r elaborate, as may be
desired. Time, 1-1/2 hours. Particularly adapted for girls'
high schools. The action of the play occurs in Boston. The cast,
including as it does two Southern girls, a prim Boston matron,
an old darkey mammy, an Irish maid, the "twinnies" and the
other Boston residents, gives great scope for character acting.
PRICE 35 CENTS
A CONVERTED SUFFRAGIST
A play in 1 act, by Katharine Kavanaugh. 3 female characters. 1
easy interior scene. Time, about 30 minutes. Modern costumes. An
excellent opportunity for a clever dialect comedienne, as
an old darkey mammy has a very effective role and is quite
important in developing the unexpected climax.
PRICE 15 CENTS
THE WHITE DOVE OF ONEIDA
A romantic drama in 2 acts and an after scene, by Helen
P. Kane. 4 female characters. Plain interior scene. Time,
about 45 minutes. Easily produced. An absorbing story of a
child who has been stolen by the Indians and her restoration
after many years.
PRICE 15 CENTS
A LESSON IN ELEGANCE
A play in 1 act, by Bernard Herbert. 4 female characters. Parlor
scene. Modern costumes. Time, 30 minutes. A bright little
society play, with numerous keen witticisms at the expense of
ultra-fashionable people.
PRICE 15 CENTS
VAUDEVILLE SKETCHES
THE COWARD
A dramatic episode in 1 act, by Taylor Ewen. 5 male, 2 female
characters. 1 interior scene. Time, about 30 minutes. A small-cast
Western sketch so often desired. Arthur Royce, a telegraph operator
in a Western state, a former Harvard student, now in league with
two road agents, holds up the Overland Limited. Ongua, an Indian
also a Harvard man who was basely treated by Royce while at
Cambridge, is aware of his connection with the hold-up. What
the road agents do and how Royce is saved by the Indian is
dramatically told in this little sketch.
PRICE 25 CENTS
HIS DINNER FOR TWO
A playlet in 1 act, by Franklin Johnston. 1 male, 1 female
character. 1 interior scene. Time, about 20 minutes. The
perplexities of a young poet and his wife in financial distress.
He discovers that their very last possible dinner is barely
sufficient for one. To make sure that his wife shall have it
alone, he pretends to have an engagement with friends. She,
unaware of his self-denial, gets a little jealous of his
preferring the society of friends and leaving her alone. He
suddenly obtains lucrative employment and returns to tell her
of it. A mere sketch, but admi
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