PS Class BookoZsDgafn COPffilGRT DEPOSIT. Price] No. 114, [15 Cents. IDE WITT'S ETHIOPIAN AXD COMIO DEAMA. * OWE NIGHT MEDICAL COLLEGE. M ETHIOPIAN SKETCH, L\ ONE SCENE. By FRANK DUMONT, Author of "My Wife's Visitors" " The Midnight Intruder," "-Painter's Apprentice," " The Noble Savage," " The Polar Bear," ** Who's the Actor?" "Absent- Minded," "Who's Baby is It?" "Election Day," " The Lunatic," " Vinegar Bit- ters," « An Awful Plot," " Rival Barber Shops," "Making a Hit," "What Shall I Take?" etc., etc. ORICINALLY PERFORMED AT GLOUCESTER, MASS., APRIL 5, 1876, BY DUPREZ AND BENEDICT'S MINSTRELS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ffl A Description of the Costumes -Cast of the Characters— Entrances Jjf and Exits— Relative Positions of the Performers on the \a Stage and the whole of the Stage Business. \ New York, ROBERT M. DE WITT, PUBLISHER, No. 33 Bose Strepf. SSS H Monograph jVVV, X, , DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS. Please notice that nearly all the Comedies, Farces and Comediettas in the following hst {/"De "Witt's Acting Plays" are very suitable for representation in small Amateur Thea- tres and on Parlor Stages, as they need but little extrinsic aid from complicated scenery or expensive costumes. They have attained their deserved popularity by their droll situations excellent plots, great humor and brilliant dialogues, no less than by the fact that they are the most perfect in every respect of any edition of plays ever published either in the United States or Europe, whether as regards purity of the text, accuracy and fulness of stage directions and scenery, or elegance of typography and clearness of printing. *** In ordering please copy the figures at the commencement of each piece, which indicate the number of the piece in "De Witt's List of Acting Plats. " $W* Any of the following Plays sent, postage free % receipt of price — 15 cents each. Address, ROBERT M. i E WITT, JVo. 33 nu e Street, JVen> York. jg^~ The figure following the name of the Play denotes the number of Acts. The figures in the columns indicate the number of characters — ILmale; F. female. No. 75. 114. 167. 93. 40. 89. 192. 166. 41. 141. 160. 70. 179. 25. 24. 1. 55. 65. 68. 76. 149. 121. 107. 152. 52. 148. 113. 199. 20. 4. 22. 96. 16. 58. 125. 71. 142. M. Adrienne, drama, 3 acts 7 Anything for a Change, comedy, 1 3 Apple Blossoms, comedy, 3 acts. . . 7 Area Belle (The), farce, 1 act 3 Atchi, comedietta, 1 act 3 Aunt Charlotte's Maid, farce. 1 act. . 3 Game of Cards (A), c< medietta, 1 3 Bardell vs. Pickwick, sketch, 1 act. 6 Beautiful Forever, farce, 1 act 2 Bells (The), drama, 3 acts 9 Birthplace of Podgers, farce, 1 act . . 7 Black Sheep, drama, 3 acts 7 Blow for Blow, drama, 4 acts 11 Bonnie Fish Wife, farce, 1 act 3 Breach of Promise., drama, 2 acts.. 5 Broken-Hearted Club, comedietta. 1 4 Cabman, No. 93, farce, 1 act 2 Caste, comedy, 3 acts 5 Caught by the Cuff, farce, 1 act 4 Cast" upon the World, drama. Sacts.10 Catharine Howard, historical play, 3 acts 12 Charming pair, farce, 1 act 4 Checkmate, comedy, 2 acts 6 Chevalier de St. George, drama, 3 9 Chops of the Channel, farce, 1 act. 3 Clouds, comedy, 4 acts 8 Comical Countess, farce, 1 act 3 Cupboard Love, farce, 1 act 2 Cupid's Eye-Glass, comedy. 1 act... 1 Cup of Tea, comedietta, 1 act 3 Cut off with a Shilling, comedietta, 1 act 2 Cyrill's Success, comedy, 5 acts 10 Captain of the Watch (The), come- dietta. 