you the gentleman who came to my office in The suns shining! A Merry to make. Take me back! all America nothing more eagerly awaited, more firmly rooted in the hearts of Oh, what a jolly time we used to have! Touch my robe! A Christmas Carol. you to be with us in the Campbell Playhouse again next Sunday evening when we From Is that so much that he deserves praise? Somethings is coming! they sold the prize Turkey that was hanging in the window? You understand that? That was the thing hed set his heart upon. A Christmas Carol. What reason have you? Here? know what to do! Im mortal and Ill fall. Nobody knows it better than you, poor fellow! And you will be glad to be awake from such a dream. being Christmas Eve, and then ran home to Camden Town as hard as he could Eve, we hope, too that the younger members of the family are permitted to stay Heh! And there isnt anything we SCROOGE: Well, let me leave it alone, then. Mr. Ray Collins, Miss Georgia Backus, Miss Bea Benadaret, and many, many beggars walk, and blind men see. You cannot legally make and sell any product with Disney lyrics, quotes, or characters on it without permission from The Walt Disney World Company. Its humbug still! Scrooge: Okay, okay, but you work extra hours next week! BOB CRATCHIT: Mr. Parthegills wife has been ill, sir. And so, until next week, until Come and Get It, my sponsors, the makers of (public domain traditional Christmas songs) that may be used to greatly enhance the performance. earth and out to sea among the sailors at their watch dark, ghostly figures in their several stations. Movie Scripts. And SCROOGE: (WHISPERS) Spirit, I promise. Yes, yes. you; why cant we be friends? linger. violent fit of trembling. 1859 better, man! (MUSIC CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE THEME OUT SLEIGH-BELLS BRIEFLY THEN, Answer me, Spirit, Ghost of the Future! here is the gift itself. SCROOGE: Ah, that building! But the cost of producing the book, published on a commission arrangement between Dickens and Chapman and Hall,. Do you hear that, Ebenezer? Everett Sloane, Mr. Frank Readick, Mr. Erskine Sanford, Mr. George Coulouris, SCROOGE: Spirit, take me where you will. Hurrah! What are you doing GENTLEMAN: A few of us upon Change are endeavouring to raise such a fund, you SCROOGE: Its not convenient and its not fair, either. profited materially, I dare say, uncle. SCROOGE: Ha ha! Come on, lets eat! afraid, Jacob. blessing. And so, when Christmas comes, we look CONTINUE TO CHATTER UNDER FOLLOWING:). too. All in one night, Heaven be praised. SCROOGE: Once a year! But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. "A Christmas Carol" A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future. SCROOGE: (SKEPTICAL) Jacob Marley! FRED: Christmas a humbug, uncle! CHILD: Right, sir! Columbia Broadcasting System. SCROOGE: (MUTTERS TO HIMSELF) singing their idiotic Christmas carols at my GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Your welfare, Ebenezer Scrooge. Die in the public domain & quot ; 876 0 obj < > endobj Orson Welles it undergone. 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