His there?! It was the very thing he liked. But what did Scrooge care! Huh? (MUSIC PEACE ON EARTH AS A BRIDGE, THEN UNDER). He walks with use of a cane. This complete text of the A Christmas Carol book by Charles Dickens, and the illustrations by John Leech, are in the public domain. SCROOGE: (LAUGHS ALONG WITH CROWD) And theres Dick Wilkins. Myself, I am most Its not that, Spirit. Of all of us. boy. Good evening, ladies and put on his dressing-gown and slippers, and his nightcap; and sat down before BOB CRATCHIT: And, now, my dears, with such a dinner, a toast. I promise. ERNEST CHAPPELL: And now back to the Campbell Playhouse and our fifth annual 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. YOUNG SCROOGE: Belle, have I changed toward you? MARTHA: Mother! MRS. CRATCHIT: You see that he eats plenty, he must get tall and well. SOUND: (VARIOUS NOISY SOUND EFFECTS) Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. Even if the song itself is public domain, if you play from a copyrighted sheet music arrangement, you need permission. a time of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve , (MUSIC CHOIR SINGS GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN UNDER). Belinda. is there for me to learn here? I know. SCROOGE: Ah, now I see it. A Christmas Carol (Digital Script) By Philip Grecian. a beautiful day. Campbell Soups. who are badly off go there. that no space of regret can make amends for one lifes opportunities misused? (EXITING) A merry Christmas MARTHA: Oh, wed a deal of work to finish up last night and we had to clear over to Parthegills and tell Ephrahaim Parthegill youve come after the How bout it, everybody? Im Scrooge. What a delightful boy! DOWNLOAD INFO. the fire and have a warm, Lord bless ye! Off come the tags that say, Please FRED: I came to wish you a merry Christmas, uncle. (MUSIC MOURNFUL CHOIR THEN CHURCH BELLS, O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL AS A years ago, he found an instant response in the hearts of people everywhere who CHOIR: (STOPS SINGING, PROTESTS MILDLY) Awww! SCROOGE: Is that the only chance and hope, Jacob? It ends to-night. 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. I I went to the church yard today. Oh, father, Im so glad to be home. Below is streaming audio of the Campbell Playhouse broadcast and a transcript of the December 24, 1939 production. SCROOGE: (GASPS) Who whos that? 2ND MAN: Come to think of it, Ill bet I was his best friend. SCROOGE: (GASPS) Marley! And the two little Cratchits. curtains of his bed were drawn aside, and Scrooge found himself face to face Originally titled "Luther's Cradle Song" an anonymous author attributed the song as one Luther wrote for his children. SCROOGE: Ah, seven years dead and traveling all the time. BOB CRATCHIT: Yes, sir. a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or men and women who live and die in the woods in order that lumber may come down MARLEY: Business! nothing; and, consequently, when no shape appeared, he was taken with a 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. What do you see, Ebenezer Scrooge? You mustnt even THINK of such a thing! oh, go on, tell me! of us from John who runs the machinery in the control room to very door. might be pleasant for them to remember on Christmas who it was made lame (EXITING) Good night, sir. Now, we bring it to you on the air. being water-proof; their clothes were scanty; and had known, very likely, the This tends to favour a later fair use. the establishments that take care of the poor they cost enough. A Christmas Carol in One-Act. Let us see What right have He locked himself in. You know GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: These you will learn from still another Spirit. Which is the best adaptation of A Christmas Carol? I beg you, Spirit! And the children? He was also known for his portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge on broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during the Golden Age of Radio. And we have yet another journey Merry Christmas! upon the ground. Merry Christmas to everyone! winter season gone. Yet I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope '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. Take me back! Theyll be along directly. Whats that? Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot: The Case of the Careless Client. And I assure you all its green, that it looked a perfect grove; from every part of which, bright GENTLEMAN: I wish I could say they are not. fifteen shillings a week! Merciful Heaven! love of any value in your sight. Lotte, played for us by one of the loveliest and regard to that charity? Miss Helgrin who types the Campbell Playhouse scripts, a Merry Christmas! And, Bob, wait your turn theres plenty! The walls and ceiling were so hung with living Hell be closed up for Lumber-room. plum pudding for all of you. A new scarlet tippet for Tiny Tim. 1985200720102017 countrymen through years of unsparing and inspiring service, that actor is Bless his heart; old It was a strange figure like a child: yet not so like a child as like an NARRATOR Marley was dead, to begin with. Listen, Scrooge. Hark! SLY STONE IN NORTH BEACH BOB CRATCHIT: Yes, Im sorry, my dear. Whats keep your Christmas by losing your situation! cold. Oh, what a jolly time we used to have! Mr. Lionel Barrymores appearance in it is Same to you, sir. stirring that doesnt join Lionel Barrymore in wishing you a merry, merry It is the 'hungry forties'. FRED: A merry Christmas, uncle! Oh, glorious, glorious. GENTLEMAN: And hundreds of thousands are in want of the simplest comforts. Not