1 act 4 Daddy Gray, drama, 3 acts 8 Dandelion's Dodges, farre, 1 act 4 David ^arrick, comedy, 3 acts 8 Dearest Mamma, comedietta, 1 act, 4 Dearer than Life, drama, 3 acts 6 Deborah (Leah) drama, 3 acts 7 Deerfoot, farce. 1 act 5 Doing for the Best, drama, 2 acts. . 5 Dollars and Cents, comedy, 3 acts. . 9 Dreams, drama, 5 acts 6 Duchess de la Valliere, play, 5 acts. '. 6 Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act 5 Everybody's Friend, comedy, 3 acts'. 6 Estranged, an operetta, 1 act 2 Faus, and Marguerite, drama, 3 acts, 9 Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, interlude, 1 act 4 Female Detective, drama, 3 acts.... 11 Fernande, drama, 3 acts 11 Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts .10 First Love, comedy, 1 act 4 Foiled, drama. 4 acts 9 Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act' '. " '. 4 Garrick Fever, farce, 1 act 7 Gertrude's Money Box, farce, 1 act. 4 Golden Fetter (Fettered), drama, 3 11 Goose with the Golden Eggs, farce, 1 act 5 Go to Putney, farce, 1 act \ 4 Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act. . . '. '. '. 1 Hard Case (A), farce, 1 act 2 Henry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts 10 Heniy the Fifth, historical play, 5 38 He's a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts 5 His Own Enemy, farce, 1 act 4 Home, comedy, 3 acts 4 Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act! .... 1 Hunting the Slipper, farce, 1 act 4 High C, comedietta, 1 act 4 Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts 14 If I Had a Thousand a Year, farce, 1 act 4 I'm Not Mesilf at All, original Irish stew, 1 act 3 In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act ...... . 2 In the Wrong House, farce, 1 act. . . 4 Isabella Orsini, drama, 4 acts 11 I Sha'l Invite the Major, comedy, 1 4 Jack Long, drama, 2 acts 9 Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts. . . 3 Kind to a Fault, comedy, 2 acts 6 Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts. 12 Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act 4 ONE NIGHT "n a ULiLi u §m #thi0piaw ^fcettft in <®m gam. / By FRANK D U M O N T , AUTHOR OF My Wife's Visitors," " The Midnight Intruder," "Painter's Apprentice" " The Noble Savage" " The Polar Bear," " Who 's the Actor?" " Absent Minded," " Whose Baby is it ?" " Election Day," " The Lunatic," " Vinegar Bitters," "An Awful Plot," "Rival Barber Shops," "Making a Hit," " What shaU I Take?" etc. Originally Performed at Gloucester, Mass., April 5th, 1876, by Duprez and Benedict's Minstrels. TO WHICH ARE ADDED A DESCRIPTION OP THE COSTUMES — CAST OF THE CHARACTERS — ENTRANCES AND EXITS — RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PERFORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OF THE STAGE BUSINESS. s |Uew §Jc*t?t ROBERT M. DE WITT, PUBLISHER, No. 33 Rose Street. Copyright, 1877, by Robert M. De Witt. n-^_ A . u . . "J xW -.iV-'i:*A&.<^.; ;; ''.> : '. : V---";-,- - ■■•■-■•-.•V.:. ■•.;;•.■' ' :■.-,■■ - ■^- •■=>•■■■,;.. o ■■.■■■ -a-:. - i:: ,-.- •:-' 1 ■.--■:->. ■■.■■■-■■■ ;-:S-;.;^^^ -. ■■■:.■■■■' . - .-'' '•■"■- .'■'■■■.:■■.■ ; ; ;:.- , ■. -■.., .. .; ■ " :■•>-■< ■■•.ft:-..-j'-s^:.-., ; ; . •,'vm-': : "'--; :- ■:■• . -■.'■.■■;■;,•.. . ■■ ■- • ■ : ■, - ■ '. ■;*■"•>• 7-i-:-;'-. *; :