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Look out for paint: A farce comedy in three acts

Chapter 27: EETHER OR EYTHER
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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.

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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, apersonage.”
  • 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