THE AMERICAN IDEA
A Sketch in One Act
_By Lily Carthew_
Three males, two females. Costumes, modern; scenery, an interior.
Plays twenty minutes. Royalty for amateur performance $5.00. Mignon
Goldman, following the American Idea, throws off the parental yoke and
marries the man of her choice and not the choice of her parents. She
brings home for the parental blessing John Kelly. Abe, her father, is
disconsolate at this prospect until he sees John and recognizes in him
Yan Kele Operchinsky, rechristened in accordance with “The American
Idea.” Originally produced at The Peabody Playhouse, Boston. Strongly
recommended.
_Price, 25 cents_
THE CROWNING OF COLUMBIA
A Patriotic Fantasy in One Act
_By Kathrine F. Carlyon_
Twenty-five boys and twenty-four girls. Costumes, modern and
picturesque. Nothing required in the way of scenery but a platform.
Plays half an hour or less. Columbia is approached by the Foresters,
the Farmers, the Miners, the Pleasure Seekers, the Ammunition Workers
and even the Red Cross Workers, all asking her to be their Queen, but
it is only when the Soldiers and the Red Cross Nurses come, asking
nothing and giving all, that she yields. Easy, pretty, timely, and
strongly recommended. Introduces music.
_Price, 25 cents_
THE AIR-SPY
A War Play in Three Acts
_By Mansfield Scott_
Twelve males, four females. Costumes, modern; scenery, a single
interior. Plays an hour and a half. Royalty, $10.00 for first, $5.00
for subsequent performances by same cast; free for school performance.
Inspector Steele, of the Secret Service, sets his wits against those
of German emissaries in their plot against Dr. Treadwell’s air-ship,
a valuable war invention, and baffles them after an exciting pursuit.
An easy thriller, full of patriotic interest. Easy to get up and very
effective. Strongly recommended for school performance. Originally
produced by The Newton (Mass.) High School.
_Price, 35 cents_
CHARACTERS
DR. HENRY TREADWELL, _inventor of the Giant Air-ship_.
VICTOR LAWRENCE, _his pretended friend--a German spy_.
HAROLD FELTON, _of the United States Army_.
CARLETON EVERTON, _a young Englishman_.
KARL SCHONEMAN, _of the German Secret Service_.
FRANZ MULLER, _his assistant_.
ARTHUR MERRILL, _also of the United States Army_.
INSPECTOR MALCOME STEELE, _of the United States Secret Service_.
HENRY GOOTNER, _a German agent_.
FRANCIS DRURY, _one of Treadwell’s guests_.
CORPORAL THAYER.
PRIVATE FREEMAN.
RUTH TREADWELL, _Treadwell’s daughter_.
MURIEL LAWRENCE, _Lawrence’s daughter_.
MRS. TREADWELL.
MARGARET LINDEN, _a friend of Ruth’s_.
THE TIME.--America’s second summer in the war.
THE PLACE.--A deserted mansion on a small island near Eastport, Maine.
SYNOPSIS
ACT I. The afternoon of June 10th.
ACT II. The evening of September 21st.
ACT III. _Scene 1._ The afternoon of the next day. About 1:30.
_Scene 2._ An hour later.
ART CLUBS ARE TRUMPS
A Play in One Act
_By Mary Moncure Parker_
Twelve females. Costumes of 1890 with one exception; scene, a single
easy interior. Plays thirty minutes. Describes the trials of an
ambitious woman who desired to form a club in the early days of club
life for women about thirty years ago, before the days of telephones
and automobiles. A capital play for ladies’ clubs or for older women in
general. The costumes are quaint and the picture of life in the year
of the Chicago World’s Fair offers an amusing contrast to the present.
Recommended.
_Price, 25 cents_
HAMILTON
A Play in Four Acts
_By Mary P. Hamlin and George Arliss_
Eleven males, five females. Costumes of the period; scenery, three
interiors. Plays a full evening. Royalty for amateur performance where
an admission is charged, $25.00 for each performance. Special royalty
of $10.00 for performance by schools. This play, well known through the
performances of Mr. George Arliss still continuing in the principal
theatres, presents the builders of the foundations of the American
Republic as real people, and its story adroitly illustrates not merely
the various ability of its leading figure, Alexander Hamilton, but
the unconquerable courage and determination that were his dominating
characteristics. The vividness with which it vitalizes the history
of its period and the power with which it emphasizes Hamilton’s most
admirable and desirable quality, make it most suitable for school
use, for which special terms have been arranged, as above. Strongly
recommended.
_Price, 60 cents_
CHARACTERS
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
GENERAL SCHUYLER.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
MONROE.
GILES.
TALLYRAND.
JAY.
ZEKIEL.
REYNOLDS.
COLONEL LEAR.
FIRST MAN.
BETSY HAMILTON.
ANGELICA CHURCH.
MRS. REYNOLDS.
SOLDIER’S WIFE.
MELISSA.
THE SCENES
Act I.--The Exchange Coffee House in Philadelphia.
Act II.--A room in Alexander Hamilton’s house in Philadelphia. (The
office of the Secretary of the Treasury.)
Act III.--The same. (Six weeks later.)
Act IV.--A reception room in Alexander Hamilton’s house. (The next
morning.)
THE MINUTE MAN
A Patriotic Sketch for Girls of the High School Age in a
Prologue and Three Episodes
_By Nellie S. Messer_
Thirteen girls. Costumes, modern, Colonial and of the Civil War
period. Scenery, three interiors. Plays an hour and a half. Betty and
Eleanor, typically thoughtless girls of the present day, run across the
diaries of Bess’s mother and grandmother, which relate the experiences
of girls of their age and kind at previous periods of their country’s
history, and learn a vivid lesson in patriotism. The scenes of the
past are shown in dramatic episodes visualizing the matter of the
diaries that they read. A very clever arrangement of a very stimulating
subject, strongly recommended for all occasions where the promotion of
patriotism is desired. A timely lesson strongly enforced.
_Price, 25 cents_
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Transcriber’s Notes
Changed =landside= to =landslide= in “I had been struck by a
landslide”.
Changed =Beech= to =Beach= in “Palm Beach, Fla.”.
Changed =air ship= to =air-ship= in “Dr. Treadwell’s air-ship” for
consistency.
The word =land= appears to be used as a euphemism for =lawd= or
=lord=. This has not been changed.
Minor punctuation changes have been made for consistency.