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R. 2 E. / R. 1 E. / JScene. L. u. E. L. 1 E. \ R. R. C. 0. Lo a Audience. L. L. Left. L. c. Left Centre. L. 1 E. Left First Entrance. L. 2 E. Left Second Entrance. L. 3 E. Left Third Entrance. L. u. E. Left Upper Entrance, (just in front of Scene.) n. L. c. Door Left Centre, c. D. Centre Door. c. Centre. R. Rifrht. R. c. Right Centre. R. 1 E. Right First Entrance. R. 2 E. Right Second Entrance. R. 3 E. Right Third Entrance. R. u. E. Right Upper Entrance, (just 111 front of Scene.) D. R. c. Door Right Centre. m /r?" TWO GENTLEMEN AT MIVART’S A DRAMATIC DUOLOGUE IN ONE SHORT ACT AND ONE SCENE. By J. PALGEAVE SIMPSON. For Male Characters only. Time Th© Present. Costumes — Modern. CHARACTERS. An Elderly Gentleman. | A Young Gentleman. SCENE— Ante-room in Mivart's Hotel. Roots, r. and L. Table n., on which an umbrella is lying. Chairs. ’ ^ Enter the Elderly Gentleman, r. d. ' Elderly Gentleman, {speaking hack, aoid waving his hand at the . door with affectation^. Ta, ta, fair lady ! Keep up your spirits. I .3 shall be back soon, [coming forward) Come, there can be no doubt - of the matter. I have made an impression and a devilish o-ood impression, I flatter myself. I have but to pop the question ‘"and she will accept me with her eyes shut. A capital match ' — good - connections— good fortune— just the thing for me ! I don't know what sort of grimace my family will make, though, to my mar- rying at my years. My years ! nonsense ! Why, I am in my very ! best years— at the age of— well, never mind. After all, what can , my family say to it ? I’m a bachelor. Hum ! When I say “ bach- elor,” it ought, perhaps, to be “ widower.” But that is such an old story ; and my only encumbrance has been off my hands so long , ^at it is just the same as if I had none at all. So that’s all right! : Well, I’ll be off to Swan and Edgar’s, and see whether I cannot find something to please the fancy of my pretty widow here. I am glad ^ she took up her town quarters at Mivart’s ; for here one can run in and out without remark and without obstacle. U. C. lU.. Lib. 4 TWO GENTLEMEN AT MIVARt’s/ As he spealcs, gets to door^ l., and knocks against the Young Gentle- man, who enters abruptly, E. Gent. Well, sir ! Young Gentleman. Well, sir! E. Gent. You might have seen where you were coming, sir. Y. Gent. And you might have seen where you were going, sir. E. Gent. The door was wide enough to avoid any pushing, sir. Y. Gent. I perfectly coincide in your opinion, sir. E. Gent. No matter, sir. Y. Gent. No offence, sir. E. Gent, {aside). What the deuce can that young fellow be doing here 1 Y. Gent, (aside). I should like to know what that elderly indi- vidual is philandering about here for. E. Gent, (aside). I don’t like the looks of him at all. [Uxit, L. D., looking suspiciously at Young Gentleman. Y. Gent. Well, I have come up from Oxford on a spree ; and, by Jove, the campaign seems to open with spirit. I dashed off to the Park to see something of the gay world, galloped down Kotten Row, spied a pair of bright eyes in Lady Blunder’s carriage, evi- dently created a sensation — for I’ll be sworn, by the glances from those same bright eyes, that she was flattered by my attentions — tracked my fair incognita to this hotel, where the old lady set her down, tipped the porter to let me know where her rooms were — and here I am ! Once in the fortress, I’m not to be dislodged in a hurry. I must reconnoitre my ground, however. {Rooking r.) That must be the room where the aforesaid bright eyes shine. I won- der whether she is alone. It isn’t quite the thing, I know ; but, come what may, I must have a peep ; there’s no resisting the temp- tation. [goes on tiptoe to r. d., and peeps through the keyhole^ Enter Elderly Gentleman, l. d. E. Gent. I’ve left my umbrella, and it’s beginning to rain ; and when a man’s made up for the day, damp’s the devil ! [takes his um- brella from table, turns and sees Yov'SiQ Gentleman) Hollo! what is that young fellow doing near my intended’s door I [coughs loudly) Y. Gent, [startled and turning). Hollo ! what’s the row I Here’s old Philander again 1 Ah ! hem ! [lets fall his riding whip, and pre- tends to pick it up. Aside) I think that dodge deceived him. He can’t say I was caught in the act. E. Gent, (aside). That looks monstrously suspicious. Can he be a rival I Y. Gent, (aside). What can he want? Deuce take the intruder 1 This is very awkward. E Gent, (aside). I can’t say I’m jealous ; but I feel very quev y. Gent, (aside). I’ll brazen him out. TWO GENTLEMEN AU MIV ART’S. 5 E. Gent, (^aside). How he stares ! Y. Gen. {aside). What ferocious eyes he makes at me ! E. Gent. Ahem ! Y. Gent, {mimicking). Ahem ! E. Gent. Did you speak, sir Y. Gent. No ; I thought you did, sir. E. Gent, {coughing with vexation and embarrassment). Ahem ! Y. Gent. You seem to have a cold, sir. E. Gent. Not at all, sir. Are you looking or anything, may I ask 1 Y Gent. I am looking for what I have found. E. Gent, ^aside'). Found! What can he mean 1 {aloud) You are acquainted, perhaps, with Y. Gent. Exactly so. {mimicking) I am acquainted with E. Gent. Ah, really ! {aside') Then he is a rival ! {aloud) And you wish, perhaps — hem ! hem ! Y. Gent. Precisely, {mimicking) I wish — hem I hem ! {aside ) — you at the devil. If he would only go one way or the other ! The position is getting embarrassing. E. Gent, {aside., sitting at table n.}. He may retire, if I show my- self determined to stay. Y. Gent, {sitting l. \ He shall see that I am resolved to sit him out; and then perhaps he’ll mizzle, {theg sit, turning their backs. After a pause, in which they show marks of impatience, they look round.) E. Gent, {aside). Confound the young fellow 1 Y. Gent, {aside). Has the old stick taken root I E. Gent, {getting up. Aside). My suspicions must be cleared up. Suppose I were to pretend to go — leave him free to pay his visit ; then I might see Y. Gent, {aside, without rising). He seems disposed to quit the field ; the best thing he can do. E. Gent, {gruffly, going to ix. d.). Good-day, sir. Y. Gent, {rising, and making a very ceremonious bow). Sir, your most obedient, very humble servant. (Elderly Gentleman grunts loudly, and exit l. d. Young Gentleman bursts out laughing.) Y. Gent. Victory ! The day is mine ! The enemy has fled ! That heavy artillery of his {mimics Elderly Gentleman’s grunt) was a last shot. I had better profit by his retreat to make an im- mediate attack, {goes briskly towards r. d., then stops) ’Pon my soul, I like my own impudence ! This is one of the biggest bits of ef- frontery I ever — Well, isn’t impudence the current coin of the age 1 Brass buys more nowadays than any amount of sterling gold. Look at the orchestras in modern operas. There’s brass for you! {mimics playing the trombone and trumpets with his voice) It over- powers all your old-fashioned fiddles, and does double the effect in half the number of bars. Brass be my metal, then. Courage ! Faint heart never won fair lady. I’ll knock, {knocks r. d, and 6 TWO GENTLEMEN AT MIVART’S. listens) What a sweet voice murmurs {mimicking) “ Come in ” ! 0, it shot right through my heart ! Now, quick, forwards, march ! [Exit^ L. D. Elderly Gentleman in l. d., then enters in a rage. E. Gent. He is gone in ! And she receives this unknown rival. Perfidious woman ! Could I have ever dreamed that she would have encouraged such a being when I tendered wysuiti But these young jackanapes fellows think they are to carry everything before them, and run an experienced man of the world off* the course. What infernal conceit ! But conceit is the vice of youth. It is only at a certain age that a man is able to appreciate his own merit with any true discernment, {walking about angrily) Surely she can never prefer such a young puppy to me — such a bit of marabout feather as that {blows through his fingers) to the solid, {banging floor with his umbrella) The solid % No, no ; it is impossible. Such a little nobody-knows-who — not even a real gentleman. I’ll be sworn ; for I caught him looking through the keyhole — I am sure of it ; and if there is anything that is dirty, and mean, and low, and un- gentlemanly, it is such an action as that. 0, it’s beneath me to be jealous ! But I own I should like to know what they are about all this time. 0, I can’t stand it any longer ! Goes to R. D., and looks through the keyhole. At the same moment the door opens violently. The Young Gentleman enters precipitately^ and knocks the Elderly Gentleman down. Y. Gent. Sent about my business, by Jove ! {mimicking woman's voice) She wondered at my effrontery. Threatened to ring for the waiter. I never was in such a rage in my life. E. Gent, {who has been trying in vain to get up^ in a passion, and slips down again with a cry of pain). 