April.
ISOSCELES
A Play in One Act
_By Walter Ben Hare_
Two male, one female characters. Costumes, modern; scene, an interior.
Plays twenty minutes. Royalty $2.50 for each performance. An admirable
little travesty of the conventional emotional recipe calling for
husband, wife and lover. Played in the proper spirit of burlesque it is
howlingly funny. Strongly recommended for the semi-professional uses of
schools of acting. A capital bit for a benefit or exhibition programme,
offering a decided novelty.
_Price, 25 cents_
NO TRESPASSING
A Play in Three Acts
_By Evelyn Gray Whiting_
Six males, five females. Costumes, modern; scenery, a single easy
interior. Plays two hours. Free of royalty. Lisle Irving, a lively "city
girl," goes down into the country on a vacation and to get rid of a
husband of her father's choice whom she has never seen, and runs into
the very man living there under another name. He meets her by accident
and takes her to be one of a pair of twins who have been living at the
farmhouse. She discovers his mistake and in the character of both twins
in alternation gives him the time of his life, incidentally falling in
love with him. An unusual abundance of good comedy characters, including
one--Bill Meader--of great originality and humor, sure to make a big
hit. Strongly recommended.
_Price, 35 cents_
CHARACTERS
BILL MEADER, "_on the town_."
JIM MEADER, _son of Bill, a boy of sixteen to eighteen_.
MR. PALMER, _a New England farmer_.
CLEVELAND TOWER, _a young city fellow, guest of Raynor_.
HERBERT EDMAND RAYNOR, _a young Englishman_.
MR. IRVING, _father of Lisle_.
LISLE IRVING, _a girl of seventeen_.
PEGGY PALMER, _a girl of eighteen or twenty_.
MRS. PALMER, _Peggy's mother_.
BARBARA PALMER, _a girl of ten or twelve years_.
ALMEDA MEADER, _a girl about Barbara's age_.
THE GIRL UP-STAIRS
A Comedy in Two Acts
_By Gladys Ruth Bridgham_
Seven females. Costumes, modern; scenery, an interior. Plays an hour.
Daisy Jordan, crazy to get "on the stage," comes to New York and starves
there in a lodging house waiting for her chance. She schemes to get an
interview with Cicely Denver, a popular actress, to act before her, but
the result is not at all what she intended. A capital play with strong
and ingenious opportunities for good acting. Recommended.
_Price, 25 cents_
TICKETS, PLEASE!
A Comedy in One Act
_By Irving Dale_
Four females. Costumes, modern and fashionable; scenery, an interior,
not important. Plays twenty minutes. Mignon asks Charlotte to get the
theatre tickets, Charlotte asks Maude to get them, Maude hands over
three to Linda, who leaves two at Mignon's house after she has left
home. But they get to the theatre somehow. Bright, funny and
characteristic. Strongly recommended.
_Price, 25 cents_
HITTY'S SERVICE FLAG
A Comedy in Two Acts
_By Gladys Ruth Bridgham_
Eleven female characters. Costumes, modern; scenery, an interior. Plays
an hour and a quarter. Hitty, a patriotic spinster, quite alone in the
world, nevertheless hangs up a service flag in her window without any
right to do so, and opens a Tea Room for the benefit of the Red Cross.
She gives shelter to Stella Hassy under circumstances that close other
doors against her, and offers refuge to Marjorie Winslow and her little
daughter, whose father in France finally gives her the right to the
flag. A strong dramatic presentation of a lovable character and an ideal
patriotism. Strongly recommended, especially for women's clubs.
_Price, 25 cents_
CHARACTERS
MEHITABLE JUDSON, _aged 70_.
LUELLA PERKINS, _aged 40_.
STASIA BROWN, _aged 40_.
MILDRED EMERSON, _aged 16_.
MARJORIE WINSLOW, _aged 25_.
BARBARA WINSLOW, _her daughter, aged 6_.
