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INT. BELLE’S PARLOR - DAY1. SCROOGE: (in awe) Ah, Belle! As beautiful as ever... 2. FIRST SPIRIT: A penniless girl... who loved you, Scrooge. 3. SCROOGE: And I, her. It didn’t matter that she had no dowry. We were so happy together... 4. FIRST SPIRIT: Until your career with Jacob Marley came between you. As you gained, so you lost. Do you see yourself? You’re older now--a man in the prime of life. Your eyes are greedy—the eager, restless eyes of a miser! 5. SCROOGE: (shaken) No! No! No! Spare me this! Not this, Spirit. (pleads) No! 6. BELLE: (tearful) This music box is a beautiful gift, Ebenezer, but I realize I matter little to you, very little. To protect yourself from a hard and cruel world, you have become hard and cruel in response. I have tried to cheer and comfort you, but another idol has displaced me. 7. (OLD) SCROOGE: What idol could ever displace you, Belle? 8. BELLE: You now worship a golden idol. (sighs) Oh, Ebenezer, you’ve become another man. 9. (OLD) SCROOGE: I wanted security, success--for you. Belle! 10. BELLE: I seek tenderness, not riches. I release you from our engagement. 11. (OLD) SCROOGE: (pleading) No. No! Belle! Don’t. Don’t! 1. BELLE: (weeps) Dear Ebenezer, may you be happy in the life you have chosen... (sobs) 4. SCROOGE: (pleads) Belle. Belle! No! Spirit! Show me no more! Why do you torture me? (sobs) Remove me! I cannot bear it! SCENE 13 SECOND SPIRIT: Scrooge! I am the Spirit of Christmas present! I’ll show you something! SCROOGE: Ah! This is BOB CRATCHIT’S HOME! MRS. CRATCHIT, BELINDA, PETER, HARRIET, and FREDERICK busy themselves with preparations at the table. 2. SOUND: PLATES RATTLING.WALLA--KID LAUGHTER. CONTINUE UNDER. 3. MRS. CRATCHIT: Where is your precious father? And your brother, Tiny Tim. MARTHA CRATCHIT ENTERS in the functional door. 4. BELINDA CRATCHIT: Oh, but here's Martha, Mother. Hurrah! 5. MARTHA CRATCHIT: Sorry, I’m late, Mother. We’d had a deal of work to finish up last night--and to clear away--this morning. 6. MRS. CRATCHIT: Well, never mind--so long as you are come. Sit ye down by the fire, my dear, and have a warm, Lord bless ye! 7. BELINDA CRATCHIT: No! Father’s coming! Hide, Martha, hide! Father! Father! MARTHA hides as BOB CRATCHIT and TINY TIM, hobbling with his single crutch, ENTER in the functional door. 8. BOB CRATCHIT: Ah! Peter, Belinda, Frederick, Harriet! Why, where's our Martha? 9. MRS. CRATCHIT: Not coming. 1. BOB CRATCHIT: (shocked) Not coming? Not coming upon Christmas Day? 2. MARTHA CRATCHIT: (coming out of hiding) Here I am, Father! (laughs) Merry Christmas! 3. MRS. CRATCHIT: How did little Tim behave at church, Bob? 4. BOB CRATCHIT: As good as gold, Mother, and better, eh, Tim? 5. TINY TIM CRATCHIT: (coughs) They sang ever so nice, Mother. I hoped the people saw me in the church, (coughs) because I’m a cripple And it might be pleasant for them to remember--on Christmas-- who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see. 6. BOB CRATCHIT: Bless you, my son. See Mother, his heart is strong and he will get better. I know it. 7. BELINDA CRATCHIT: Oh, Let’s play a game! Father! Play “the memory game” with us! Please! Please! MRS. CRATCHIT carries a small cooked goose to the table. 10. TINY TIM CRATCHIT: Oh, smell that Gooooooooooose! Hurrah! Look! Look! There was never such a goose! Never! 11. SOUND: WALLA-”OOOOH”. PLATES. FORKS. SPOON SERVINGS-- UNDER. 12. MRS. CRATCHIT: All right! Be seated. Here you go. Take your turn, now. There’s plenty of stuffing, potatoes, and plum pudding for all of you. 13. BOB CRATCHIT: Toast! To Mr Scrooge! The founder of our feast! 14. MRS. CRATCHIT: The founder of our feast! Scrooge is disgusting! Nobody knows it better than you! 15. BOB CRATCHIT: My dear! Christmas time! SCENE 14 Date: 2015-12-11; view: 721
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