Woodcock's Little Game: A Comedy-Farce, In Two Acts

By John Maddison Morton

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 16, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066166748

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John Maddison Morton

Woodcock's Little Game

A Comedy-Farce, In Two Acts

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4064066166748

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Characters.

WOODCOCK’S LITTLE GAME.

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Act I.

Act II.

WOODCOCK’S LITTLE GAME:

A Comedy-Farce,

IN TWO ACTS.

BY

JOHN MADDISON MORTON,

(Member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society),

AUTHOR OF

Lend me Five Shillings, Three Cuckoos, Catch a Weazel, Where there’s a Will there’s a Way, John Dobbs, A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion, Going to the Derby, Your Life’s in Danger, Midnight Watch, Box and Cox, Trumpeter’s Wedding, Done on Both Sides, Poor Pillicoddy, Old Honesty, Young England, King and I, My Wife’s Second Floor, Who do they take me for? The Thumping Legacy, Milliners’ Holiday, Wedding Breakfast, Irish Tiger, Attic Story, Who’s the Composer? Who’s my Husband? Slasher and Crasher, Prince for an Hour, Away with Melancholy, Waiting for an Omnibus, Betsy Baker, Who Stole the Pocket-Book? Two Bonnycastles, From Village to Court, Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw, Rights and Wrongs of Women, Sent to the Tower, Our Wife, Brother Ben, Take Care of Dowb—, Wooing One’s Wife, Margery Daw, The Double-Bedded Room, the Alabama, Drawing Rooms, Second Floors, and Attics, &c. &c.

WOODCOCK’S LITTLE GAME.

First performed at the Royal St. James Theatre

(Under the management of Mr. Benjamin Webster)

On Thursday, 6th October, 1864.

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MODERN COSTUMES.

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Time in Performance—One Hour.

WOODCOCK’S LITTLE GAME.

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ACT I.

SCENE.—An Apartment in the house of Mrs. Colonel Carver at Stow-on-the-Wold, fire-place in C., doors, R. and L. of it; another door R. 2. E.; a sofa, L.; at L. a window; table, C., with writing materials; chairs, &c., &c.

DAVID in livery and wearing a large wedding favour, is seated at little table, writing.

DAVID. Let me see what I ha’ written! (reading letter) Dear Cousin Jane, I write this from the little town of Stow-on-the-Wold, in Gloucestershire—last week the population amounted to 2719, but as soon as master and me arrived, it suddenly shot up to 2721—the church bells have been ringing all the morning in honour of my master’s marriage with Miss Caroline Anastasia Sophia Elizabeth Carver, which is now being solemnized—(noise of shouting and hurrahing heard) hey-day! (jumps up and looks out of window) it be all over, and here comes the bride and bridegroom! (shouts repeated—DAVID, in his enthusiasm waving his arm out of the window and hurrahing with all his might, then coming down) Poor master! he’s gone and done it now, and no mistake! (listening) Here comes the wedding party—I must finish my letter to Cousin Jane by-and-bye! (putting letter in his pocket)

MRS. WOODCOCK, MRS. COLONEL CARVER in bridal attire, and two BRIDESMAIDS enter at door R. C.

MRS. C. Don’t agitate yourself, my darling child, it is rather a nervous affair, I know, but it’s all over now—nothing could be better, you got through it charmingly.

BRIDESMAIDS. Oh, yes, charmingly!

MRS. C. A little repose, a mouthful of sponge cake and glass of sherry will soon compose you. Ladies, support your precious charge—come.

Exeunt,