STELLA HASSY, _aged 25, but claims to be younger_.
MRS. IRVING WINSLOW, _aged 45_.
MARION WINSLOW, _her daughter, aged 20_.
MRS. ESTERBROOK, _aged 45_.
MRS. COBB, _anywhere from 40 to 60_.
THE KNITTING CLUB MEETS
A Comedy in One Act
_By Helen Sherman Griffith_
Nine female characters. Costumes, modern; scenery, an interior. Plays
half an hour. Eleanor will not forego luxuries nor in other ways "do her
bit," putting herself before her country; but when her old enemy, Jane
Rivers, comes to the Knitting Club straight from France to tell the
story of her experiences, she is moved to forget her quarrel and leads
them all in her sacrifices to the cause. An admirably stimulating piece,
ending with a "melting pot" to which the audience may also be asked to
contribute. Urged as a decided novelty in patriotic plays.
_Price, 25 cents_
GETTING THE RANGE
A Comedy in One Act
_By Helen Sherman Griffith_
Eight female characters. Costumes, modern; scenery, an exterior. Well
suited for out of door performances. Plays an hour and a quarter.
Information of value to the enemy somehow leaks out from a frontier town
and the leak cannot be found or stopped. But Captain Brooke, of the
Secret Service, finally locates the offender amid a maze of false clues,
in the person of a washerwoman who hangs out her clothes day after day
in ways and places to give the desired information. A capital play, well
recommended.
_Price, 25 cents_
Plays for Junior High Schools
_Males Females Time Price_
Sally Lunn 3 4 1-1/2 hrs. 25c
Mr. Bob 3 4 1-1/2 " 25c
The Man from Brandon 3 4 1/2 " 25c
A Box of Monkeys 2 3 1-1/4 " 25c
A Rice Pudding 2 3 1-1/4 " 25c
Class Day 4 3 3/4 " 25c
Chums 3 2 3/4 " 25c
An Easy Mark 5 2 1/2 " 25c
Pa's New Housekeeper 3 2 1 " 25c
Not On the Program 3 3 3/4 " 25c
The Cool Collegians 3 4 1-1/2 " 25c
The Elopement of Ellen 4 3 2 " 35c
Tommy's Wife 3 5 1-1/2 " 35c
Johnny's New Suit 2 5 3/4 " 25c
Thirty Minutes for Refreshment 4 3 1/2 " 25c
West of Omaha 4 3 3/4 " 25c
The Flying Wedge 3 5 3/4 " 25c
My Brother's Keeper 5 3 1-1/2 " 25c
The Private Tutor 5 3 2 " 35c
Me an' Otis 5 4 2 " 25c
Up to Freddie 3 6 1-1/4 " 25c
My Cousin Timmy 2 8 1 " 25c
Aunt Abigail and the Boys 9 2 1 " 25c
Caught Out 9 2 1-1/2 " 25c
Constantine Pueblo Jones 10 4 2 " 35c
The Cricket On the Hearth 6 7 1-1/2 " 25c
The Deacon's Second Wife 6 6 2 " 35c
Five Feet of Love 5 6 1-1/2 " 25c
The Hurdy Gurdy Girl 9 9 2 " 35c
Camp Fidelity Girls 1 11 2 " 35c
Carroty Nell -- 15 1 " 25c
A Case for Sherlock Holmes -- 10 1-1/2 " 35c
The Clancey Kids -- 14 1 " 25c
The Happy Day -- 7 1/2 " 25c
I Grant You Three Wishes -- 14 1/2 " 25c
Just a Little Mistake 1 5 3/4 " 25c
The Land of Night -- 18 1-1/4 " 25c
Local and Long Distance 1 6 1/2 " 25c
The Original Two Bits -- 7 1/2 " 25c
An Outsider -- 7 1/2 " 25c
Oysters -- 6 1/2 " 25c
A Pan of Fudge -- 6 1/2 " 25c
A Peck of Trouble -- 5 1/2 " 25c
A Precious Pickle -- 7 1/2 " 25C
The First National Boot 7 2 1 " 25c
His Father's Son 14 -- 1-3/4 " 35c
The Turn In the Road 9 -- 1-1/2 " 25c
A Half Back's Interference 10 -- 3/4 " 25c
The Revolving Wedge 5 3 1 " 25c
Mose 11 10 1-1/2 " 25c
BAKER, Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass.