0 ! Y. Gent, {turning). What’s this 'I old Philander fioundering like a porpoise on the floor. E. Gent. Sir, you have knocked me down ! Y. Gent. How could you be so awkward as to stand in my way, then? Bat I forgive you You may get up. E. Gent, {sitting up). He forgives me! I shall burst with rage! {struggles in vain to get up.) Y. Gent. What 1 you can’t 1 Rheumatic, I suppose. Such in- conveniences will afflict elderly gentlemen, {gives him a hand to help him up.) E. Gent, {accepting the hand, with rage). Rheumatic! no, sir, I am not rheumatic ! {getting up with a wry face) What do you mean by rheumatic,” sir 'I {rubs his back with pain) Do you mean to insult me, sir 1 y. Gent. {amde). Well, so be it! I came for a spree. A quarrel IWO OENTLEMliiN AT MIVART’S. 7 instead of a courtship ! I must be revenged on some one for my disappointment and mortification, {aloud) Insult you, sir I as you will, sir ! E. Gent, [drawing himself up). You must be aware, sir, that I am in a position to demand the satisfaction of a gentleman. Y. Gent. As you will, sir. E. Gent. The satisfaction of a gentleman, I say, sir ! Y. Gent. And I answer, “As you will, sir.” Are you deaf as well as rheumatic 1 Deafness is another inconvenience which will afflict elderly gentlemen. E. Gent, {in a towering passion). Deaf, sir I No, sir ; nor blind, sir ! I can see that you are my rival in the affections of the lady in that room, sir. Y. Gent. So ! you pretend to the affections of — Ha, ha, ha ! E. Gent, {aside). The fellow’s laughing at me into the bargain. {aloud) And you fancy, perhaps, that you are the preferred one. But you are mistaken, sir. Y. Gent. Elderly gentlemen are subject to mistakes as well as young ones, sir. E. Gent Elderly again ! Sir, you shall fall, or I. Y. Gent. As it may happen, sir. E. Gent. I say, “ You shall fall, or I !” Y. Gent. And I answer, “ As it may happen, sir !” The poor old fellow is as deaf as a post. E. Gent, {suffocating with rage). Old fellow ! Deaf ! Very well, sir ! very well ! I shall go and settle the preliminaries. I have a friend in the house ; he shall wait on you here immediately. Y. Gent. Let him wait. E. Gent. I tell you, sir, he shall wait on you here. Y. Gent, [bawling) And I reply, “ Let him wait !” That old man will ruin my lungs. E. Gent, {turning away with an angry grunt). Ough ! (aside) It’s as well matters have turned out thus. My duel will make a noise at the club ; she will hear of it ; and the impression will be clenched if I can wing the fellow. Ah, ha ! I haven’t forgot a trick or two of the trigger yet! [makes the action of shooting towards the Young Gentleman, and exit^ l. Tt.ffurious.) Y. Gent. He’s off, and I’m in for it ! Well, I wanted an adven- ture, and I have got one, though it is none of the gayest. No mat- ter, there’s plenty of excitement in it. Pistols for two — Chalk Farm — distance measured — stand taken — one — two — three — off we pop. Elderly individual makes a wry face — or 1 — 1 1 To be sure it may be I. I may be packed off, six feet by three — “ very snug lying ” — hat-bands and mourning-coaches — [gradually going over into emo- tion) and my second mother, following me, flooded in tears — her heart broken — I didn’t think of her. [sits down) She would die of grief, she who believes me the steadiest of men, and loves me more than life. Come, come, no more of this 1 [springs up) These vain 8 TWO GENTLEMEN AT MIVART’S. imaginings are out of place. I am not going to write my epitaph yet. {gayly again) Ah ! here comes old Philander again, and with- out his friend. He surely can’t mean to show the white feather. Enter Elderly Gentleman, l. d., with a letter. E. Gent. Ah ! you are still here 'I Y. Gent. Didn’t I tell you I should wait ? But you are so deaf. {beginning te bawl) I told you E. Gent, {stopping his ears). There, that will do, sir! I am not deaf, I tell you. I have not yet seen my friend. But I go imme- diately ; you shall not escape me, sir. But first I have a service to render you. Y. Gent. A service to me? E. Gent. Which my injured dignity calls for at my hands. On the stairs of the hotel I met my intended’s maid ; she started at the sight of me in evident confusion, and endeavored to conceal a letter. There could be no doubt, from her manner, it was a com- munication intended for my rival. I tore it from her hands, and I bring it you myself, sir. This rival is evidently you ; there can be no other. Y. Gent, {aside). Can the fair one have relented, and sent after me to apologize ? By Jove ! it must be so ! E. Gent, {reading address aside). “ Sir Charles Fancourt.” Now I know my detested rival’s odious name, {aloud) There, sir, is your letter, {gives it) It shall decide which of the two is to resign his pretensions to the lady. Y. Gent, {taking letter and opening it without looking at the address). “ Dear Sir Charles ’’—Sir Charles ! why, this letter is not intended for me. Hollo ! what’s here I {reading) “ That silly coxcomb, Mr. Dash wood — ” {aside) How the deuce did she know my name I E. Gent. “ Silly coxcomb ! ” Perfidious woman ! Y. Gent. Thank you, sir. It is odious to use such unladylike expressions. E. Gent. Thank you, sir ; so it is. Y. Gent. You are very kind. It’s unheard of. E. Gent. You are very kind. It’s abominable, to use such an epithet to me! Y. Gent. No, sir ! to me! It’s addressed to me ! E. Gent. No, sir! It is I who am the silly coxcomb ! Y. Gent No, sir ! It is I who am the silly coxcomb ! E. Gent. Your pardon, it is I ! Y. Gent. No, I ! E. Gent. It is I who am the above-mentioned Dashwood, sir. Y. Gent. But my name is Dashwood, too, sir. E Gent. You don’t say so I Y. Gent. You are Algernon Dashwood, senior I E. Gent. And you, Algernon Dashwood, junior I My boy, whom my sister Mary brought up when I became a widower 1 TWO GENTLEMEN AT MIVART’S. 9 Y. Gent. Yes, papa I E. Gent. My son ! Y. Gent. In your arms, papa ! (they embrace) And the voice of Nature never spoke in your bosom 1 E. Gent. I rather think we both bellowed too loud to let it be heard. Mary wrote me word you were studying at Oxford, a sober-sided bookworm, {shaking his head) But I fear, from all I have seen to-day, that you are a sad scapegrace, Algy. Y. Gent, As Aunt Mary always told me my father was before me. E. Gent. Your Aunt Mary is a fool. Give me the fatal letter. {aside) I hadn’t seen the jackanapes since he was in his cradle ; and to think he should have grown up to this, like a head of as- paragus in a hotbed ! Why, he’ll kick me off the perch, and I shall be a grandfather before I can pop the question to a pretty woman again. As for that confounded jilt, I renounce her for- ver ; for there is a preferred rival, after all. Y. Gent. Shall it be “ forgive and forget,” papa'? E. Gent. We are both conceited puppies, I fear, and both have had a lesson. So let’s shake hands on it. Y. Gent. I’m proud of being a chip of the old block, papa. E. Gent. Ah, my boy ! we’d better hold our tongues about it. Perhaps our friends might say we have neither of us any reason to be proud of the little comedy we played when we appeared as Botr {laughing). Two gentlemen at Mivarfs. CURTAIN. PLAYS. DICK’S AMERICAN EDITION. Copies of any of the titles advertised on this circular will he sent to any address on receipt of the annexed prices. Send orders to DICK & FITZGERALD, 18 Ann Street, = - New York. A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. A domestic sketch in one act, by Francis Talfourd. One male and one female characters. Scene, a bachelor’s apartment. Time, about thirty minutes. A bright and lively girl proves to a morbid, sentimental