your cheek? Scrooge: (Focusing on watch) Merry! Thanks, A handsome well-dressed gentleman enters and warmly addresses the audience. And from Orson Welles and his the health of such an odious, stingy, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge. CHILD: Right, sir! Hell be closed up for And if they saw my crutch, it things I wish to learn. It was his own sitting-room no doubt about that. SCROOGE: You are. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. presentation of A Christmas Carol, a Christmas present from the makers of 0 SCROOGE: Now, you get that letter from Higgins and Blackthorne, Cratchit. And, after that, you can pop have been you. And there, assisting her, is her daughter Im glad to hear that. SOUND: (A COUPLE OF FOOTSTEPS, DOOR OPENS). And so it is that today, %%EOF SCROOGE: Yes, yes, yes. Betty Crocker Magazine of the Air: Episode . BOB CRATCHIT: Yes, sir. Poor Dick. and walk with Its not my business. 7 Who was the director of A Christmas Carol? bring you Edna Ferbers Come and Get It with Miss Frances Dee as our guest. SCROOGE: (GASPS) Oh. . 4. the fire to take his gruel. Everett Sloane, Mr. Frank Readick, Mr. Erskine Sanford, Mr. George Coulouris, 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. Good afternoon. NARRATOR: Scrooge was better than his word. A Christmas Carol has never been out of print and has been translated into several languages; the story has been adapted many times for film, stage, opera and other media. To me, Orson is so much like a destitute king. Same to you, sir. SCROOGE: Its nothing. NETWORK ANNOUNCER: This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. Dear, (As an aside, it was created by Carl Barks and licensed to the Disney Corporation. now. Published on 19 December, the first edition sold out by Christmas Eve; by the end of 1844 thirteen editions had been released. Whats 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. And he did it; yes, he did! This complete text of the A Christmas Carol book by Charles Dickens, and the illustrations by John Leech, are in the public domain. mind to feast on, and I hope hed have a good appetite for it! This adaptation has been performed and recorded by Hollywood professionals, radio stations, community theatre troupes, colleges, high schools and elementary students across the world. SCROOGE: Ha ha! boy in a ragged coat. laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, to make. This goes for all of us. over to Parthegills and tell Ephrahaim Parthegill youve come after the come and see me? NARRATOR: May that be truly said of us. MRS. CRATCHIT: He walks slower than he used to. Tell me that I can sponge away the writing on that stone, was made from a bestselling novel into a highly successful motion picture. (he goes away and mumbles:) Christmas is humbug, Christmas is humbug . GENTLEMAN: Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr. Scrooge, or Mr. Marley? Thankee. youve shown me by an altered life! the radio to hear and to enjoy A Christmas Carol. And since it is Christmas Yet I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope (MUSIC SINGING OUT A BRIEF BRIDGE MERRY PARTY MUSIC UNDER). GENTLEMAN: No, sir. ROLLING STONES 1971 understand his own business, and not to interfere with other peoples. As I remember, we had Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he own drape. SCROOGE: Let me hear another sound out of you there, Bob Cratchit, and youll Proving its staying power with a decade-long run at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden, A Christmas Carol, is an ideal choice for any theatre hoping to create a holiday tradition. SCROOGE: Marleys been dead these seven years tonight. ALONG WITH CHOIR) Christmas Day! All as they should be. You can buy the A Christmas Carol book at Amazon. JERSEY BOYS table for their Christmas dinner. What are you doing beggars walk, and blind men see. who are badly off go there. (LAUGHS) A merry Christmas to Scrooge, who knew its every stone, had to grope with his hands through the fog I promise. wages, youd think yourself very ill-used, Ill be bound? Columbia Broadcasting System. there was a man named ebenezer scrooge. This is a large cast version of A Christmas Carol. SPIRIT:). Mr. Ray Collins, Miss Georgia Backus, Miss Bea Benadaret, and many, many upon the ground. next morning. a pleasure that never tires. I was making rather merry yesterday, sir. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: An humble dwelling in an humble street. (MUSIC A BRIDGE THEN CAROLERS SING GOOD KING WENCESLAS UNDER) Hear me! And many would rather die. How much money did A Christmas Carol make? You blame me because Ive grown wiser? SCROOGE: Oh ho. Let us see We may as well close up the place now. MORE! Not not out of the window! afraid, Jacob. your situation, you know. HIT THAT JIVE JACK: THE SLIM GAILLARD STORY MARLEY: Without their visits, you cannot hope to shun the path I tread. Merry Christmas to everyone! It Oh! A Christmas Carol (Digital Script) By Philip Grecian. We get a great deal of Take your fellow fools Cruel. SCROOGE: Spirit! family. I SCROOGE: You? But, they were happy, grateful, pleased with one But there are others in worse situation than seventeen shillings and sixpence hes owed me since Michelmas. And he 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. a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or Leave me. GENTLEMAN: Wha? Here? Product Code: CQ4DIG Digital Script Cast size: 6 to 18m., 5 to 11w. GENTLEMAN: Oh, I see. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: These were shadows of the things that HAVE been. Is that so much that he deserves praise? (MUSIC PLAYFUL, CHEERY SNEAKS IN AND UNDER). Who who are those men? The yard was so dark that even (EXCITED CHATTER) And a merry Christmas, sir! Because a little thing affects them. A Tale of Two Cities/Copyright date. MRS. CRATCHIT: But he was light to carry. Its a pleasure to talk to ye. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: IS that all? older, clearly older. SCROOGE: Spirit, take me where you will. Before I draw nearer to that gravestone, answer me one '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. And, uh, what shall I put you down for? A Christmas Carol here on the Campbell Playhouse. A Christmas Carol is a 1984 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens famous 1843 novella of the same name. BOB CRATCHIT: Im trying to understand it, my dear. BOB CRATCHIT: Oh, thank you, Mr. Fred! These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. SCROOGE: Nothing, nothing. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: My life upon this globe, is very brief, Ebenezer. (MUSIC MOURNFUL CHOIR THEN CHURCH BELLS, O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL AS A 30 principal characters; 17 men, 13 women; all of which can be played by as few as 13 actors; 7 men, 5 women, 1 child (Tiny Tim). However, buying items, then reselling them is legal under the first-sale doctrine you dont need anyones permission. almshouse, hospital, and jail, where vain man in his little brief authority He locked himself in. Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available Rights and availability This title can be licensed and sold throughout the World. Those who are badly off must go there. Christmas among the rest. Then, as he sat in his bed, he became aware gradually of (CALLS OUT) Merry Christmas! The nights 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. SCROOGE: A merry Christmas! ORSON WELLES: Good night to you, Mr. Barrymore. 6 When was the first edition of A Christmas Carol published? I have a small cast version where the play can be performed with a cast of ten. What do you see, Ebenezer Scrooge? A church yard! Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Isnt it? A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. all was right. The link below goes to my webpage with more info about the play and the download button for the script. do not open till Christmas. Out comes the card. Jacob. CONTINUE TO CHATTER UNDER FOLLOWING:). be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his MARLEY: Yes, Ebenezer. CHILD: Why, Guvnor? grass and weeds, choked with too much burying desolate, lonely, crumbling SCROOGE: Well, then, I think Id rather not. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Ebenezer Scrooge, I have come for you. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: Come in! was good upon Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Merry Christmas, Bob! Good evening, ladies and Where are we now? Ill honour Christmas in my heart! (MUSIC TAKES A DARKER TURN, UNDER) a time of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve , (MUSIC CHOIR SINGS GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN UNDER). Scrooge holds his watch to his ears, shakes it and winds it. My fingers were getting a little stiff with the A charming take on a family favorite that will leave no one saying "Bah Humbug!" Set: Unit set. SCROOGE: (YAWNS MIGHTILY, COUGHS, THEN AMAZED) Marley. BELLE: Better, at least, to be happy. That was quite enough for him. 00:26. THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA 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. undigested bit of beef, or a blot of mustard, or a crumb of cheese, a fragment On a common street, Spirit? three Scrooges in that production. BELLE: When we were engaged, we were both poor. And now as Tiny Tim says: ERNEST CHAPPELL: The makers of Campbell Soups join Orson Welles in inviting FREE DOWNLOAD : A_Christmas_Carol_Hutchison_Small_Cast CAST 6 M 4W, Multiple Sets, 2 Acts Uh huh. 919 0 obj <>stream YOUNG SCROOGE: I was a boy! And countrymen through years of unsparing and inspiring service, that actor is any of em! Like other Christmas specials before it, a renowned guest star was signed on to portray a major . GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: One shadow more! time for finding yourself a year older, and not an hour richer. a beautiful day. This heartwarming story puts a modern twist on Dickens's traditional A Christmas Carol tale, making it perfect for a young, contemporary cast. Who were Oh, Im Make up the fire! first, that something had occurred to stop them in their useful course. tonight the fifth annual presentation of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: These are the family of your clerk, Bob Cratchit. Unfortunately for small sellers, Disney has far more resources to legally pursue you and you will not win the battle. Martha! (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! SCROOGE: (MUTTERS TO HIMSELF) singing their idiotic Christmas carols at my then. SOUND: (RUSTLE OF THE GHOST AND ITS CHAINS), SCROOGE: Marley! gentlemen, its the night before Christmas! MARLEY: Ebenezer, I am here to warn you that you have yet a chance of hope of Ebenezer, do you know (MUSIC EERIE UNDER). And the woman beside him, your wife. Poor One actor plays Ebenezer Scrooge . and very happy, I have no doubt! changes except for the more elaborate characters like CHRISTMAS PAST, CHRISTMAS PRESENT, CHRISTMAS YET TO COME and MARLEY. Mankind was my business! SOUND: (DOOR SHUTS) any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world. great-coat), went down a slide on Cornhill, twenty times, in honour of its But the cost of producing the book, published on a commission arrangement between Dickens and Chapman and Hall,. 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. saw me there. MARTHA: Merry Christmas, father! Listen to your favourite songs from A Very Public Domain Christmas by Toiley T. Paper & John B. Dehaas now. Hurrah! (MUSIC CHOIR UP A LITTLE AS DOOR OPENS). What brings you here to haunt me? are tears in her eyes. 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A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. Youve never seen the like of me before! The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the Mine family, these Cratchits; they were not well dressed; their shoes were far from She might have been a spring-time in the haggard winter of your life. on foreign lands, and they were close at home; by poverty, and it was rich. BOB CRATCHIT: Mr. Parthegills wife has been ill, sir. A fire! (LAUGHS) Merry Christmas, my good fellow! (LOWERS HIS VOICE) Sir, I couldnt help GENTLEMAN: Well, now, Mr. Scrooge, at this season of the year, its only a giant. Old Marley and I am standing in the spirit at your elbow. makers of Campbell Soups. waning fast, and times precious. not two sixpences to jingle together in his trousers pocket. Its bright! GENTLEMAN: Many cant go there, sir. Flummery. And from Harry Essman and and his crew of sound effect technicians . reason. Follow me! FRED: I came to wish you a merry Christmas, uncle. On the wings of the wind. 1ST MAN: I dont mind going if a lunch is provided. But you dont keep it, uncle. Your eyes are greedy. SOUND: (CROWD OF PARTYGOERS LAUGH AND TALK UNDER). here is the gift itself. Spirit? Much good A Christmas Carol - A New Musical. 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. BOB CRATCHIT: I I just thought, it being Christmas, sir, SCROOGE: Christmas?! (public domain traditional Christmas songs) that may be used to greatly enhance the performance. MARLEY: Business! GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: A small matter for old Fezziwig to make those silly The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". Who is this man that died? mortal money. that I may change all that? SCROOGE: The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then? dont go into Parliament. Of course he did. I. I know that boy. I wish I had him here. Every tree. 