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Title: The Climbers
A Play in Four Acts

Author: Clyde Fitch

Release Date: September 3, 2005 [EBook #16635]

Language: English

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THE CLIMBERS
A PLAY IN FOUR ACTS

By
CLYDE FITCH

NEW YORK
SAMUEL FRENCH
PUBLISHER
25 WEST 45th STREET

LONDON
SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD.
26 SOUTHAMPTON ST.
STRAND

Reprinted by permission of Little, Brown & Co.

COPYRIGHT, 1905,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

This play is fully protected by the copyright law, all requirements of
which have been complied with. In its present printed form it is
dedicated to the reading public only, and no performance of it, either
professional or amateur, may be given without the written permission of
the owner of the acting rights, who may be addressed in care of the
publishers, Little, Brown, and Company.

TO
CHARLES T. MATHEWS

IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HIS
TRUE FRIENDSHIP AND LOYAL ENTHUSIASM
FROM THE BEGINNING

C.F.

[Transcriber's Note: One character is listed as Dr. Steinart in the List
of Characters, but Dr. Steinhart in the body of the play.]

_THE CLIMBERS_

ACT I. IN LATE WINTER.
_At the Hunters'._

ACT II. THE FOLLOWING CHRISTMAS EVE.
_At the Sterlings'._

ACT III. CHRISTMAS DAY.
_At the Hermitage, by the Bronx River._

ACT IV. THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS.
_At the Sterlings'._

NEW YORK: TO-DAY

_THE PEOPLE IN THE PLAY_

RICHARD STERLING. EDWARD WARDEN. FREDERICK MASON. JOHNNY TROTTER.
GODESBY. DR. STEINART. RYDER. SERVANT _at the Hermitage._ JORDAN.
_Butler at the Sterlings'._ LEONARD. _Footman at the Sterlings'._ MASTER
STERLING. SERVANTS.

MRS. STERLING (_nee Blanche Hunter_). MISS HUNTER. MRS. HUNTER. JESSICA
HUNTER. CLARA HUNTER. MISS GODESBY. MISS SILLERTON. TOMPSON. _Mrs.
Hunter's Maid._ MARIE. _C