II-1-1 ACT II Scene 1 SCROOGE's BEDROOM. #22 ENTR'acte
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II-1-1 ACT II Scene 1 SCROOGE's BEDROOM. #22 ENTR’ACTE - Orchestra DICKENS Scrooge's heart grew softer from the reflections and memories of his past. To have him greet and observe his Present with the same emotion and sentiment, might open his eyes to the bounty which lay near to his hand. There is a loud chime that rings ONE and wind and a swirling / twinkling sound moves through the air. PRESENT Come Scrooge. Come look upon me and know me better, man! SCROOGE Ohhhhhhh, oooooh, whaatt....??? PRESENT I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. LOOK UPON ME!!!!! PRESENT You have never seen the like of me before!!! SCROOGE Never!! PRESENT Have you never walked forth with the younger members of my family, those who have come before me? SCROOGE I don't think I have. I am afraid I have not. Have you had many brothers, Spirit? PRESENT More than eighteen hundred. SCROOGE Eighteen Hundred!!! A tremendous family to provide for!!! PRESENT You're a funny little man, Scrooge. SCROOGE Don't do that..what's the matter with you? #23 HAVE A BANQUEST – PRESENT / SCROOGE / DICKENS II-1-2 PRESENT I PROVIDE FOR ALL MANKIND SPREADING JOY AND PEACE OF MIND SCROOGE (speaking) Well, you're very noisy about it! PRESENT LET ME BE PRECISE LITTLE MAN TAKE MY ADVICE AND.... HERE, HAVE SOME TURKEY MR. SCROOGE HAVE A GLASS OF WINE OR TWO JUST RELAX WE'LL HAVE A CELEBRATION HERE, TRY A BIG DELICIOUS SLICE OF THE BANQUET I CALL LIFE JUST SIT BACK I WANT NO AGGRAVATION MR. SCROOGE PRESENT & DICKENS YOUR NOT TRYING MR. SCROOGE HAVE AN APPLE, DON'T BE RUDE JUST RELAX ACCEPT MY INVITATION NOW, THE PARTY'S STARTING NOW AND WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO DINE. PRESENT Here, Scrooge have a few grapes! SCROOGE I DON'T LIKE GRAPES THEY GIVES ME GAS THANK YOU, SPIRIT I THINK I'LL PASS PRESENT Here,drink this down, SCROOGE What is it. PRESENT Taste it!! SCROOGE (drinking)Ummmmmm...ummmmm. PRESENT Do you like it? II-1-3 SCROOGE It's wonderful, I've never tasted anything like it before. DICKENS Of course you haven't. SCROOGE What is it? PRESENT The milk of human kindness. SCROOGE MY, MY, MY, MY, I FELL TID'LY LIFE IT SEEMS HAS MADE ME GID'LY PRESENT There you see Scrooge, Life it seems can be quite a feast, indeed. PRESENT & DICKENS SCROOGE HERE TRY A BIG DELICIOUS SLICE MY, MY, MY, MY, I FEEL TID'LY OF THE BANQUET WE CALL LIFE LIFE IT SEEMS HAS MADE ME GID'LY JUST RELAX WE'LL HAVE A CELEBRATION ALL THREE NOW, STARTING NOW, WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO DINE. DICKENS & PRESENT Have a banquet, Mr. Scrooge!!! SCROOGE Spirit, what business have you with me? PRESENT Mankind, is my business. DICKENS So should it be yours, Ebenezer Scrooge. SCROOGE Spirit, conduct me where you will. I went forth last night on compulsion, and I learnt a lesson which is working now. Tonight, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it. PRESENT Touch my robe. The lights change as we ransition to next scene… #24 – CRATCHIT’S HOUSE UNDERSCORE - Orchestra II-2-4 ACT II Scene 2 BOB CRACHIT's HOME. DICKENS (Addressing the audience) It was perhaps the Spirit’s own kind, generous, hearty nature and his sympathy with all poor men, that lead him straight to Scrooge's clerk's. They were not a handsome family. They were not well dressed; their clothes were scanty, but they were happy, gratefully pleased with one another, and contented with the time. What they lacked in appearance was prosperously present in spirit! MRS. CRATCHIT What has ever got your precious father then, and your brother Tiny Tim; and Martha warn't as late last Christmas Day by half-an-hour. MARTHA (Coming in the door) Here's Martha, mother! BELINDA Here's Martha, mother! MRS. CRATCHIT Why, bless your heart alive, my dear, how late you are! MARTHA We had a great deal of work to finish up last night, and then we had to clear away this morning, mother! MRS. CRATCHIT Well!! Never mind so long as you are here. Sit ye down before the fire, my dear, and have a warm. Lord bless ye! PETER There's father coming! Hide Martha, hide!! BOB Why, where's our Martha? MRS. CRATCHIT Not coming. BOB Not coming? Not coming upon Christmas Day! MARTHA