This transcription is based on pp. 11-19 of Dicks' Standard Plays No.
1006. The images used in this transcription have been posted on the
Internet Archive at:
archive.org/details/CoyneLaundress
In addition, a microform copy of the same edition, which was made
available by the University of California, Davis, was used as a
secondary source.
In general, this transcription attempts to retain the formatting,
punctuation and spelling of the source text. In a few cases where the
quality of the printing made a word or a punctuation mark hard to
read, the obvious reading was considered the correct reading without
comment. A few changes were made to smooth out some of the
inconsistent editing of the source text.
The following changes were made:
-- p. 11: (Widgett's Page and Light Porter)--Changed "Widgett's" to
"Widgetts'".
-- p. 13: since the evening I danced with her at the Casino.
(_Calls,_) Twill!--Changed the comma after "_Calls_" to a period.
-- p. 14: MARY. And your remember how we used to go together to
Greenwich--Change "your" to "you".
-- p. 14: law! how we use to laugh to be sure!--Changed "use" to
"used".
-- p. 14: and a heap of beautiful thing.--Changed "thing" to "things".
-- p. 15: to wring my heart and mangle my affections like that,
(_Sobbing._)--Changed the comma after "that" to a period.
-- p. 15: (_Lays his hands on his bosom._--Added a closing parenthesis
for consistency.
-- p. 16: you don't mean to say your agoing to sup here?--Changed
"your" to "you're".
-- p. 16: (_Pushes her again into the chair._ (_Aside._)--Deleted the
opening parenthesis before "_Aside_".
-- p. 17: _Enter two WAITERS, L, carrying tray with supper, covered
dishes, plates, bottles, &c._--Inserted a period after "L".
-- p. 17: Its only, "Coming, sir, in _one_ minute..."--Changed "Its"
to "It's".
-- p. 17: Pulls a handful of the hair out of the chair-seat, goes to
to the chimney-glass--Deleted the second "to" after "goes".
-- p. 17: You've particular business with him.--Changed the period to
a question mark.
-- p. 18: CHERI. Oh, you droll wretch, you've ten times
funnier--Changed "you've" to "you're".
-- p. 18: MARY. There's no bread, my good fellow--Added a period to
the end of the sentence.
-- p. 18: MARY (_Helps Mdlle. Cheri Bounce._)--Inserted a period after
the character title "MARY".
-- p. 18: MARG. Celery, waiter.--Changed "MARG." to "MARY."