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Drawing-Room Plays and Parlour Pantomimes
DrawingRoom Plays and Parlour Pantomimes Author:Clement Scott General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1870 Original Publisher: S. Rivers and Co. Subjects: Amateur plays Pantomimes Drama / General Drama / American Drama / Anthologies Juvenile Nonfiction / Drama Performing Arts / Theater / Miming Performing Arts / Theater / General Notes: This is a black and w... more »hite OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: A MEDICAL MAN. Jl Comtbutta. By W. S. GILBERT. DRAMATIS PERSONS. Alphonso De Pickleton, a dramatic author. Jones, a manager. Belinda, a young lady. Scene : A particularly untidy and shabbily furnished apartment, the residence of Alphonso dc Pickle- ton. The pictures on the walls are hung awry, the curtains are drawn unevenly, the table-cloth is carelessly spread, the floor is covered with books, manuscripts, and articles of clothing. Indications of extreme untidiness on the part of the occupier are everywhere visible. Enter Alphonso, cleaning a pair of old and muddy boots. Alphonso. Now then, to polish up these boots. And yet [looking at theni] it seems no end of a pity to waste all this good ground. There's a rich loamy soil! Why, in their present condition, I'm a sort of landed proprietor on a small scale. I'm not surethat I'm not entitled to a vote for the countj-. But Alphonso de Pickleton was always a spendthrift, and thus he proceeds to squander the only landed estate he is ever likely to possess, [finishes rigorously] There; it's some satisfaction to reflect that, although the laud is no longer in my possession, the " rents" [thrusting /is finger through a hole in the boot] still remain to me; and if I can derive any consolation from the fact that they're likely to increase day by day, why, I'm quite at liberty to do so. Whew! there's an aristocratic sh...« less