By Charles Dickens
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Also:
A Christmas Carol Part two
A Christmas Carol Part Three
We present a Storynory Pantomime – A dramatic audio presentation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens adapted by Mike Betteridge of The Working Space Theatre Company.
Illustrations by John Leech from first edition of 1843 are here.
If you are interested in the text of the original story, you can read it here.
He was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching covetous old sinner! Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me? Even dogs appeared to know him, and then they saw him, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts.
Once upon a time – of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve – old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather, foggy withal. And he could hear people in the court outside, go wheezing up and down.
A Merry Christmas uncle! God save you! cried a cheerful voice.
Bah! said Scrooge. Humbug! If I could work my will, every idiot with Merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.
Bertie and Storynory are pleased to present their first mini-play. Natasha plays many parts, including several ghosts who come to haunt the old miser Scrooge. She is joined by Robert Maloney, who peforms as Scrooge with a wonderful snarling voice .Natasha and Rob who acted these roles in the Winter of 05 for Working Space Theatre which tours primary schools. We use this wonderful adaptation by kind permission of its author, Mike Betteridge.
91 Comments
Dear Story nory,
sorry to bother you but the link to Christmas Carol part 1 is broken – are you able to fix it because my class would love it in a few months time!
Arthur
Arthur
Many thanks for pointing this out. It’s working now. Hope you and your class enjoy it.
Bertie.
It is a nice story for childrens which helps them in learning with intrest!the voice of Natasha is good!
it is good to me
ok very good ok bybye
Dear Lady
My Mummy found this link for stories there are very good I like all your stories very much as Mummy run out of Ideas
BUT MUCH I LOVE SINGING CAN You tell me where to get Xmas song for me AS I COULD NOT SING YOUR SONG ? the words I don’t know yet .
MERRY XMAS I TELL SANTA THAT YOU TELL GOOD STORIES SO HE CAN GIVE YOU PRESENT TOO .
Love you Lady
Iam Princess Elle
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Do you like my singing?
I looooooooooove your singing! (So honered)
Perrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect!!!!!!!!
hey
i love it when people sing becauce i think you both have buitiful voice. and i loooooooooooooooove your stoies that you read to everyone that comes on this website i love your singing voice nitasha and ebaniger scrudge is so asome because he is so grochy and mean. uncle be nice to nitacha or i will make in a bad mean way because you are always mean to others so i will be mean to you so uh. she should have took your money for presants.
I love your story and sing a song. I’m live SEOUL, KOREA. I’m a elementary school girl.
I reading and listening a book. but my english listening not well. i’m not understand at all.
but i like to listening your reading a book
Hey I think the save as link is broken somehow. As when I right click I am not seeing it? Do you think it is possible for this to be repaired very soon?
thanks
Butterfiles,
Thank you, you are right. I’ll try and fix it now.
Sorry about that Butterfiles. The audio on A Christmas Carol is now downloading. You may find that with this one it’s enough just to click it, rather than right click
Thanks for letting us know ! Have a good Christmas
hi!
This story is getting good.Im still listening to it its good caues I love Cristmas its my favorite holiday. Merry Cristmas to all.
i’m reading this story with my class
this isa very intresting
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It’s very good!
Hi there
I’m waiting for this to download as I type – school restrictions mean that I have to get someone in IT to do it for me. I’d like to use this with a class but I’d like them to be able to do some work on it so wondered if you had a document version of it. If not, do you have any objections to my creating a document by listening and typing it up? (Lots of work but hey!)
I could even mail it back to you if you like!
Many thanks
you wrote avery good book.
Hi,
It is very nice.
Hi.
Thanks, and it would be very better if you make use of music between that.
I think the story of the christmas carol is a very
good book and i think i will read it everyday!!! I LOVE IT!!!
its ok for little kids
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Hi !! I’m Korean.
I am a student at Yonsei University.
I am used to America English, but I like British English more. So these days, I usually listen to English stories. I think these stories are very good for me.
