Transcribed from the 1907 William Heinemann edition by DavidPrice,
The Plays
of
W. E. Henley and
R. L. Stevenson
Deacon Brodie | Beau Austin |
Admiral Guinea | Robert Macaire |
London
William Heinemann
1907
Copyright
All rights reserved
CONTENTS
| PAGE |
DEACON BRODIE | |
BEAU AUSTIN | |
ADMIRAL GUINEA | |
ROBERT MACAIRE |
p. 1DEACONBRODIE
OR THE DOUBLE LIFE
A MELODRAMA IN FIVE ACTS
AND EIGHT TABLEAUX
PERSONS REPRESENTED
William Brodie, Deacon of theWrights, Housebreaker and Master Carpenter.
Old Brodie, the Deacon’sFather.
William Lawson, Procurator-Fiscal,the Deacon’s Uncle.
Andrew Ainslie, Humphrey Moore, GeorgeSmith, Robbers in the Deacon’s gang.
Captain Rivers, an EnglishHighwayman.
Hunt, a Bow Street Runner.
A Doctor.
Walter Leslie.
Mary Brodie, the Deacon’sSister.
Jean Watt, the Deacon’sMistress.
Vagabonds, Officers ofthe Watch, Men-servants.
The Scene is laid in Edinburgh. The Time is towards theclose of the Eighteenth Century. The Action, some fiftyhours long, begins at eight p.m. on Saturday and ends beforemidnight on Monday.
Note.—Passages suggestedfor omission in representation are enclosed in squarebrackets, thus [ ].
SYNOPSIS OF ACTS AND TABLEAUX
ACT I. | |
TABLEAU I. | The Double Life. |
TABLEAU II. | Hunt the Runner. |
TABLEAU III. | Mother Clarke’s. |
ACT II. | |
TABLEAU IV. | Evil and Good. |
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