AND DRAMAS

CONTAINING A NUMBER OF THE STRONGEST
SCENES FROM SHAKESPEARE, SCHILLER,
BULWER, SHERIDAN, AND OTHERS * * * *

COMPILED BY

Mrs. J. W. Shoemaker

Author of “Choice Dialogues,” etc.

PHILADELPHIA

THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY
1923

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888, by
THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ELOCUTION AND ORATORY
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington

COPYRIGHT 1916 BY F. W. SHOEMAKER AND D. A. SHOEMAKER

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

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CONTENTS.

Scene from Damon and Pythias, John Banim,

Speeches of Zenobia and Her

Council,

Christmas Tide,

William Ware,

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Adapted from A. W. Bellaw by J. W. Shoemaker,

Aunt Betsey and Little Davy,

Dramatized by Mrs. J. W. Shoemaker,

The Murder of Thomas A'Becket, Tennyson,

Scene from the Lady of Lyons, . Bulwer,

Shakespeare,

The Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius, Shakespeare,

Songs of Seven, . . Adapted from Jean Ingelow,

Romeo and Juliet,.

Shakespeare,.

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123

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CLASSIC

DIALOGUES AND DRAMAS.

SCENE FROM DAMON AND PYTHIAS.

Adapted.

A scaffold, with steps ascending to it.-In the back of the stage the gates of a prison.-Executioner with an Axe, and Guards discovered.

Enter DAMOCLES and PROCLES.

Proc.-It is a marvelous phantasy, thou speakest of In Dionysius.

Dam.-Yes, his mind is made

Of strange materials, that are almost cast
In contrariety to one another.

The school and camp, in his ambition, make

A strange division: "with the trumpet's call
He blends the languor of the poet's lyre!
The fierce, intrepid captain of the field
Hath often, on the great Athenian stage,

Coped with the mightiest monarchs of the Muse;

And, in mine apprehension, he doth prize

The applauses of that polished populace,

More than the rising shout of victory.

Proc.-"And, over all, that science, which doth hold, Touching the soul and its affections,

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