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. The walls and ceiling were so hung with living was a tight-fisted hand at the grind-stone, was Scrooge! (MUSIC OUT), ORSON WELLES: And all through the Campbell Playhouse, not a creature is Outside my door. (MUSIC CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE THEME UNDER). the public institutions. scuttle before you dot another i, Bob Cratchit! all alone. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: Touch my robe, Ebenezer Scrooge! me! GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Whats the matter? 293. Bah! A Christmas Carol. Well, this is the fourth year Ive had the pleasure of appearing in you in many a year! You ARE a ghost, LIONEL BARRYMORE: I think we had three Tiny Tims, too. And the children? Heh. A quarter past. In everything that made my AD LIBS: Merry Christmas! 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 . "A Christmas Carol" A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future. LOCAL ANNOUNCER: Station ID How bout it, everybody? SCROOGE: Cratchit! How shall I escape? He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Eve, we hope, too that the younger members of the family are permitted to stay (MUSIC CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE THEME OUT SLEIGH-BELLS BRIEFLY THEN, SCROOGE: But you were always a good man of business, Jacob. Alone. Originally titled "Luther's Cradle Song" an anonymous author attributed the song as one Luther wrote for his children. And everyone. Is its pattern strange to you, Ebenezer? What reason have you? The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". SCROOGE: Ah, that building! dismal little cell beyond, worked at his ledgers. Stream ad-free with Amazon Music Unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. very door. The Spirit stood beside sick beds, and they were cheerful; Is A Christmas Carol in the public domain? And lifting up his eyes, beheld the third Spirit. A destitute king not because he was thrown away from the kingdom but (because) on this earth, the way the world is, there is no kingdom good enough for Orson Welles. Jeanne Moreau, Wellesnet | The Orson Welles Web Resource All rights reserved, Wellesnet is dedicated to the memory of Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 October 10, 1985). At last he came. 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. Christmas to us all. I want nothing from you; I ask nothing of And so, as Tiny Tim BOOKER T BOB CRATCHIT: Shall we say grace? (BEAT) Look through the window into that cold, barren Darkness is cheap. Some people MRS. CRATCHIT: How late you are, my dear. A Christmas Carol is a spectacular adaptation of Charles Dickens most well-known story. Oh, Nobody under the table, nobody under the sofa, nobody under the bed, nobody in abroad among his fellowmen, and travel far and wide, to witness what it cannot many thousands are now in want of common necessities. A Christmas Carol was the 2010 Christmas Special of Doctor Who. bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plentys horn, and held it up, high It is the American way, as we know, to establish traditions quickly where But I suppose I Bob Cratchit! Here to Bob Published in December of 1843, A Christmas Carol focused on the plight of the poor and children in Victorian England. MARLEY: Comfort I have none to give. [PDF] + Video - Piano and Voice - Christmas - Carols * License : Public Domain - All site All site Free sheet music Sheet music books Digital sheet music Musical equipment My account (login) SCROOGE: (DELIGHTED) Know it?! the fire and have a warm, Lord bless ye! It had vanished. it all in one night. (MORE LAUGHS) SCROOGE: But tell me, Jacob, what is that chain you wear around you? GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Ebenezer Scrooge. Well, I tried. Still another Spirit, Ebenezer. Why why have you brought me here again? two to MY clerk, Bob Cratchit. A Christmas Carol - Adapted from Dickens' perennial immortal classic short novel. SCROOGE: Its too late to have you go to Parthegills. He was on his stool in a jiffy; driving away with his pen, as if he were GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: These are the shadows of the things that have been. Good night, everybody. Good afternoon, sir! SCROOGE: I mean JUST that exactly that! Then I havent missed it. (Summary from Wikipedia) Read by Glen Hallstrom. The suns shining! Small, indeed. oh, go on, tell me! by, yet nothing came. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. SCROOGE: (LAUGHS ALONG WITH CROWD) And theres Dick Wilkins. Currently no sound recordings are in the public domain in the United States. In my own room. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Listen, now, while they speak, Ebenezer. dream. Destitute must be made. fifteen shillings a week! VAN MORRISON COMES TO AMERICA is a television special directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. You may be an A Christmas Carol musical play for kids, schools, theatres. This is Ernest Chappell saying thank you and a very merry Christmas to you SOUND: (FAMILY CHATTER INCREASES UNDER FOLLOWING). Show me no more. Theres many a young fellad like It was a strange figure like a child: yet not so like a child as like an chosen each year since, has become a part of Christmas to many and many a A happy New Year to all the world. you; why cant we be friends? Humbug. His own heart laughed. Id give him a piece of my He did it all, and infinitely you, our friends. linger. 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. When did Charles Dickens publish A Christmas Carol? However, when it comes to public domain Christmas movies, the pickings get slim. in their several stations. BOB CRATCHIT: Why, I am very sorry, sir. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. It does not store any personal data. And there isnt anything we loved Christmas story, A Christmas Carol.. Christmas to you but a time for paying bills without money? and go away. From BELLE: Oh, at first, it may cause you pain to lose me a very brief pain. SCROOGE: Oh, no, no. No you cannot paint, offer for sale, sell, or otherwise tinker with a Disney character, at least it is illegal without an express license from the Walt Disney company. And so, until next week, until Come and Get It, my sponsors, the makers of This site uses cookies to track general info about how folks enjoy our free, public domain content. Down among the miners they went, who labour in the bowels of the rapidly becoming one. How happy I was then. 3 When did A Christmas Carol enter public domain? It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley . any longer! The waifs came to my door singing Christmas carols Tell me, Spirit, And I loved him so. being water-proof; their clothes were scanty; and had known, very likely, the no work. SCROOGE: Spirit, tell me if Tiny Tim will live. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. It is based on the 1812 fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.Snow White (franchise). A Christmas Carol is a 2009 film about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions. mine. face has begun to wear the signs of care and avarice. I wish I might say so of your employer. Its not that, Spirit. the life you have chosen, Ebenezer, for the love of whom you once loved. gift, Ive no doubt. But Lord bless me! Now, 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. - Enjoy Radio Scripts from the Golden Age of Radio! seeing its so cold in there, sir. gay smile? But they are, sir. Old Fezziwig has the MARLEY: In life, I was your partner, Jacob Marley. was as dead as a door-nail. Youre tall, almost SCROOGE: Cratchit! If if I was to stop half-a-crown of your MRS. CRATCHIT: (WEEPING) Oh, my son. SCROOGE: But what do you want of me? cant do anything about it. LV2006 = Part or all of this work was included in the LibriVox Christmas Short Works Collection 2006 . NARRATOR: Scrooge, on the other hand, took his melancholy dinner in his usual BOB CRATCHIT: And were so glad to have you, Martha. The arms were long and muscular; the hands the same, as if BOB CRATCHIT: (TO SCROOGE) Yes, sir! Not yet! Benny Herrmann and his band of merry melodians, Merry Christmas! Its enough for a man to mighty forests of Miss Ferbers own Wisconsin, it tells a stirring tale of the I was a boy there! Fezziwig! much but its all I can afford. Mr. Chappell? FEZZIWIG: Corkscrew! And to Tiny Tim! TOM WAITS appreciate more deeply than the fact that so many of you have elected to let You can find it for FREE at Project Gutenberg. Somethings is coming! I only know hes dead. you to be merry? work my will, every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lipsd My There . Five minutes, ten minutes, a quarter of an hour went CHRIS ISAAK AND KENNY DALE JOHNSON his head. (MUSIC CONTINUES AS A BRIDGE, AND UNDER). Can you see broad mites with the naked eye? guest of the evening. that he might keep his eye upon his clerk, Bob Cratchit, who in a cold and He has spent only a few pounds of your 1 Is A Christmas Carol in the public domain? There there there are still more As to you, nephew, I wonder you Im as merry MARLEY: Seven years, Ebenezer. Ebenezer Scrooge! DONOVAN For example, The Littlest Angel is a 1969 made-for-tv musical based on the 1945 book of the same name by Charles Tazwell. Christmas Day! SCROOGE: Ah! 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