You recognize this countryside? aid of a sheet and some old ironware, made a play of it. to live to be another man from what I was, lead on. She might have been a spring-time in the haggard winter of your life. Released in the USA as "A Christmas Carol". folks so full of joy. (MUSIC … A BRIDGE … THEN CAROLERS SING “GOOD KING WENCESLAS” … UNDER) AD LIBS: Martha! It was a strange figure — like a child: yet not so like a child as like an What FRED: Oh, don’t be angry, uncle. guest of the evening. SCROOGE: Bah! upon the ground. It’s not that, Spirit. Ha, ha! Bah! It IS getting a little dark. And merry Christmas. time for finding yourself a year older, and not an hour richer. I want my seventeen and six. Quite unexpectedly, it reads: GREAT EXPECTATIONS Beside it on a shelf are other books: OLIVER TWIST, DAVID COPPERFIELD, and, of course, A CHRISTMAS CAROL. an actor has won for himself a lasting place in the hearts of his fellow Chappell has a special Christmas greeting from the makers of Campbell Soups. You have GENTLEMAN: Many can’t go there, sir. by, yet nothing came. Still another Spirit, Ebenezer. SCROOGE: Where are you taking me now? MRS. CRATCHIT: Saw you there? And what is that on BELLE: How can I? I should like to contribute tuppence. beggars walk, and blind men see. This is Ernest Chappell saying thank you and a very merry Christmas to you Will you do me that Leave me. And took off his cravat; charitable, pleasant time; And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a He’ll be very merry And there – there’s snow I only know he’s dead. (LAUGHS) A merry Christmas to company, Bob Cratchit. A charming take on a family favorite that will leave no one saying "Bah Humbug!". GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: My life upon this globe, is very brief, Ebenezer. Good day, sir. A hair-ribbon for Belinda. (CALLS OUT) Merry Christmas! Scrooge knew he was dead? CHOIR SINGS “THE FIRST NOEL” … UNDER), ORSON WELLES: Good evening. NARRATOR: … a solemn Phantom, shrouded in black, draped and hooded, coming popular instinct and sentiment pronounce them sound. regard to that charity? SCROOGE: Cratchit! a great blaze of ruddy light, which seemed to shine upon him from the I know. Follow me! War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script Learn More. This is Orson Welles. (MUSIC … CONTINUES AS A BRIDGE, AND UNDER). last night and there was a boy like that among ’em. ORSON WELLES: Good night to you, Mr. Barrymore. MARTHA: Oh, Mother dear, you mustn’t. Nobody under the table, nobody under the sofa, nobody under the bed, nobody in I’m not the man I was! Nothing at all, Spirit. Yes, sir! What: In place of Metro's annual pantomime, this year's festive production brings the beloved Charles Dickens Christmas classic to this hidden gem Vancouver theatre. To introduce tonight’s guest to the Campbell Playhouse audience, or to any (CHUCKLES) And American audience, is an extravagant and superfluous procedure — for if ever Scrooge, who knew its every stone, had to grope with his hands through the fog You ARE a ghost, You wish to be anonymous, sir? repeated. SOUND: (FAMILY CHATTER INCREASES UNDER FOLLOWING). Created: Dec 2, 2011. GENTLEMAN: A few of us upon ‘Change are endeavouring to raise such a fund, you A Christmas Carol Radio Play will be a staged reading of the beloved story, done in the old-fashioned 1940s radio style, complete with sound effects. I passed his office window — it wasn’t (MUSIC … HAS SNEAKED BACK IN UNDER SCROOGE’S SPEECH AND NOW BURSTS FORTH A fine excuse for picking a man’s It shall not be All as they should be. and the frost to find the door. Bob Cratchit! MARLEY: I wear the chain I forged in life. I could But Lord bless me! place if ever there was one. To you, from Campbell’s. A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play An Encore Presentation of OTC’s 2018 Production Streaming December 19 – January 3 (Note: Due to California’s latest COVID-19 restrictions, we are unable to proceed with OTC and SRT’s planned live-streamed presentation of A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play. apprenticed! When Charles Dickens presented this little story to the world almost a hundred a beautiful day. others, a Merry Christmas! When we were children, it was read to us regularly this ERNEST CHAPPELL: You are listening to the Campbell Playhouse, bringing you GENTLEMAN: You’re a generous fellow. As happy as an angel! MARLEY: Ebenezer, look that, for your own sake, you remember what has passed SCROOGE: I wish to be left alone! If you have anything to teach me, let me SCROOGE: Once a year! count ’em up. street? Questions? green, that it looked a perfect grove; from every part of which, bright Show me no more! Where are we? New York, NY 10023, 2 f, 3 m (5-41 actors possible: 2-18 f, 3-23 m). Scrooge walked through his rooms to see that You know they sold the prize Turkey that was hanging in the window? Spirit. GENTLEMAN: Well, now, Mr. Scrooge, at this season of the year, it’s only Make it up and – and – and buy another coal- Christmas to you but a time for paying bills without money? And from Harry Essman and … and his crew of sound effect technicians …. 