One-act plays
embrace and a total eclipse. A dusky prophet. The girl’s compact. “I’s wid yo’, pard, ebery time.” Sharp, the detective. The “angel” gives some good advice. A wronged and childless widow. The rival suitors. Jeff’s plans begin to work. “Curse you, I’ll----” Consternation. Picture.
embrace and a total eclipse. A dusky prophet. The girl’s compact. “I’s wid yo’, pard, ebery time.” Sharp, the detective. The “angel” gives some good advice. A wronged and childl...
2. ACT II.--Sharp’s office. The detective and the “angel.” A trick on theIrishman. Josiah gets excited again. Joe gives the old man a “tip.” A providential interruption. The “angel” offers some more good advice. The story of Josiah’s life. An old man...
3. ACT III.--Back at Priscilla’s. Another embarrassment for Josiah.4. ACT IV.--Scene as before. A vote of confidence. A few more pointedquestions. Mike on a tear. Josiah’s ultimatum. A father’s confession and an unexpected guest. The “’splosion.” Tom’s exculpation. The biter bit. Father and son. Priscilla relent...
5. ACT I.--Lelar’s mansion. Master and man. Micky’s alarm. The rivallovers. A friendly warning. Masked villainy. A puzzled physician. Resolve. “Ha, traitors! have I caught you?” “Howard! husband! are you crazy?” “Have you no answer to make, you...
6. ACT II.--Scene same as before. Lawyer and lady. An explanation demanded.7. ACT III.--Deem’s law office. A pliant tool. An unwelcome visitor.8. ACT IV.--An appeal for mercy in behalf of Snooks. An arch confession.Meditated murder. A soliloquy. Snooks proves himself a consummate actor. “You shall not deprive me of justice!” “My dear boy, have I found you at last!” Humiliation. Joy after s...
9. ACT I.--Drawing-room in the Bell mansion. Visitors. The man who kissedthe Blarney stone. The wolf in the sheepfold. An anxious wife’s resolve. A game that two can play. An untimely interruption. “What is the meaning of this scene?” An extempore re...
10. ACT II.--Scene as before. Araminta has her say, and Timothy takes it toheart. Taffy sets up in business. Fiddling upon a lawyer’s heart-strings. Pauline’s history. The flying-wedge. “I know a thing or two about foot-ball.” A passage at arms between...
11. ACT III.--The Charity Ball. Taffy and his “fairy.” An exciting episode.Unmasked! An affair of honor. Another skirmish between the ladies. Timothy in a quandary. The missing letter and Pauline’s plan of rescue. Araminta caught “spoonin’,” and Taffy...
12. ACT IV.--The secret duel. Peyton’s treachery and suicide. Bell’sdiscovery and despair. A morning call, and a kodak sensation. The Peach Blossom’s revenge. Good news for Taffy. A risky experiment. Bereft of reason. Disenthralled. “Dat settles...
13. ACT I.--_Scene I._--A street. The Deacon’s arrival. A newsboy’s trick.Lawyer and Irishman. The Witch’s prophecy. A wife’s anxiety and resolve. _Scene II._--A garden. The fete. Snooks is euchered. A foe in the guise of a friend. The drugged wine. S...
14. ACT II.--Mansfield’s home. A jealous Irishman. The Deacon becomesinfatuated. A lost sister. An indirect proposal. The assault. Dennis bites the dust. An indignant wife. A self-confessed villain. A desperate woman. An aggrieved husband. Coward...
15. ACT III.--_Scene I._--Hall in Mansfield’s house. Dennis grows excited. Achallenge. An agitated wife. _Scene II._--The rendezvous. The duel. An unobserved witness. “Shoot, you coward!” “I cannot, it would be murder.” Treachery charged. “There stands...
16. ACT IV.--_Scene I._--In Reed’s law-office. Dennis promises compliance.Dennis and Snooks have a “scrap.” Robbery charged. The raised notes. Murder is threatened. Dennis’s ruse. The lawyer is euchered. The Witch’s appearance. Startling revelations....