Anyway, I am a big fan of British English. ^^
i think it is rood and mean i would not let my brother and sister listen to it!!! but i think it is all right.
i like it very well
hi Natasha, i think Mr.Scrooge should atleast say
” Merry Christmas. “
hi ….
it’s very good audio book
How can I get the texr of story “A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens adapted by Mike Betteridge”?
as you can see I don’t understand very well rhe English
I’m still learning
Please send me the script of the story “A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens adapted by Mike Betteridge” to this email: axel96_41@hotmail.com
Hi Edgard
Many apologies. We don’t have the text of this.
I love you storynory people thank heavens for you. Please keep up the good work you are all wonderful people my children enact little plays to your stories and when they are just free playing I watch them staring off into some far away place full of adventure which is an A++ for there imaginations.
EXCELLENT!
I really liked the characters because they were scary. The message of the story is that money isn’t the most important thing and that being rich isn’t everything.Be nice to others and share your money.
I Really like this story it is funny at the beginging and i acully like your voice more than robs
nice story ,iliked it be
exellent story,good and nice story about christmas.good job*
it wous rilly funny.thank you.
Can you sing me a christmas carol
Hi Great!
wow good!!!! i love it !
Half of The Christmas Carol 1 is missing. It stops after about five minutes. The first half was great!!!!
Hi Becky, sorry you didn’t get the whole download. It seems to be working now. Just a blip I expect.
You mean 3 spirits of Christmas.
Hey,did you know about the movie called the Christmas Carol?It’s coming to theaters and in Imax 3-D!
Hi Cattien, Yes I had heard about the movie of a Christmas Carol and I’m looking forward to seeing it.. But thanks for letting every one know.
I think A Chrismas carol is very very very funny.
I like its cool and awsome.
This is a great preformance of a great classical story! Thank you story nory! Natash, I loved your singing of the carols! I’m going to keep listening!
that is a great story but you shold rite books that real people know.but i loved the story it is great.and can you read a little faster than that please please please please please please please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Barb we read the stories a tad slowly because people from many countries listen, and English isn’t always their first language. We are really keen to make them as clear as possible. I hope you don’t mind.
i like this story
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We think it is a funny story when the carol sang the Christmas song and Scrooge tried to make them stop.
this story is awesome!
thank you for writingthis book and movi
I liked this story because Scrooge becomes a much nicer man at the end of the story. It was really exciting and a little bit scary when the ghosts came to visit him. My favourite part is when Scrooge give Tiny Tim a gold coin.
I liked this story because Scrooge becomes a nice man and he then looooooooooooooves christmas. The scary part is when the ghosts come.
The title is:A CHRISTMAS CAROL
My favourite part is when Scrooge said:Ba humbag rrrrre, the reason that I like this part is because it is funny.
THIS WAS LOVELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I liked the story becase scrooge become a nice person and it so funny because the girl sang a funny little song about Merry Christmas.
I liked the story becase scrooge become a nice person and it so funny because the girl sang a funny little song about Merry Christmas.
I liked the story becase scrooge become a nice person and it so funny because the girl sang a funny little song about Merry Christmas.
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A chirstmas carol
I think the funniest part was Scrooge got mad when Natasha sang the Christmas carol.
I like it when Scrooge became a nicer person.
I like this story becasue it has a happy ending. MR scrooge becomes a nice man and loves christmas and giving presents to people. The scary part is when the ghosts come to see Mr Scrooge. Mt favourite part is when he becomes nice and gives presents.
I like it because it is christmasey
I LIKE A christmas carol because it is funny and scary. When the ghosts pop out it is scary and I like when it when Scrooge is nice at the end of the story.
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I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVED YOUR SINGING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TO:NATASHA
I read this story because It is very funny.
posted December .I liked the Christmas Carol song.Because it is very interesting and fun and it also make me laugh.
Cool so far
Cool I did like it a lot!
I don’t know what story can beat this one! I loved how the actors played it out!!!!!!!!!!!
The movie is pretty scary.I can’t get the scary parts out of my head.But I really like the part when Scrooge talks in a baby voice and turns small.
its so cute! i luv it!!!
just that its a little silly to tell little kids about satin, they wont get it, but apart from that its cute!!!
great job!!
I’ve listened to all of this story, It’s realy good!
this is coool
I simply say, the greatest christmas story the imagination of Mankind could create, thank you MR Dickens
thank you so much!
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were is the reading bit hi the teacher that ia on here if your miss stott hi she u in school on monday. it is funny when they sing.
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