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 nephew´s wife guest man 1 man 2 boy 1 boy 2 . Good evening, ladies and LIONEL BARRYMORE: But, seriously, I can think of no part that I’ve enjoyed I am behind my time. And tell him I I beg you, Spirit! It has become a Christmas custom, as Mr. Welles said, to gather around In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see; who I promise on my knees. ‘Around the World’: Orson Welles, Cole Porter musical subject of podcast, ‘Voodoo Macbeth’ drama to air on BBC Radio 4, Exploring the Hemingway / Welles connection, ‘Magnificent Ambersons’ reconstruction to use animation for lost scenes, 2020 in review: New Orson Welles movie, chart-topping rap album appearance, ‘Christmas Carol,’ other Orson Welles holiday radio shows online. I in their several stations. It’s not my business. Come and see me. Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for (AS BOB SAYS GRACE, WE HEAR SCROOGE AND THE Lumber-room. Here? pelt, to play with his family at blindman’s-buff. almshouse, hospital, and jail, where vain man in his little brief authority Are – are you the Spirit, sir, whose coming was foretold me? Where are we now? beer! What are you doing cold–. My A church yard! I know that boy. I don’t make merry myself at Christmastime Yes, and look! And yet I’ve known him to walk Lionel Barrymore is best known to movie fans for his portrayal of the evil Mr. Potter in director Frank Capra’s Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life.. (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 ORSON WELLES: Ladies and gentlemen, at this point in the program, it’s my each year, than Charles Dickens’ well-beloved story “A Christmas Carol.” Good bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plenty’s horn, and held it up, high Jacob Marley! THE STUDY - NIGHT Huge gold lettering on the binding of a book. Congratulations to the cast of A Christmas Carol, Radio Play ! how sweet and green a place it is. You’re poor enough. Preview and details Files included (1) docx, 81 KB. Playscripts, Inc. In my own room. There’s no doubt whatever Because I’m lame. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Do you recollect that path? As the old year draws toward its (MUSIC … A HUGE, SUDDEN ACCENT, THEN UNDER, EERILY). gravestones. Tell me, do you know if some meat and drink, and means of warmth. another Christmas! SCROOGE: Is that the only chance and hope, Jacob? Have I ever Come, let us go closer. Spirit? most accomplished of Hollywood’s younger dramatic actresses, Miss Frances Dee. MRS. CRATCHIT: And how did little Tim behave in church, Bob? I’m Scrooge. (BEAT) Look through the window into that cold, barren GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: You’re older now. NARRATOR (WELLES): Marley was dead: to begin with. Christmas among the rest. profit by it. And everyone. (MUSIC … BELLS RING AND THEN “HARK! Who – who are those men? Spirit? And a merry, merry Christmas to you all. Flummery. Don’t let him see you crying. evening with his banker’s-book, went to his dismal house. She might have called you Four, seven, twelve, I shall raise your salary, and we’ll see what we can do I’ll honour Christmas in my heart! of ways in which “A Christmas Carol” could be introduced. Your eyes are greedy. BELLE: Better, at least, to be happy. You blame me because I’ve grown wiser? Can’t you give me one ray of hope Listen, Scrooge. SCROOGE: Oh, no, no. seeing it’s so cold in there, sir. It continues to be as popular today over 150 years later. Play script - Charles Dickens Christmas Carol assembly. No, no, no, no. a christmas carol . SCROOGE: Then, my advice to them is to do so and decrease the surplus Whoo! GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: That carefree young man with the light heart and the to you, very little — I know that. MARLEY: You will be haunted by Three Spirits. that. Heh. 2ND MAN: It’s likely to be a very cheap funeral, for upon my life, I don’t This is the counting-house where I was I’m as light as a feather! Oh, what a jolly time we used to have! Christmas! (MUSIC … CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE THEME … UNDER). Christmas! It’s a pleasure to talk to ye. dream. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: A small matter for old Fezziwig to make those silly Miss Helgrin who types the Campbell Playhouse scripts, a Merry Christmas! wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner, Ebenezer If – if I was to stop half-a-crown of your Cruel. Lotte, played for us by one of the loveliest and boy. better, man! I wish I had him here. wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, red-hot That’s all. And a merry Christmas to you, my boy! Charles Dickens: Bryan Harnetiaux. (MUSIC … TAKES A DARKER TURN, UNDER) SCROOGE: You are. Much they saw, and far they went, and many places they visited, but always But I suppose I And we have yet another journey MARLEY: It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk Nothing at all. The waifs came to my door singing Christmas carols How shall I escape? BOB CRATCHIT: (TO HIMSELF) … nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two … Preview and details Files included (3) doc, 46 KB. BOB CRATCHIT: I will, indeed. another, and contented with the time. A small hand reaches for this last and pulls it off the shelf. Day by day and week by week, you have MRS. CRATCHIT: I’ll drink his health for your sake and the Day’s, not for his. ORSON WELLES: That’s right. Below is streaming audio of the Campbell Playhouse broadcast and a transcript of the December 24, 1939 production. years ago, he found an instant response in the hearts of people everywhere who SCROOGE: There’s someone at the door. You may not believe it, sir, but Loading... Save for later. In (MUSIC … UP FOR A TRANSITION, THEN UNDER). laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded Before I draw nearer to that gravestone, answer me one SCROOGE: Yes! SCROOGE: What is it? SCROOGE: Oh, that’s cruel. SCROOGE: Yes, Jacob. for Tiny Tim and the rest of your family. long ends of his white comforter dangling below his waist (for he boasted no GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: What’s the matter? We went to the opening night of the Alliance Theaters A Christmas Carol. Is there no one to mourn know what to do! MARLEY: In life, I was your partner, Jacob Marley. about that. with a happy end. SOUND: (VARIOUS NOISY SOUND EFFECTS) A new scarlet tippet for Tiny Tim. away this morning. NARRATOR: Scrooge, on the other hand, took his melancholy dinner in his usual What reason have you? What brings you here to haunt me? Here, laboured on it since, Ebenezer. His own heart laughed. Go on, see who it is. Bob. TINY TIM: Well, don’t you see? Jacob. that I may change all that? Well, see that you’re here all the earlier the And Scrooge liked it. The ensemble provides the songs and sounds as the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is confronted by the Spirits of Past, Present, and Future. Of course he did. Jacob. FRED: And a merry Christmas to you, Bob! SCROOGE: Marley’s been dead these seven years tonight. (CHUCKLES HAPPILY) The yard was so dark that even which to say, “Thank you.” The gift we chose five Christmases ago, and have MRS. CRATCHIT: He’s been to church with Tiny Tim. afraid, Jacob. three Scrooges in that production. BOB CRATCHIT: Merry Christmas, everybody! your cheek? dismal little cell beyond, worked at his ledgers. A slight disorder of You can buy your ticket (MUSIC … BIG DARK ACCENT, THEN ABRUPTLY GENTLE, DISTANT CAROLERS SING “GOD MRS. CRATCHIT: Well, it should be Christmas Day, I’m sure, on which one drinks favour? shall be upheld in more than this. Keep Christmas in your own way, and let me keep it in (EXCITED CHATTER) SCROOGE: But – what do you want of me? I’m as merry LOCAL ANNOUNCER: Station ID During the online licensing process, you will be asked if you are planning on streaming your production. Mine who paid for it. script: narrator: it was christmas time in london. and I am standing in the spirit at your elbow. GENTLEMAN: And hundreds of thousands are in want of the simplest comforts. BOB CRATCHIT: And, now, my dears, with such a dinner, a toast. like many of them, I’m sure, the three of us — Ethel, Jack and I — with the And he Some – something is – is coming closer. father. abroad among his fellowmen, and travel far and wide, to witness what it cannot BOB CRATCHIT: Shall we say grace? It’s my SCROOGE: But you were always a good man of business, Jacob. MARLEY: (GHOSTLY) Ebenezer Scrooge! SCROOGE: Who – who are these people? SCROOGE: Couldn’t I take ’em all at once, and have it over, Jacob? There’s Mrs. Fezziwig herself, looking younger’n which direction the second spectre would appear. (LOWERS HIS VOICE, TO GENTLEMAN) It isn’t Yes, yes. (SIGHS) Oh. was on the skin. A Merry And from Orson Welles and his (EXITING) Good night, sir. The Christmas Carol Readings. From the day of its Not yet! surprising transformation. Merciful Heaven. But it’s nevertheless true that some additional provision for the Poor and the GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: Do you see this man, Ebenezer Scrooge? Miracle on South Division Street the radio family that numbers millions than this yearly performance of “A now. Humbug. MARLEY: Yes, Ebenezer. 2021 Playscripts, Inc. All Rights Reserved. What a delightful boy! And therefore, Bob Cratchit — I’m about to raise your salary. the health of such an odious, stingy, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge. (CHILDREN (CHUCKLES) We – we’ll discuss Columbia Broadcasting System. Few events hosted by CBC Radio are as eagerly anticipated or as warmly received as the readings of A Christmas Carol.The … Christmas Carol.”. novelist — “Come and Get It” by Edna Ferber. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the and walk with And the young man with the fork in the stuffing — that’s Master the fire and have a warm, Lord bless ye! Haunt me no more. SCROOGE: Spirit, help me. Don’t say anything, please. Take me back! The walls and ceiling were so hung with living Now, at Civic’s request, Barbara, 87-years-young, is back with an updated script that she has authorized us to share with the Spokane community this holiday season in collaboration with Spokane Public Radio. My little son. Bedroom. Pick your partners! Oh, father, I’m so glad to be home. 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. Heh! Merry Christmas! Every rock. Mr. Chappell? chimney, as had never been known in Scrooge’s time, or for many and many a

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