fred was the first ghost that visited scrooge.
fred was the first ghost that visited scrooge.
what is the first ghost that visited scrooge?
fred
he is visited by the first spirit - the ghost of christmas past - who takes scrooge back to when he was a small boy who preferred not to take part in christmas activities and carols ("sing a christmas carol (reprise)"). the child ebenezer is visited by his sister jenny, who takes ebenezer, who is reluctant to go home to his father due to a troubled relationship, back home. scrooge is confused as to why the visions are not communicating with him, to which the ghost replies that these are shadows of the things that have been. scrooge is then taken forward to his teenage years, to a party held by his then boss, mr. fezziwig ("december the 25th"). scrooge reminisces of his relationship with fezziwig's daughter, isabel ("happiness"), but we learn that she eventually leaves scrooge as she feels their love has been negated by his desire for wealth. scrooge and young ebenezer reflect on the situation ("you...you"). the ghost of christmas past reveals to scrooge that she is the ghost of his sister jenny, who died young. she tells a heartbroken scrooge to ("love while you can") before leaving him in a state of anguish ("it's not my fault (reprise)").
scrooge (musical)
finally, scrooge is visited by the mute ghost of christmas yet to come, who silently communicates via pointing in the direction he wants scrooge to travel. first, they visit tom jenkins and a chorus of people who owed scrooge money, who are all singing about an unusually generous thing that scrooge has done that has made them all thankful to him. unbeknown to scrooge, they are actually celebrating his death, yet scrooge is oblivious ("thank you very much"). the uplifted scrooge is now taken to the cratchit household, which is sitting in silence, with the absence of bob cratchit and tiny tim. the ghost takes scrooge to a graveyard, where bob is mourning the death of tiny tim and reciting the song he sung the christmas before ("the beautiful day (reprise)"). it is then revealed that scrooge is buried in the same graveyard, and scrooge realises his own imminent demise with shock. he is visited again by jacob marley, who reveals that scrooge has gone to hell, and lucifier has appointed scrooge as his personal assistant, before revealing scrooge's chain, that was so big that it was not immediately ready for his arrival to hell. scrooge is mortified as he is dragged away by demons.
scrooge (musical)