and desponding young bachelor that life is worth living ; a very well planned character sketch. A KISS IN THE DARK. A capital farce in one act. Two male and three female characters. Scene, a parlor. Time, about forty-five minutes. A roaring Farce in which a sus- picious husband attempts to test his wife’s constancy ; be- comes the victim of his own little plot, is properly humbled, and cured of his groundless jealousy. A MEDICAL MAN. A comedietta in one act, by W. S. Gil- bert. Two male and one female characters. Scene, a very untidy bachelor’s room. Time, about forty minutes. A very ingenious and farcical domestic comedy of errors, which in spite of a serious blunder, and a pardonable deception, re- sults in the happiness of both the parties concerned. A MOST UNWARRANTABLE INTRUSION. A comic inter- lude in one act by John Maddison Morton. Two male characters only. Scene, a parlor. Time, about thirty-five minutes. It shows how a personally unknown nephew, by the most ludicrous and eccentric conduct, manages to obtain from his uncle the hand of his niece and a fortune besides. A PAIR OF PIGEONS. A domestic sketch in one act by Bdward Stirling. One male and one female characters. Scene, a parlor. Time, about thirty minutes. A very amus- ing matrimonial scene in which a wife cures her husband of unwarrantable jealou^. A TERRIBLE SECRET. A spirited farce in one act, by J. Stirling Coyne. Two male and two female characters. Scene, a furnished parlor. Time, fully an hour. In which Mr. Henpecker is the victim of a harmless hoax which involves him in a lot of imaginary troubles and funny perplexities, until the secret he struggles to conceal is shorn of its fancied terrors, and Mrs. Henpecker consents to be appeased. AN ELIGIBLE SITUATION. An eccentricity in one act, by Thomas Archer and J. C. Brough. Four male and six female characters. Time, about forty minutes. A medley of philan- thropy, jealousy, inquisitiveness, clandestine love-making, burglary and final happiness. FAIRLY TAKEN IN. A comic interlude in one act by Mrs. Charles Kemble. One male and one female characters. Scene, an apartment. Time, about twenty-five minutes. A suspicious lover’s stratagem to test his betrothed is met by stratagem, and he is taught a lesson for groundless mistrust. FIRESIDE DIPLOMACY. A comedietta in one act, adapted from the French by Charles Smith Cheltnam. Two male and two female characters. Scene, an elegant parlor. Time, about forty minutes. A well-arranged domestic comedy in which a woman who henpecks her husband strives to create discord between a happy couple, and not only fails, but gets a wholesome lesson herself. FURNISHED APARTMENTS. A comic interlude in one act by H. A. Y. Five male characters only. Scene, a parlor. Time, about one hour. The fun begins with two gentlemen taking the same apartments, ordering the same supper, and each supposing the other an intruder, but finally discover that they are partners in the same enterprise. HIS FIRST BRIEF. A comedietta in one act by Sidney Daryl. Three male and two female characters. Scene, a sit- ting-room. Time, about an hour. A medley of love, jealousy impudence and eccentricity, in which the characters are all at cross purposes, getting tangled up in the most ludicrous “situations,’^ but with ultimate most satisfactory results. JACK OF ALL TRADES. A rollicking farce in one act, adapted for six male characters. Scene, apartment of a scientific student. Time, about forty-five minutes. The versatile and absurd performances of a fickle young man, who is everything in turn and nothing long, to the aggrava- tion of his father, but turns up sensible at last. MONEY MAKES THE MAN. A parlor drama in one act by Arthur Sketchley. P'our male and three female characters. Scene, a parlor. Time, about fifty minutes. A scheming, avaricious father tries to separate two loving young couples in order to profit by a supposed inheritance, which turns out quite differently from his calculations. Matters are settled happily, and the schemer thwarted by the old invalid gentle- man to whom his daughter was to be sacrificed. MRS. WILLIS'S