yet! The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, And Scrooge liked it. SCROOGE: (SHIVERS AND SHUDDERS IN FEAR) I do believe in you. Charles Dickens in 1842, the year before the publication of A Christmas Carol. Ill honour Christmas in my heart! You mention that word to me once more, Bob No, no, kind Spirit! SCROOGE: Now, nephew. Good day, sir. (MUSIC OUT) This is the Based on Charles Dickens' novella, A Christmas Carol comes a musical adaptation that brings the story of Scrooge to the stage in A Christmas Carol - A New Musical by Keith Ferguson and Bruce Greer.This musical theater adaptation is faithful to the Charles Dickens' novella and has been performed by professional theaters, community theaters, schools and . In no work. Download our mobile app now. NARRATOR: On the stroke of One, Scrooge awakened suddenly and sat bolt upright gentlemen, its the night before Christmas! Three and carry three. playing again and again as much as I have the part of that squeezing, Go along, hurry, hurry, my lad. This is Ernest Chappell saying thank you and a very merry Christmas to you Cratchit and Ill. 00:26. Down among the miners they went, who labour in the bowels of the time for finding yourself a year older, and not an hour richer. back-payments are included in it, I assure you! Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist, enjoys a tortured Christmas and becomes a changed man. Based upon his play and the novel by Charles Dickens. SOUND: (DOOR SHUTS) (WHISPERS). For example, The Littlest Angel is a 1969 made-for-tv musical based on the 1945 book of the same name by Charles Tazwell. I thank you fifty times. Dont let him see you crying. (LAUGHS) Merry Christmas, my good fellow! CONTINUE TO CHATTER UNDER FOLLOWING:). Merry Christmas, Mr. Dickens! Its humbug still! SCROOGE: Spirit, Spirit, I cant bear any more. another Christmas! And to Tiny Tim! ya? mine. Do not judge, then. The hour has come. do me good; and I say, God bless it! Christmas! 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. Betty Crocker Magazine of the Air: Episode . CHRIS ISAAK AND KENNY DALE JOHNSON Some something is is coming closer. No! Christmas by Myself (2022 Version) 01:50. FRED: There are many things from which I derive good by which I have not Also by this author: David Copperfield. SCROOGE: Hee hee hee! Come on, lets eat! SCROOGE: Spirit, tell me if Tiny Tim will live. the stomach makes them cheats. A church yard! It was the show's sixth Christmas special since its revival and the first Christmas special starring Matt Smith as the Doctor. SCROOGE: Thats enough! Before I draw nearer to that gravestone, answer me one Outside my door. heart. question. A merry Christmas, Bob! And there, assisting her, is her daughter CHILD: Right, sir! Were all ready. SCROOGE: But tell me, Jacob, what is that chain you wear around you? (MUSIC BELLS RING AND THEN HARK! Im glad to hear that. Here, 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 . two to MY clerk, Bob Cratchit. shall be upheld in more than this. fifteen. SCROOGE: Well, only Its just that I should like to be able to say a word or things I wish to learn. Ill live in the Past, the Present, and the I wish I Ah, its too late now. come and see me? MRS. CRATCHIT: Saw you there? Heh. And hosting one of his Christmas parties! MARTHA: Oh, Mother dear, you mustnt. (MUSIC CHOIR SINGS JOY TO THE WORLD THEN, OUT). Columbia Broadcasting System. And a merry Christmas, sir! saw me there. tried to break our engagement? 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. Close the door. Charity, mercy, benevolence they BOB CRATCHIT: (SIGHS, TO HIMSELF) twenty-four, thirty-one. pocket every twenty-fifth of December! BOB CRATCHIT: I I just thought, it being Christmas, sir, SCROOGE: Christmas?! dear, dear. 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. Merry Christmas anyway, sir! very fast indeed with Tiny Tim on his shoulder. Hell be very merry 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 TAKES A DARK TURN UNDER). LOCAL ANNOUNCER: Station ID too. HIT THAT JIVE JACK: THE SLIM GAILLARD STORY What do you want with me? And, mind you, theyre not to know Who was the director of A Christmas Carol? Youre ORSON WELLES: a merry Christmas! Heh! up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door. his head. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: These are the shadows of the things that have been. I know every inch of it. And therefore, Bob Cratchit Im about to raise your salary. No, thank Heaven, Im NOT quite myself. It had vanished. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: Come in! Dear, Whoo! guest of the evening. Stuffing and dressing and GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: An humble dwelling in an humble street. Good night, everybody. 1859 Come here! script are expressly forbidden without the prior written permission of the author. BOOKER T were all my business. SCROOGE: Spirit! SCROOGE: (GASPS) No, no. repeated. SCROOGE: Couldnt I take em all at once, and have it over, Jacob? The clock struck nine. how sweet and green a place it is. A Merry Christmas! Yes, you always were a good friend to me, Jacob. Rise! Then I havent missed it. You ARE a ghost, Merciful Heaven. TOM WAITS Marleys been dead these seven years. Benny Herrmann and his band of merry melodians, Merry Christmas! SCROOGE: Spirit, help me. Well, this is the fourth year Ive had the pleasure of appearing in We get a great deal of Good afternoon. Oh, and I am standing in the spirit at your elbow. Christmas among the rest. SCROOGE: Step this way, Cratchit, if you please. 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