Ladies, come, now, ACRES (R.). You are right, Sir Lucius. So, Jack, I wish you joyMr. Faulkland, the same. to show you I'm neither vexed nor angry, odds tabors and pipes! I'll order the fiddles in half an hour to the New Rooms, and I insist on your all meeting me there. SIR A. 'Gad, sir, I like your spirit! And at night we single lads will drink a health to the young couples, and a good husband to Mrs. Malaprop. NOTE. Mr. Joseph Jefferson, in the much abbreviated version which he employed for many seasons, made use of the following "tag" in rhyme, spoken with the characters in the above positions ready for the curtain. It is printed here by his kind permission, as an interesting variation of the usual ending. SIR L. CAPT. A. MRS. M. SIR L. A foolish gentleman, if he be wise, Will ever for his faults apologise. And, if we've failed to charm this cultured garden, And as we've rivals been in Cupid's cause We will be rivals only now for your applause. And urge forbearance in parental zeal. To check your son, a gentle word is ample, For my vain errors let me say a word, Will live to fight another day. Odds Valor! then- our courage we'll renew, BAKER'S PLAYS OF DISTINCTION BACK HOME AGAIN. Comedy in Three Acts. By Clara B. Orwig. 4 m., 3 w. Scene, 2 easy ints. Plays a full evening. Roger Sheldon, juvenile lead, returns to his old home in Oldport, to settle his grandfather's estate. Contrary to prevailing opinion, the old gentleman seems to have left but a small estate and this is bequeathed to young Roger along with a deathbed note: "Remember the S. D." The unraveling of the mystery centering around this message makes one of the best acting plays of the year. There are rich possibilities for character work in the persons of Phineas Gardner, a shyster lawyer; his wife, a meek old lady; Jerusha Bascom, the Sheldon housekeeper; Seth Pittman, an old cabinet maker; and the auctioneer who has a small part but a good one. The pretty love story of Marcia Bartlett (leading woman) and Roger, runs trippingly through the plot and permeates the play with the freshness of a day in June. Here is a play of professional worth but written with the needs of amateurs fully in mind. Royalty, $10.00. Price, 50 Cents. SUNSHINE. A Comedy in Three Acts. By Walter Ben Hare. 4 m., 7 w. Scene, a simple ex., easily arranged with a small lot of potted plants and rustic furniture. The story leads the audience a merry chase from snappy farce to real drama with just a flavor of the melodramatic which modern audiences find so pleasing. Here we find a great character part in a popular baseball hero who succeeds in making a "home run" in more ways than one, a wonderful leading lady rôle in the part of Mary, a hypochondriac who finds his medicine most pleasant to the taste, an old maid who mourns the loss of her parrot and a pert little girl with an exuberance of spirit that will keep the audience on its mettle. The Major is a character of great possibilities and in the hands of a capable actor much can be made of it. We cannot recommend too highly this play written by an author with scores of successes behind him and not a single failure. Royalty, $10.00. Price. 50 Cents 66 BAKER'S PLAYS OF DISTINCTION 66 THE BANTAM V. C." By Harold Brighouse, Author of " Hobson's Choice," etc. A Farce in Three Acts. 6 m., 5 w. Plays a full evening. 2 easy ints. The Bantam V. C." is the small and dapper Kittering. The Victoria Cross has been thrust upon him for his personal bravery at the Front, but he isn't brave with women-women scare him stiff. He'd rather meet a shell than a shop girl. Kittering won't admit his shyness and bluffingly boasts to his friends that he's a "devil of a lad." Tommy Ludlow and Bill Farrimond frame up an extraordinary plot to test him. They taunt him for his shyness until Kittering, driven to desperation, proposes to demonstrate to their satisfaction that he's the gayest kind of a gay dog. The devices—in a class by themselves-by which the sly as well as shy "Bantam V. C." outwits, baffles and flabbergasts his incredulous friends, are the making of something unique in farces. Easy to produce. All parts good. Full of action. A professional success. Royalty, $25.00. Price, 75 Cents. BY GEORGE. A Comedy in Three Acts. By J. C. McMullen. 7 m., 6 w. Simple int. setting. Plays 2 hours. George and Margaret Brackton, after twentyfive years of struggling, find themselves in a position to build the home of their dreams. They move into their new home and then decide to give a house party to their friends of college days. The friends arrive and the Bracktons' troubles commence. The guests include a noted actress, a hypochondriac, a tired business man, a federal agent, a man who has been a traitor to his government, a budding playwright, a petty thief, and a pair of lovers. The resultant chaos is left to the imagination. While the play is a comedy, it has many dramatic touches and there is a strong vein of patriotism running through it. As in all of Mr. McMullen's plays the parts are of equal importance and the setting is simple. The play proved very successful in the hands of the Cardinal Players of Los Angeles for whom it was written. Royalty, $10.00. Price, 35 Cents. UNIVERSIT NEW PLAYS AND OP LINERS-FOR STUNT NIGHT AND VOD-VIL By Arthur LeRoy Kaser A new and original collection of "some of this and some of that"-concocted by a specialist in the vaudeville field, for the use of either the amateur or professional entertainer. The contents include four hilarious monologues-four guaranteed success one-act vaudeville skits-several pages of street chatter, including many rhymes and jingles-a wealth of minstrel cross-fire with fill-in bits of digs and jabs, and thirtyeight stories for the story teller. The longer sketches as well as the monologues have been so arranged that specialties may easily be introduced. The shorter articles such as "Rhymes and Jingles," "Street Chatter," "The Monologist and His Newspaper," etc., can be easily used as insertions in almost any form of monologue or cross-fire talking act. The minstrel cross-fire is of the modern type and utilizable wherever minstrel end men jokes are required. The collection is worth many times the price to the director who is in search of stuff that has not been worn threadbare. Bound in attractive art covers. Price, 75 cents. JNCLE JOSH STORIES By Cal Stewart Cal Stewart, who gave to millions of his admirers that kindly old rural philosopher and humorist. "Uncle Josh." has "passed over." The humor of Cal Stewart is like a draft of sweet cool air in a hot, stuffy room. For years, hearts have been made lighter, homes have been made happier, and troubles have been borne away on the wings of his hearty laughter. This collection, the first of the "Uncle Josh Stories,' promises to be a prouac source or entertainment to millions of people and in no better way can Stewart's cheerful, oldfashioned humor be better preserved. "Uncle Josh" can get into more pesky predicaments than any other male critter. Read any one of the thirty or more selections and we guarantee that first you'll chuckle, then you'll giggle, then you'll burst into a big laugh, hearty and unashamed. Stewart's knowledge of life, which he so humorously portrays in these readings, comes from his varied experiences as a stage-coach driver, a locomotive engineer, and an actor. His philosophy of life is "I'd sooner tell Peter on the last day about the laffs I've given folks on earth, than try to explain about givin' them heart akes." Bound in substantial art covers at 75 cents per copy. Send for a Copy of our New Free Catalogue. BAKER'S PLAYS, BOSTON, MASS |