A CHRISTMAS CAROL
SCROOGE: (Cчитает деньги) One, two, three, four ... (Bxoдит служанкa)
MAID: Your nephew is here to see you, Mr Scrooge.
SCROOGE: All right, ask him in. (Cлужанка уходит. Входит племянник.)
FRED: Hello, uncle. Merry Christmas! Do you want to come and have dinner with us tomorrow?
SCROOGE: Christmas? Bah! Humbug! I hate Christmas. Waste of time and money. Goodbye.
(продолжает считать деньги)
FRED: Goodbye, uncle. (уходит)
MAID: There are two men downstairs waiting for you.
SCROOGE: What do they want?
MAID: They are asking for money for the poor.
SCROOGE: Bah! Are there no prisons for these people? Tell them I won't give even a penny!
(Cлужанка уходит и возвращается.)
MAID: Mr Scrooge...
SCROOGE: Who is there now?
MAID: It's Mr Cratchit, your clerk. (Bxoдит Бo6)
SCROOGE: What do you want. Bob?
BOB: Excuse me, Mr Scrooge. It's Christmas tomorrow. Could you give me a day off?
SCROOGE: All right. But be here early the next morning.
BOB: Certainly, Mr Scrooge. Thank you. Merry Christmas! (Уходum)
SCROOGE: Christmas. Christmas... They don't want to work. That's why they like Christmas.
It's time to go to bed. (Ложится в постель. Храпит. Звучит зловещая музыка.
Появляется призрак. Скрудж напуган.)
SCROOGE: Who are you?
GHOST OF JACOB MARLEY: In life I was Jacob Marley, your partner. I am wearing these chains and I
can never be in peace, because when I lived I only thought about money.
But I am here to help you. You have a chance to escape my terrible destiny. Tonight three ghosts will visit you.
SCROOGE: Ghosts? Why? Where are you? I must have been working too much today. (Ложится в
постель, пытается уснуть.)
GHOST 1: Wake up, Ebenezer!
SCROOGE: Who are you?
GHOST 1: I am the Ghost of Christmas Past.
Your past. Come with me.
(На мультимедийном экране Молодой человек и девушка.)
GHOST 1: Can you recognize this young man?
SCROOGE: Yes, it's me.
YOUNG SCROOGE: I can't marry you.
GIRL: Why? We love each other.
YOUNG SCROOGE: Love is not enough. We are both very poor.
GIRL: Oh. darling. Please, don't leave me.
SCROOGE: Stop! Show me no more! Poor girl! How could I do that to her? How heartless I
was! (Изображение исчезает. Призрак уходит.)
(Вновь звучит зловещая музыка. Появляется второй призрак.)
SCROOGE: Who are you?
GHOST 2: I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. I will show you what is happening in the
house of Bob Cratchit. (На экране семья Кратчитов. Крошка Тим лежит в постели).
TINY TIM: What are we having for Christmas dinner, mum?
BOB'S WIFE: Not much, dear.
TINY TIM: What a wonderful pudding!
BOB: Merry Christmas, everyone!
SCROOGE: How poor the Cratchits are! Their son is week and ill. I am sorry for them. I will help Bob. Yes, I will. (Появляется призрак будущего.)
SCROOGE: Are you the Ghost of Christmas Future?
GHOST 3: Yes, I am. Look! (На экране две женщины на кладбище)
WOMAN 1: Ebenezer Scrooge has died.
WOMAN 2: Oh, has he? His relatives must be happy about it. During his life he didn't help
anybody.
WOMAN 1: And he was very rich, they say. (Изображение исчезает. Зажигается свет. Звучит радостная рождественская песня.)
SCROOGE: (В nocmeлu) Lizzy! Lizzy! Where are you?
MAID: I am here, Mr Scrooge.
SCROOGE: What day is it today?
MAID: Why, it's Christmas.
SCROOGE: Merry Christmas, Lizzy.
MAID: (Oчень удивлена переменой в хозяине) Merry Christmas, Mr Scrooge.
SCROOGE: Buy the biggest turkey you can find and take it to the Cratchets. Where is my best suit? I am going to have Christmas dinner with my nephew's family. No, first I'll go to church. This money is for the poor. Lizzy, this is a present for you. I must give a ring to Bob Cratchit. (Говорит по телефону) Hello? Is this Bob? This is Ebenezer Scrooge speaking. Merry Christmas, Bob! I am going to increase your salary. Not at all. Bob. Have a nice Christmas. Goodbye. (Kладет трубку.Слышится пение.) Who is there, Lizzy?
MAID: Children, Sir. Trick or treating.
CHILDREN: (Входят и поют ' Christmas is Coming’) Trick or treat! Treat or treat!
SCROOGE: Come here, children. This is for you. (Kладет в мешок подарки и сладости. Танцует и поет с детьми. К ним присоединяются все участники спектакля.)