Category: Humour

Captain Cranberry

SCENE.--_Living room in_ CYNTHIA TINKER’s _home. Exits_ L., R. _and_ C. _There is a fireplace_ R. _front. There should be a stairway at_ L.C., _but it is not absolutely necessary, as another exit may be used representing exit to up-stairs rooms. There is a large center table w...

Chapters

1. ACT III.--Room in Abner Freeman’s old fish-house on the shore; late

2. ACT I

SCENE.--_Living room in_ CYNTHIA TINKER’s _home. Exits_ L., R. _and_ C. _There is a fireplace_ R. _front. There should be a stairway at_ L.C., _but it is not absolutely necessar...

3. ACT II

LEE. That doesn’t express it, Miss Tinker. When I think of all the things that have happened since I left Orleans yesterday noon, I feel as if I had been struck by a landslide,...

4. ACT III

SCENE.--_A room in_ ABNER’S _old fish-house, supposed to be on the shore. There is one exit_, L. _An old-fashioned bureau_, R. _A doll’s house. Some rag rugs on the floor. Some...

5. ACT III. Same scene as Act II. A full honeymoon.

One male, five female characters, or can be played by all girls. Costumes, modern; scenery, an easy interior. Plays forty minutes. Mrs. Ball receives a cablegram from her sister...

6. ACT IV. Same as Act III. Later, 10 P. M.

Three males, two females. Costumes, modern; scenery, an interior. Plays twenty minutes. Royalty for amateur performance $5.00. Mignon Goldman, following the American Idea, throw...

7. ACT III. _Scene 1._ The afternoon of the next day. About 1:30.

Twelve females. Costumes of 1890 with one exception; scene, a single easy interior. Plays thirty minutes. Describes the trials of an ambitious woman who desired to form a club i...

8. Act IV.--A reception room in Alexander Hamilton’s house. (The next

Thirteen girls. Costumes, modern, Colonial and of the Civil War period. Scenery, three interiors. Plays an hour and a half. Betty and Eleanor, typically thoughtless girls of the...