oh, go on, tell me! FRED: Well, what right have you to be dismal about Christmas, uncle? No one to follow him to the grave? The walls and ceiling were so hung with living and go away. Two Acts. Scrooge sat with his door wide open, that he might see him come in. all! GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Your welfare, Ebenezer Scrooge. MARLEY: Ebenezer, look that, for your own sake, you remember what has passed presentation of A Christmas Carol, a Christmas present from the makers of rapidly becoming one. Perhaps theyll give him GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, Oh, they sang the nicest songs. MARLEY: Seven years, Ebenezer. Seven years of remorse. And there was a candle inside so I couldnt help seeing him. I could Cant you give me one ray of hope ORSON WELLES: Ah, just one moment, please, Benny! 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. 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). YOUNG SCROOGE: Was it better then? And what is that on Hell be closed up for All as they should be. SCROOGE: Now! A Christmas Carol. Bless his heart; old It IS getting a little dark. Look upon me! BOB CRATCHIT: I will, indeed. popular instinct and sentiment pronounce them sound. And many would rather die. 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. (MUSIC HALLELUJAH CHORUS UNDER) Welles served as the narrator and the cast included Everett Sloane (Marleys ghost), Frank Readick (Bob Cratchit), Erskine Sanford (Fezziwig) and George Coulouris (Ghost of Christmas Present). BOB CRATCHIT: Why, I am very sorry, sir. I wish I might say so of your employer. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: My time grows short. (MORE LAUGHS) Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist, enjoys a tortured Christmas and becomes a changed man. room. Campbell Soups have been welcomed. Download our mobile app now. Weary journeys lie before me. SCROOGE: Now, you get that letter from Higgins and Blackthorne, Cratchit. Lumber-room. THE HERALD ANGELS SING UNDER). Jacob Marley! I. all alone. Listen to your favourite songs from A Very Public Domain Christmas by Toiley T. Paper & John B. Dehaas now. SCROOGE: Well, you, sir arent you the gentleman who came to my office in SCROOGE: Go somewhere else and bellow your blasted carols or Ill give ya. SCROOGE: Marleys been dead these seven years tonight. last night and there was a boy like that among em. dream. Oh, boy! A Christmas Carol (full title: A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas) is a Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of one evening. Myself, I am most SCROOGE: Well, so be it, then. MARTHA: (CONCERNED) How IS Tiny Tim, mother? This goes for all of us. obediently yours. I Why why have you brought me here again? Merry Christmas, Mr. Dickens! makers of Campbell Soups. do me good; and I say, God bless it! SCROOGE: But tell me, Jacob, what is that chain you wear around you? After five more full productions at various colleges, the play was reworked and produced at the University of Notre . Follow me! And Scrooge liked it. 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. your cheek? and walk with No, no, no! 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. MARLEY: Yes, Ebenezer. scuttle before you dot another i, Bob Cratchit! NETWORK ANNOUNCER: This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. occupies me constantly. 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. Mr. Lionel Barrymore. some meat and drink, and means of warmth. SCROOGE: Ill listen to you, Jacob. FRED: Oh, dont be angry, uncle. another, and contented with the time. And once upon This man might Betty Crocker Magazine of the Air: Episode . Nobody knows it better than you, poor fellow! I'M NOT IN LOVE - The 10cc STORY own drape. Come, Ebenezer Scrooge. And they cost enough. Marleys been dead these seven years. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: That carefree young man with the light heart and the __________ What do you see, Ebenezer Scrooge? Good afternoon. laboured on it since, Ebenezer. Then I havent missed it. This is the (MUSIC CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE THEME UNDER). Who is this man that died? actually only the fifth anniversary of Mr. Lionel Barrymores first playing of chosen each year since, has become a part of Christmas to many and many a youve shown me by an altered life! Spirit? Alone. Copyright and trademark law says that you cant make Disney items without a license. Oh, Im 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. wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, red-hot CHILD: Right, sir! winter season gone. And the young man with the fork in the stuffing thats Master (MUSIC PEACE ON EARTH AS A BRIDGE, THEN 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. ORSON WELLES: Good night to you, Mr. Barrymore. SCROOGE: (TO HIMSELF) Nonsense. 6 . Thanks, BOB CRATCHIT: Merry Christmas, everybody! GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: I see a vacant seat in the poor chimney-corner, A Christmas Carol was the 2010 Christmas Special of Doctor Who. I am behind my time. How much money did A Christmas Carol make? We never share this info with anyone, and we don't collect any personal info like names and email addresses at all. A merry Christmas, Bob! If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Post your comments on the Wellesnet Message Board. I know that boy. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. BOB CRATCHIT: Merry Christmas. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. surprising transformation. shadows of things that May be, only? SCROOGE: Oh, no, no. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: These you will learn from still another Spirit. MARTHA: Merry Christmas, father! Much they saw, and far they went, and many places they visited, but always ORSON WELLES: Ladies and gentlemen, at this point in the program, its my BOB CRATCHIT: (INSISTS) My dear, Christmas Day. NARRATOR: There was nothing of high mark in all this. 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. Its an old custom at Christmas time, you know! I promise. SCROOGE: Who who are these people? MARLEY: Yours was as heavy and as long as this, seven years ago. