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Original Plays, Second Series

Chapter 38: TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE.
By W. S. Gilbert
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About This Book

This collection assembles a range of stage pieces that mix fairy-tale romance, sentimental drama, farce, and comic operetta. Several works dramatize thwarted or eccentric loves and the follies of social pretensions, often via mistaken identity, satirical reversals, and witty dialogue; others take a darker tone with melancholy and moral dilemma rendered through lyrical scenes. Musically staged pieces combine tuneful numbers with topsy-turvy logic to lampoon rank and duty, while straight plays examine loyalty, grief, and the consequences of vows. Overall the volume showcases varied theatrical forms and recurring themes of love, irony, and social satire in brisk, stage-ready episodes.

NEW SERIES OF TWO-SHILLING NOVELS.

Picture cloth boards, flat backs.

  • The Constable of St. Nicholas. By Edwin Lester Arnold.
  • St. Katherine’s by the Tower. By Sir Walter Besant.
  • Dora Myrl, the Lady Detective. By McD. Bodkin, K.C.
  • Vincent Trill, Detective. By Dick Donovan.
  • Dark Deeds. By Dick Donovan.
  • A Crimson Crime. By George Manville Fenn.
  • The Red Shirts. By Paul Gaulot.
  • The Track of a Storm. By Owen Hall.
  • In a Hollow of the Hills. By Bret Harte.
  • A Sappho of Green Springs. By Bret Harte.
  • The Lady from Nowhere. By Fergus Hume.
  • Plotters of Paris. By Edmund Mitchell.
  • The Temple of Death. By Edmund Mitchell.
  • Towards the Eternal Snows. By Edmund Mitchell.
  • The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley. By Bertram Mitford.
  • His Own Ghost. By D. Christie Murray.
  • The Waters of Edera. By Ouida.
  • A Modern Dick Whittington. By James Payn.
  • The Drift of Fate. By Dora Russell.
  • In London’s Heart. By G. R. Sims.
  • The Tale of the Serpent. By Sundowner.
  • Citoyenne Jacqueline. By Sarah Tytler.
  • Joan, the Curate. By Florence Warden.
  • Sport and Spangles. By Byron Webber.

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE.

Archaic and unusual spellings have been maintained. Various characters speak in dialect.

Some obvious misprints have been corrected as detailed below.

Errors in the alphabetization of the book catalog were not corrected. Some authors are alphabetized by first name rather than last. In some cases, the alphabetization on the second letter of the author’s name is incorrect.

In ‘Broken Hearts’
On page 18:Whoever has the veil is using it.
Originally:Whovever has the veil is using it.
On page 32:My brain is filled with foolish fantasies
Originally:My brain is filled with foolish fantasties
In ‘Engaged’
On page 47:Sym. Well, here we are at last——
Originally:Symp. Well, here we are at last——
On page 47:Sym. My dear nephew, you would travel third
Originally:Symp. My dear nephew, you would travel third
On page 67:Bel. Never more serious in my life.
Originally:Bel. Never more serious in my live.
In ‘Sweethearts’
On page 108:Spread. No, no, Jane, the play is not over—
Originally:Spread. No, no, Janet, the play is not over—
In ‘Gretchen’
On page 194:SCENE.—Room in MARTHA’S cottage; a couch
Originally: Room in MARTHA’S cottage; a couch
In ‘Tom Cobb; or, Fortune's Toy’
On page 226:Answer me that. Come, Gineral, no evasion,
Originally:Answer me that. Gome, Gineral, no evasion,
In ‘The Sorcerer’
On page 264:then exit with a sigh. Mr. Wells, who
Originally:then exit with a sigh. Mr. Wells, wh
In ‘H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass that loved a Sailor’
On page 281:Stick close to your desks and never go to sea,
Originally:Stick close to your deck and never go to sea,
On page 284:Jos. Perfectly. (Aside.) His simple eloquence
Originally:Joss. Perfectly. (Aside.) His simple eloquence
On page 285:(Aside.) I'd laugh my rank to scorn
Originally: Aside.) I'd laugh my rank to scorn
On page 290:But.Frequentlee,
Originally:Put.Frequentlee,
On page 291:[At the end exit Little Buttercup,
melodramatically.
Originally:[At the end exit Little Buttercup,
melo-dramatically.
On page 295:All. Pull ashore, in fashion steady,
Originally:Pull ashore, in fashion steady,
On page 298:fo’c’sle as it does on the quarter-deck,
Originally:foksle as it does on the quarter-deck,
In ‘The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty’
On page 304:KATE   MISS JULIA GWYNNE.
Originally:KATE   MISS JULIA GWNNNE.
On page 305:All. Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry;
Originally:Sam. Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry;
On page 313:All.  No, no!
Originally:    No, no!
On page 327:King and Ruth (laughing). That most ingenious
paradox!
Originally:King and Ruth (laughing). That most ingenious
parodox!
On page 333:Serg. Or maturing his felonious little plans—
Originally:         Or maturing his felonious little plans—
On page 333:All.    To be done,
Originally:          To be done,
On page 333:Serg. The policeman's lot is not a happy one—
Originally:         The policeman's lot is not a happy one—
On page 333:All.    Happy one.
Originally:         Happy one.