![]() ![]() ![]() I am sending you three ghosts to help you change. I was as cruel to people in my life as you are now. I’m the ghost of Jacob Marley, your business partner when I was alive. It tells the Christmas Story from the point of view of two stars (an Old Star and a New Star) who act as the narrators. 'NEW STAR' is a Christmas play for children and teens. (looks around) Is anyone there? (looks under bed) Good. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. ![]() Cratchitt, a very, merry Christmas to you. I have better things to do than waste money by taking time off. It’s Christmas tomorrow.Ĭome and visit us for lunch. You’re here to work, not to complain.Īs if you didn’t know. Nonsense! We had the fire on for half an hour yesterday. Ahem, sir, I was actually wondering, erm… do you think it would be possible to put some coal on the fire? It’s getting quite… Bah, humbug! Why do people celebrate Christmas anyway? Humbug, I say! The actor should be costumed just like Scrooge. *You may wish to cast another actor to play Scrooge in the flashback/present/and flashforward scenes. She lives in Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and has won several national and international short story competitions. Barbara is the author of Fir for Luck and Crystal-Kite, short-listed Punch, both historical novels for children, and children’s eco-thriller Wilderness Wars, all published by Cranachan. She now teaches drama, although if you dig deep in her past you will find that she has earned her crust as a puppeteer, relief librarian and receptionist among others. She acquired an MA in English Language and Literature, a husband, three children and a shaggy dog along the way. Maybe you’ve always wished you could produce this play, but the costs of a two-hour stage drama make you say, bah, humbug! Well wish no more! This very brief version will cram every last detail into seven scenes and just three pages! Guaranteed, you’ll have this short play up and running faster than you can say, Bob Cratchitt!īarbara Henderson is a German-born novelist and playwright and has lived in Scotland since 1991. A Brief Christmas Carol is the beloved story everyone knows about the miserly, old Ebenezer Scrooge. ![]()
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