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Captain Cranberry

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About This Book

Set in a Cape Cod village, the three-act comedy follows the interactions of a light-keeper, a retired whaler, a postmaster, a constable and other townspeople as they navigate gossip, domestic changes, and romantic entanglements. The action centers on a woman preparing to leave her longtime home when unexpected arrivals and misunderstandings—returning relatives, a mysterious new tenant, and a young man's tall tales—set off a chain of humorous situations. Scenes shift between a parlor and a fish-house, bringing together lively local types, small-town rivalry, and gentle satire of provincial life, and resolve in reconciliations and comic denouement.

Captain Cranberry


CHARACTERS

Cranford Berry (Cap’n Cranberry), keeper of the Bay Point Light.

Abner Freeman, a retired whaler.

Obadiah Daniels, postmaster.

Lemuel Sawyer, constable.

Samuel Sawyer, his son.

Lee Gordon.

Peter Pretzel Pomeroy.

Nat Williams.

Ariel Freeman, Abner’s daughter.

Hepsy Sawyer, Lemuel’s wife.

Cynthia Tinker.

SYNOPSIS

Act I.—Living room in Cynthia’s home, Bay Point, Cape Cod.

Act II.—The same; the next morning.

Act III.—Room in Abner Freeman’s old fish-house on the shore; late afternoon of the same day.


Copyright, 1917, by Gladys Ruth Bridgham

Free for amateur performance. Professional and moving picture rights reserved.