Chapter V: Act III: Parlor in the same

HER UNCLE’S BOOTS

A Farce in One Act

_By Mrs. Myrtle Barber Carpenter_

Seven females. Costumes, modern; scene, an easy interior. Plays thirty minutes. An easy and effective little play suitable for Girls’ Schools or young people in amateur theatricals. Very funny, but with a sympathetic thread of interest. Clean and bright. Recommended.

_Price, 15 cents_

AN OUTSIDER
A College Play for Girls in One Act
_By Wilhemen Wilkes_

Seven females. Costumes, modern; scenery, an interior. Plays thirty-five minutes. An unusually strong and sympathetic little play for its length and pretensions, strongly recommended to schools. The story turns upon a basket-ball match and is full of interest.

_Price, 15 cents_

THE SISTERHOOD OF BRIDGET

A Farce in Three Acts

_By Robert Elwin Ford_

Seven males, six females. Costumes modern; scenery, easy interiors. Plays two hours. An easy, effective and very humorous piece turning upon the always interesting servant-girl question. A very unusual number of comedy parts; all the parts good. Easy to get up and well recommended.

_Price, 25 cents_

CHARACTERS

EDWARD MASON, _a wealthy stockbroker_.
LORD CURTON, _in search of a wife with money_.
WARD LEIGHTON, _lieutenant of the 176th Regiment_.
MIKE MCSHANE, _driver of a milk cart_.
JIMMY MACRAE, _page at Mr. Mason’s_.
MRS. MASON, _socialist and æsthete_.
ELEANOR MASON, _her daughter_.
BRIDGET, _the cook_.
JOSIE RILEY,} _housemaids_.
EMMA HONE, }
MARY MACRAE, _Jimmy’s sister_.
TIMOTHY ROUKE, _house painter_.
WILLIAM, _butler at Mr. Mason’s_.

THE ALL-AMERICA ELEVEN

_By M. N. Beebe_

Twelve males. Costumes modern; scenery unnecessary. Plays fifteen minutes. An up-to-date and popular entertainment for boys in one scene, sure to please both the boys and the audience. Characters: Football Boy, Baseball Boy, Tennis Boy, Office Boy, Messenger Boy, Country Boy, Chinese Boy, Jewish Boy, Irish Boy, Indian Boy, Negro Boy and Trainer.

_Price, 15 cents_

TAKING THE THIRD DEGREE
IN THE GRANGE

_By A. C. Daniels_

Seventeen males. Costumes eccentric; scenery unnecessary. Plays ten minutes. A burlesque initiation in one act, especially adapted for a Grange entertainment. Very simple, very clean and wholly lacking in horse-play and acrobatics. Well suited for its purpose.

_Price, 15 cents_

New Entertainments

OUR CHURCH FAIR

A Farcical Entertainment in Two Acts

_By Jessie A. Kelley_

Twelve females. Costumes modern; scenery unimportant. Plays an hour and a quarter. A humorous picture of the planning of the annual church fair by the ladies of the sewing circle. Full of local hits and general human nature, and a sure laugh-producer in any community. Can be recommended.

_Price, 25 cents_

CHARACTERS

MRS. ROBERTS, _who wants to be president_.
MRS. HENRY, _young, giddy, fond of novels_.
MRS. JACKSON, _the president of the society_.
MRS. BRETT, _on the dinner committee_.
MRS. LEWIS, _the minister’s wife_.
MRS. LAWSON, _plump_.
MRS. BROWN, _anxious to get new church attendants_.
MRS. ADDISON, _very inquisitive_.
MRS. RIDGELY, _sensitive_.
MRS. OTIS, _on the dinner committee_.
MRS. THOMPSON, _decidedly close_.
MRS. DREW, _just married_.

THE RIVAL CHOIRS

An Entertainment in One Scene

_By Sherman F. Johnson_

Seven males, four females. Costumes eccentric; scenery unimportant. Plays one hour. A novelty in musical entertainments, introducing the old choir and the new in competition. A novel setting for a concert, offering an interesting contrast between the old music and the new. Lots of incidental fun, character and human nature. Sure to please. Originally produced in Meriden, Conn.