WILL. A comic drama in one act, adapted from the French of Emil Souvestre, for five female characters. Scene, a room in a farm-house. Time, about an hour. A drama in which avaricious hopes are not realized, the humble are exalted, and haughty pride is held up to ridicule. POISONED. A ludicrous farce in one act by Vincent Am- cott. Four male characters. Scene, a sitting-room in dis- orderly confusion. Time, about thirty -five minutes. Show- ing the vicissitudes in the love affairs of a young bachelor who is poor but has expectations, the pranks of his man, and the realistic effects of imaginary poisoning. Mrs. Priggit is a very characteristic Irish Washerwoman, played by a male. SLIGHTED TREASURES. A petite comedy in one act by William Suter. Four female characters only. Scene, a sitting-room. Time, about thirty-five minutes. A cleverly worked-out contrast between true and heartless girls, and sterling merit and frivolous aspirations, in which merit is triumphant over jealousy. THE DUCHESS OF MANSFELDT. A comic drama in one act adapted from the French of Souvestre for six female characters only. Scene, interior of a village inn. Time, about forty minutes. The Duchess visits her newly-acquired duchy incognito, and in several funny ways finds nobility in disguise may invoke ridicule through ignorance of village manners. She learns a lesson and profits by it. . THE DUTCHMA^^'S GHOST ; or, All Right. An original farce in one act by S. Barry. Five male and two female characters. Scenes, a sitting room, and a street-thoroughfare. Time, about forty-five minutes. Introduces a tyrannical wife, a henr-pecked husband, a stupid Dutchman, and other comic characters THE STAGE-STRUCK CLERK; or, The Office in an Uproar. A laughable farce in one act. Six male and three female characters. Scene, a lawyer’s office. Time, about thirty-five minutes. An over-smart lawyer’s clerk, always getting into scrapes which he evades by assuming the name of an innocent fellow clerk. His genius for inventing excuses help him out, but bring retribution at last. THE STUDENT’S FROLIC. A farce in one act, by T. S. Robinson. Three male and two female characters. Scene, a sitting-room. Time, about forty-five minutes. The per- plexing situations and subterfuges of a rollicking student in his endeavor to elude pursuit after a supposed murder ; with a climax. THE TRAIN TO MAURO. An amusing interlude in one act, by S. A. Frost. Characters, one male, one female, and a little boy. Time, about fifteen minutes. Scene, the waiting- room of a railroad station. The loquacious Mrs. Buttermilk and her enfant terrible nearly miss their train through a mis- understanding in regard to “to-morrow ” and “to Mauro.” TWO GENTLEIViEN AT MlVART’S. An interlude in one act by J. Palgrave Simpson. Two male characters only. Scene, an ante-room in Mivart’s Hotel. Time, about twenty minutes. A very entertaining duologue in which an old and a young gentleman are mutually objects of disdain, jealousy and rival- ry, only to find out that they are father and son. WANTED A YOUNG LADY. A laughable farce in one act, by W. E. Suter. Two male and one female characters. Scene, a room in a Country-house. Time, about fifty minutes. A very bright Farce in which disguises, intended to deceive, are paid back in their own coin. It is “dianiond cut diamond,” introducing continual droll complications^ A SILENT PROTECTOR, A lively farce in one acl by Thomas Williams. Three male and two female charac- ters. Scene, an elegant apartment. Time, about an hour and a quarter. Full of ludicrous “situations” and opportunities for character delineation by a cockney soubrette, a lisping dude, a Hebrew SherilT’s officer, and a rollicking young man. A young lady has inherited a fortune to the exclusion of the testator’s nephew, ,and her endeavors to find him are successful but in a most eccentric way. A SLIGHT MISTAKE; or, A Pnze In a German lottery. A petite comedy in one act, from the French of Emile Souves- tre. Adapted for five female characters only. Scene, a room in a village inn. Time, about thirty minuted. The action