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Look out for paint: A farce comedy in three acts

Chapter 21: New Entertainments
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A rural three-act farce set on a farm follows the arrival of a well-dressed city boarder and the household's attempts to prepare for summer guests, including repainting a sailboat. Romantic confusion develops as an artist pursues the farmer's daughter while a tramp painter uses disguise to probe devotion, triggering misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and comic chases. Subplots of bashful suitors, a widow's shifting affections, and practical chores mingle with the central mix-ups, and the chaos is untangled in the final act through the intervention of younger helpers and a decisive domestic resolution.

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