_Price, 25 cents_

A THIEF IN THE HOUSE

A Comedy in One Act

_By R. M. Robinson_

Six males, one playing a female character (colored). Costumes modern scenery, an interior. Plays forty-five minutes. A first-class play for male characters only, of strong dramatic interest with plenty of comedy. A play that can be recommended, in spite of its lack of female characters, to any audience.

_Price, 25 cents_

New Plays

THE TIME OF HIS LIFE

A Comedy in Three Acts

_By C. Leona Dalrymple_

Six males, three females. Costumes modern; scenery, two interiors, or can be played in one. Plays two hours and a half. A side-splitting piece, full of action and a sure success if competently acted. Tom Carter’s little joke of impersonating the colored butler has unexpected consequences that give him “the time of his life.” Very highly recommended for High School performance.

_Price, 25 cents_

CHARACTERS

MR. BOB GREY.
MRS. BOB GREY.
TOM CARTER, _Mrs. Grey’s brother_.
MRS. PETER WYCOMBE, _a_ “_personage_.”
MR. PETER WYCOMBE, _a “pessimist” with a digestion_.
DOROTHY LANDON, _secretly engaged to Tom Carter_.
MR. JAMES LANDON, SR., _Dorothy’s father; of a peppery disposition_.
UNCLE TOM, _an old colored butler from the South_.
OFFICER HOGAN, _of the Twenty-Second Street Police Station_.

EETHER OR EYTHER

A Farce in One Act

_By Robert C. V. Meyers_

Four males, four females. Costumes modern; scene, an interior. Plays thirty minutes. A clever parlor play, similar in idea to the popular “Obstinate Family.” Sure to please.

_Price, 15 cents_

THE MORNING AFTER THE PLAY

A Comedy in One Act

_By Willis Steell_

Two males, three females. Costumes modern; scene, an interior. Plays twenty minutes. An easy piece of strong dramatic interest, originally produced in Vaudeville by Christy Clifford. Free to amateurs; royalty required for professional performance.

_Price, 15 cents_

New Entertainments

TAKING THE CENSUS IN BINGVILLE

An Entertainment in One Act

_By Jessie A. Kelly_

Fourteen males, eight females. Costumes, modern; scenery, unimportant. Plays an hour and a half. One of the always popular go-as-you-please entertainments; just a lot of laughs strung on a very slender wire of story. Full of eccentric character bits and chances for local hits. A sure success for the laughter-loving. Recommended for church societies or intimate communities.

_Price, 25 cents_

CHARACTERS

CENSUS TAKER.
ROSY GRADY, _an Irish maid_.
PATRICK MALONE, _a policeman who didn’t want to be examined_.
BILL WATT, _not so bright, but still gets ahead of them all_.
MR. HARDER, _chauffeur_.
MR. KNOTT, _aeronaut_.
MR. STONE, _farmer who has rheumatiz_.
MRS. JONES, _a much married woman_.
MR. SALOON, _a barber who is_ “_Henglish_.”
DR. DUNCAN.
MRS. TIBBETS, _who tries to be young_.
MR. SINGLE, _an editor_.
MR. JEPSON, _a grocer-postmaster_.
MRS. SAMPSON, _who has a large family_.
MR. MORE, _an undertaker_.
MRS. MURPHY, _who is proud of her name_.
MISS HARTLEY, _a teacher_.
MR. SHARP, _a lawyer who is looking for clients_.
TONY, _a fruit dealer_.
MR. ELWOOD, _a minister_.
MRS. STONE, _a farmer’s wife who is afraid she has hookworm_.
SUSIE GIBBS, _who is love-sick_.

THE DAY OF THE DUCHESS

A Farce in One Act

_By Alice C. Thompson_

Twelve females. Costumes, modern; scenery, an easy interior. Plays thirty minutes. A clever and amusing little play for all girls, particularly suited for schools because of its number of small parts. Requires only three or four prominent people. Recommended.

_Price, 15 cents_

AN IRISH INVASION

A Comedy in One Act

_By Alice C. Thompson_

Eight females. Costumes, modern; scenery, an easy interior. Plays thirty minutes. A very pretty and touching little play with plenty of fun introducing refined Irish characters, old country and new. A most original and effective idea, and sure to please. Nothing coarse and rough about it; tone high and well suited for schools.

_Price, 15 cents_

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