No, father, here I am. MRS. CRATCHIT Children, fetch the goose. And how did little Tim behave? II-2-5 BOB As good as gold and better. He seems to grow stronger and heartier each day. Somehow he gets thoughtful sitting by himself so much and thinks of the strangest things you ever heard. He told me coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk and blind men see. MRS. CRATCHIT Oh! Robert! The children re-enter carrying dinner and singing CRATCHIT CHILDREN IT’S CHRISTMAS DAY, IT’S CHRISTMAS DAY, THE JOLIEST DAY OF THE YEAR. EVERY HEART IT OVERVLOWS WITH JOY AND LAUGHTER AND CHEER. MRS. CRATCHIT Now children, everyone to the feast. BOB I don't believe there has ever been such a goose. MRS. CRATCHIT Oh! Robert! You say that each year! BELINDA Carve the goose father. Quickly, father, quickly. PETER Yes, father, carve the goose. BOB Soon enough but first, to Mr. Scrooge! I'll give you Mr. Scrooge the Founder of the Feast!! MRS. CRATCHIT The Founder of the Feast, indeed! I wish I had him here. I'd give him a piece of my mind to feast upon, and I hope he'd have plenty a good appetite for it. BOB My dear, the children: Christmas Day. MRS. CRATCHIT It should be Christmas Day, I am sure, on which one drinks the health of such an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge. You know he is Robert! Nobody knows it better than you do, poor fellow! BOB My dear, Christmas Day. II-2-6 MRS. CRATCHIT I'll drink his health for your sake and the Day's not for his. Long life to him! A Merry Christmas and a happy new year! He'll be very merry and very happy, I have no doubt! Mr. Scrooge! ALL Mr. Scrooge! TINY TIM Mr. Scrooge. The scene freezes as Scrooge, Present and Dickens look on. SCROOGE This meal is so small. It is barely enough for two let alone this family. PRESENT Man, nobody here would say or even think that it is at all a small feast for such a large family. It would be flat heresy to do so. After all, to buy the ingredients for the feast, it cost Bob Cratchit some fifteen shillings. Nearly a full week's wages, is that not so? SCROOGE But, Spirit was it not your intent to show me the bounty of the world. Tell me, Spirit, what bounty lies with this family. PRESENT Look closer, man. Look closer. MRS. CRATCHIT And here is a toast to your father for all the love and happiness he gives us and to Tiny Tim for the health we wish him. BOB A Merry Christmas… God Bless us. TIM God Bless us Everyone. BOB Tim, let's have a carol, for this Christmas Day. TIM LAST NIGHT AS I LAY SLEEPING FATHER CHRISTMAS CAME TO ME AND IN MY DREAM HE SAID "HEY, TIM, COME SIT UPON MY KNEE." I'VE HAD A LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY MY WORK IS ALMOST DONE BUT THE FINEST CHRISTMAS GIFT OF ALL I'VE SAVED FOR YOU, MY SON IT'S LOVE, LOVE IT CAN'T BE LOST OR TOSSED AWAY LIKE TOYS SOON AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY FOR LOVE, LOVE II-2-7 WILL BE WITH YOU TIME, WHERE'EER YOU GO AND WARM YOU THROUGH THE WINTER SNOW YES, YOU'RE THE LUCKIEST LAD I KNOW OH, THANK YOU FATHER CHRISTMAS FOR THE STOCKING FILLED WITH JOY WHEN I LOOK AROUND AND SEE SUCH LOVE I KNOW I'M THE WORLD'S LUCKIEST BOY ALL IT'S LOVE, LOVE IT CAN'T BE LOST OR TOSSED AWAY LIKE TOYS SOON AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY FOR LOVE, LOVE BOB WILL BE WITH YOU TIM, WHERE'EER YOU GO AND WARM YOU THROUGH THE WINTER SNOW YES, YOU'RE THE LUCKIEST LAD I KNOW ALL OH, THANK YOU FATHER CHRISTMAS FOR A STOCKING FILLED WITH JOY WHEN I LOOK AROUND AND SEE SUCH LOVE TIM I KNOW I'M THE WORLD'S LUCKIEST BOY ALL IT'S LOVE The Cratchit scene freezes as Scrooge, Present and Dickens continue. SCROOGE Spirit, tell me if Tiny Tim will live. PRESENT I see a vacant seat in the poor chimney corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die. SCROOGE No, no. Oh, kind Spirit! Say he will be spared! PRESENT If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other of my race will find him here. DICKENS What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. II-2-8 SCROOGE Please, Spirit, lead me where you will for I've seen enough. PRESENT Come! The lights fade as the scene transitions … II-3-9 ACT II Scene 3 FRED Ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!! He said that Christmas was a humbug.