turns on the change of demeanor and inflated ideas caused by the sup- posed winning of a lottery prize and the spurious arrogance of the parvenue Eady Proudly. A very amusing little comedy. . A SPANKING LEGACY ; or, The Corsican Vendetta A spirited farce in one act by Thomas G. Blake. Five male characters only. Scene, the garden of a Corsican inn. Time, about forty-five minutes. The awkward predicament of a young Englishman who visits Corsica to collect a legacy from his uncle, and finds himself one of the principals in a Vendetta, and his final escape. A SUDDEN ARRIVAL. A laughable farce in one act, by Frederick Hay. Seven male characters. Scene, a furnished room. Time, about forty-five minutes. A convivial party is broken up by the sudden return of an old gentleman, and their abortive attempts at concealment are funny, extremely so, to the discomfort of the unwelcome intruder. ALL AT SEA; or, A Morning’s Troubles. An original come- dietta in one act by George VandenhofP, Jr., Harry Grey Fiske, and Chas. E. Burnham. Three male aud two female characters. Scene, the parlor of a hotel. Time, about forty- five minutes. A charming farce-comedy in which all are at cross purposes, v^dth telling “situations.” A jealous hus- band, a bombastic serving man and marplot. AN ARMY OF APPLICANTS. A character sketch in one act by W. F. Chapman. Six m^le characters only. Scene, a merchant’s office. Time, about fifty mimltes. The embar- rassments of a merchant who wants a confidential clerk, arising from the various applicants and the strtpidity of his Irish office servant. A capital piece, including a dude, a lo- quacious sport, a genteel bummer, a funny Irishman, etc. FROM PUNKIN RIDGE; or, Belinda Jane and Jonathan. A domestic drama in one act by H. Elliott McBride. Six male and three female characters. Two scenes, a parlor and an outside scene. Time, over an hour. Introduces a vain old lady, an adventurer, an Irishman, and a Yankee, with their dialects. The plot includes funny love scenes, and the un- masking of the worthless adventurer. ^ • 1 ^ M F 1 1 DICK & FITZGERALD :xXKX>0OC<^^ ACTING PLAYS MALE & FEMALE CHARACTERS. A Household Fairy, How she got him and kept him A Kiss ill the Dark, Kissing on the sly and the results All at Sea, A brilliant little comedy A Medical Man, Blunders, deception, and happiness An Eligible Situation, Love, burglary and bliss A Pair of Pigeons, Groundless jealousy cured A Silent Protector, Ludicrous effects of a portrait A Terrible Secret, A harmless hoax with roaring effects . . . : . Fairly Taken In, Funny cure for jealousy Fireside Diplomacy, Cure for a henpecking wife From Punkin Ridge, A rascal unmasked, dialect characters. BH.S First Brief, Love making accidentally ; very bHght. . . . , . Money Makes the Man, Love triumphs over Avarice The Stage Struck Clerk, Innocence triumphs over guilt The Dutchman's Ghost, Squelching a dunderhead Dutchman The Student’s Frolic, Lots of funny situations The Train to Mauro, Fussy old lady and terrible boy Wanted, A Young Lady,” “Diamond cut diamond, ” nobody hurt MALE CHARACTERS ONLY. An Army of Applicants, Dude, sport, bummer, Pat, etc. A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion, How he won her A Sudden Arrival, Consternation and general rumpus Furnished Apartments, Rival lodgers and fun Jack of all Trades, Very funny cure for fickleness Poisoned, Funny, but he didn’t die Two Gentlemen at Mivart’s, strangers ; rivals ; a discovery FEMALE CHARACTERS ONLY. A Slight Mistake, Odd effects of an inverted lottery prize ticket A Spanking Legacy, A vendetta, with comical terrors Mrs. Willis’s Will, Girls at loggerheads and lots of fun . Slighted Treasures, Girlish jealousy and spite exposed The Duchess of Mansfeldt, Fun in a village 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 6 3 3 2 4 3 6 2 5 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 J8 ANN STREET, NEW YORK. kA^ k^^-^ kA^ vA^ kA^ kA.^ >.A^ kA^ *A^ kA^ lA.^ kA^ y A^ lA.^ kA^ _iA.^ > A.^ V ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 7^.“ ^ I, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA