A Christmas Carol, Stave Two: The First of the Spirits, Part One

A Christmas Carol, Stave Two: The First of the Spirits, Part One Adapted, Directed and Produced by Paul A.T. Wilson Narrator: Paul A.T. Wilson Scrooge: Oliver Fry Ghost of Christmas Past: Jake Brading Fan: Naeve Hunter Fezziwig: Paul A.T. Wilson Music: David Pudney Sound Design: Paul A.T. Wilson Copyright 2021, This production is published under the International Creative Commons Attribution Licence version 4 The curtains of the bed were drawn aside; starting up into a half-recumbent attitude, Scrooge found himself face to face with the unearthly visitor who drew them. It was a strange figure -- like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man, viewed through some supernatural medium, which gave him the appearance of having receded from the view, and being diminished to a child's proportions. Its hair, which hung about its neck and down its back, was white as if with age; and yet the face had not a wrinkle in it, and the tenderest bloom was on the skin. It held a branch of fresh green holly in its hand; and, in singular contradiction of that wintry emblem, had its dress trimmed with summer flowers. But the strangest thing about it was, that from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light, by which all this was visible; and which was doubtless the occasion of its using, in its duller moments, a great extinguisher for a cap, which it now held under its arm.