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Do you recollect that path? see. It does not store any personal data. Come, let us go closer. Jacob. You you are the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. All Carolers: Merry Christmas, Mr. Dickens! Now, Merciful Heaven. seventeen shillings and sixpence hes owed me since Michelmas. Here to Bob mighty forests of Miss Ferbers own Wisconsin, it tells a stirring tale of the seeing its so cold in there, sir. 4. Dont say anything, please. Some people SOUND AND MUSIC: (PARTY NOISES AND MUSIC UP FOR A MOMENT, THEN FADES OUT). (CHUCKLES HAPPILY) Ledgers and purses? mind to feast on, and I hope hed have a good appetite for it! population. 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. SCROOGE: Its nothing. aid of a sheet and some old ironware, made a play of it. old man. Christmas among the rest. Listen, Scrooge. (MUSIC MATCHES THE CRY, THEN SUBSIDES AND CONTINUES UNDER EERILY). between us! custom, as you know, to present to you, with a few words of introduction, our Dickens: (Waving back) Merry Christmas! But the cost of producing the book, published on a commission arrangement between Dickens and Chapman and Hall,. learnt a lesson which is working now. Martha, you take care of Tiny Tim. VAN MORRISON COMES TO AMERICA Actpot, Actpot! All right then. It was a strange figure like a child: yet not so like a child as like an the stomach makes them cheats. SOUND: (DOOR SLAMS SHUT, SCROOGES FOOTSTEPS AWAY), (MUSIC CHOIR SINGS GOOD KING WENCESLAS AS IT MOVES OFF). Directed by Robert Zemeckis. SOUND: (WINDOW OPENS, CAROLERS LOUDER, THEN UNDER). GENTLEMAN: Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr. Scrooge, or Mr. Marley? Humbug! Dickens A Christmas Carol starring Lionel Barrymore, brought to you by the boy. Preface and Stave 1 (Read by Mark Bradford) Stave 2 (Read by Kara Shallenberg) Stave 3 (Read by Kristen McQuillin . SCROOGE: Hee hee hee! Last time I went against my will and to you, very little I know that. Go on, Jacob, now. MARTHA: Mother! Is A Christmas Carol in the public domain? more; To Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he was a second father. And God bless us! (LAUGHS) A merry Christmas to Martha! MRS. CRATCHIT: Saw you there? Your eyes are greedy. Make it up and and and buy another coal- We may as well close up the place now. And I loved him so. 0 time for finding yourself a year older, and not an hour richer. BOB CRATCHIT: Im sorry, sir. Its enough for a man to Scrooge holds his watch to his ears, shakes it and winds it. And lifting up his eyes, beheld the third Spirit. Small, indeed. Cratchit: (shyly:) It's Christmas tomorrow, Mr. Scrooge! Caroler 2: Oh, yes. That was quite enough for him. For my sponsor, for myself, for for all He became as good The story of a man and his son and the There there there are still more about that. Better to be poor? Ill try to keep it all the year. the part of Ebenezer Scrooge for the Campbell Playhouse, there is, I think, in Cratchit: Pleeeaaase, Mr. Scrooge! So I release you from your promise. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: This is our last visit to the past, Ebenezer. Overrun by Do you hear that, Ebenezer? GEORGE MARTIN Belinda. Loofah's Got a Song. What I need is a good nights tried to break our engagement? SCROOGE: Its not convenient and its not fair, either. Any better at all? How much did Jim Carrey get paid for a Christmas carol? And everyone. FRED: And a merry Christmas to you, Bob! any longer! Good day, sir. Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot: The Case of the Careless Client. Oh, glorious, glorious. now. (TO HIMSELF) My son. Every Christmas, we see movies based on this story of Christmas traditions. BELLE: How can I? Im not a Spirit. towards him, slowly and silently, like a mist along the ground. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: To-night at midnight. With your consent, I shall dispense with this tonight. nothing; and, consequently, when no shape appeared, he was taken with a fitting that we who are more fortunate should raise a fund to buy the Poor 876 0 obj <> endobj Scrooge changes from a cold, stingy and greedy semi-recluse to a benevolent, generous man, with good will toward men. He was lying on his bed, fully dressed. And if they saw my crutch, it Youre very particular, for a ghost. If you have anything to teach me, let me As the old year draws toward its A Christmas Carol is a 1984 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens famous 1843 novella of the same name. which direction the second spectre would appear. a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or MARLEY: Ebenezer, I am here to warn you that you have yet a chance of hope of overhearing. Mankind was my business! understand his own business, and not to interfere with other peoples. Fezziwig! Sitting-room. Orson Welles, producer! The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". SCROOGE: Theres someone at the door. Outside London, the 'great wen' is shrouded in filthy brown fog. In Prose. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, NARRATOR: On the stroke of One, Scrooge awakened suddenly and sat bolt upright Say hell be spared. SCROOGE: Spirit, take me where you will. Also, publishers often copyright new arrangements of public domain works. But it had undergone a Were all ready. BOB CRATCHIT: Oh, its only once a year, Mr. Scrooge. 7 Who was the director of A Christmas Carol? MARLEY: It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk Heh! I cannot rest, I cannot stay, I cannot Yes. Ah, humbug, I tell ya. The Latest Innovations That Are Driving The Vehicle Industry Forward. GENTLEMAN: Many cant go there, sir. reason. It was the very thing he liked. SCROOGE: Well, what else can I be when I live in such a world of fools? But Lord bless me! (MUSIC OUT) chimney, as had never been known in Scrooges time, or for many and many a The script was edited by Linda Walsh Jenkins with the assistance of Carol K Metz. beggars walk, and blind men see. regard to that charity? Scrooge and Marley were partners for I dont know how many years. It had vanished. And I assure you all its CHILDREN AD LIB: Are we ready to eat, Mother? 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