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A Day Well Spent: A Farce, in One Act

Chapter 1: DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
By John Oxenford
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A one-act farce follows an elderly shopkeeper who leaves his premises under the care of a respectable foreman and a restless apprentice; tempted by liberty, the two men lock up and spend the day seeking diversion, triggering a succession of schemes, disguises, and romantic manoeuvres. The action hops through parlours, streets, an inn, and a garden as misunderstandings and social pretensions produce comic confusion. Rapid situational humor culminates in revelations that untangle the deceptions and restore domestic order.

A
DAY WELL SPENT:

A Farce,

IN ONE ACT.

BY

JOHN OXENFORD,

MEMBER OF THE “DRAMATIC AUTHOR’S SOCIETY;”

AUTHOR OF

“MY FELLOW CLERK,” “I AND MY DOUBLE,” “THE DICE OF DEATH,” “TWICE KILLED,” ETC.

FIRST PERFORMED AT THE

THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE,

APRIL 4th, 1835.

LONDON:

JOHN MILLER, HENRIETTA STREET,

COVENT GARDEN.

1836.





LONDON:

T. C. SAVILL, PRINTER, ST. MARTIN’S LANE,

CHARING CROSS.



TO

B. WRENCH, ESQ.

MY DEAR SIR,

It is with the greatest pleasure, I dedicate to you a Farce, the success of which is so much to be attributed to your exertions. Accept my most hearty thanks for your inimitable performance of the principal character in this piece, as well as for the kind attention you have paid to my previous productions, and the pains you have taken to render them acceptable to the public.

I remain, dear Sir,

Yours very truly,

JOHN OXENFORD.

16, John Street, Bedford Row.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

Mr. Cotton (an eminent hosier, and old gentleman) MR. BENNETT.
Bolt (his foreman, quite a gentleman) MR. WRENCH.
Mizzle (his apprentice, wishing to be a gentleman) MR. OXBERRY.
Mr. Cutaway (an adventurous gentleman) MR. HEMMING.
Sam Newgate (no gentleman) MR. ROMER.
Peter Prig (an ex-foreman, likewise no gentleman) MR. SANDERS.
Coachman MR. IRELAND.
Waiter MR. LEWIS.
Miss Harriet Cotton (an adventurous lady) MISS SHAW.
Mrs. Stitchley (an old lady) MRS. EMDEN.
Miss Brown (her bosom friend—a middle-aged lady) MRS. F. MATTHEWS.
Mrs. Chargely (a beneficent lady) MISS ROBINSON.
Bridget (a lady’s lady) MISS JACKSON.