Plays and Novelties That Have Been "Winners"
_Males Females Time Price Royalty_
Camp Fidelity Girls -- 11 2-1/2 hrs. 35c None
Anita's Trial -- 11 2 " 35c "
The Farmerette -- 7 2 " 35c "
Behind the Scenes -- 12 1-1/2 " 35c "
The Camp Fire Girls -- 15 2 " 35c "
A Case for Sherlock Holmes -- 10 1-1/2 " 35c "
The House In Laurel Lane -- 6 1-1/2 " 25c "
Her First Assignment -- 10 1 " 25c "
I Grant You Three Wishes -- 14 1/2 " 25c "
Joint Owners in Spain -- 4 1/2 " 35c $5.00
Marrying Money -- 4 1/2 " 25c None
The Original Two Bits -- 7 1/2 " 25c "
The Over-Alls Club -- 10 1/2 " 25c "
Leave it to Polly -- 11 1-1/2 " 35c "
The Rev. Peter Brice, Bachelor -- 7 1/2 " 25c "
Miss Fearless & Co. -- 10 2 " 35c "
A Modern Cinderella -- 16 1-1/2 " 35c "
Theodore, Jr. -- 7 1/2 " 25c "
Rebecca's Triumph -- 16 2 " 35c "
Aboard a Slow Train In Mizzoury 8 14 2-1/2 " 35c "
Twelve Old Maids -- 15 1 " 25c "
An Awkward Squad 8 -- 1/4 " 25c "
The Blow-Up of Algernon Blow 8 -- 1/2 " 25c "
The Boy Scouts 20 -- 2 " 35c "
A Close Shave 6 -- 1/2 " 25c "
The First National Boot 7 2 1 " 25c "
A Half-Back's Interference 10 -- 3/4 " 25c "
His Father's Son 14 -- 1-3/4 " 35c "
The Man With the Nose 8 -- 3/4 " 25c "
On the Quiet 12 -- 1-1/2 " 35c "
The People's Money 11 -- 1-3/4 " 25c "
A Regular Rah! Rah! Boy 14 -- 1-3/4 " 35c "
A Regular Scream 11 -- 1-3/4 " 35c "
Schmerecase in School 9 -- 1 " 25c "
The Scoutmaster 10 -- 2 " 35c "
The Tramps' Convention 17 -- 1-1/2 " 25c "
The Turn in the Road 9 -- 1-1/2 " 25c "
Wanted--a Pitcher 11 -- 1/2 " 25c "
What They Did for Jenkins 14 -- 2 " 25c "
Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party 4 12 1-1/4 " 25c "
The District School at
Blueberry Corners 12 17 1 " 25c "
The Emigrants' Party 24 10 1 " 25c "
Miss Prim's Kindergarten 10 11 1-1/2 " 25c "
A Pageant of History Any number 2 " 35c "
The Revel of the Year " " 3/4 " 25c "
Scenes in the Union Depot " " 1 " 25c "
Taking the Census in Bingville 14 8 1-1/2 " 25c "
The Village Post-Office 22 20 2 " 35c "
O'Keefe's Circuit 12 8 1-1/2 " 35c "
BAKER, Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass.
Transcriber's Notes:
Words surrounded by _ are italicized.
Small capitals are presented as all capitals in this e-text.
Obvious printer's errors have been repaired, other inconsistent
spellings have been kept including inconsistent use of hyphen (e.g.
"Air-Spy" and "Air Spy").