Plays : Fifth Series. John Galsworthy

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      Published by Good Press, 2019

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       A FAMILY MAN

       CHARACTERS

       ACT I.. SCENE I. BUILDER'S Study. After breakfast.. SCENE II. A Studio.

       ACT I

       SCENE II

       ACT II

       ACT III

       SCENE II

       SCENE III

       LOYALTIES

       PERSONS OF THE PLAY

       ACT I.. SCENE I. CHARLES WINSOR's dressing-room at Meldon Court, near. Newmarket, of a night in early October.. SCENE II. DE LEVIS'S Bedroom at Meldon Court, a few minutes later.

       ACT I

       SCENE II

       ACT II

       SCENE II. [NOTE.—This should be a small set capable of being set quickly. within that of the previous scene.]

       ACT III

       SCENE II

       SCENE III

       WINDOWS

       PERSONS OF THE PLAY

       ACT I

       ACT II

       ACT III

A FAMILY MAN

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      From the 5th Series Plays

      By John Galsworthy

CHARACTERS

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      JOHN BUILDER … … … … … of the firm of Builder & Builder

       JULIA … … … … … … . … . His Wife

       ATHENE … … … … … … . … His elder Daughter

       MAUD … … … … … … … … His younger Daughter

       RALPH BUILDER … … … … … His Brother, and Partner

       GUY HERRINGHAME … … … . … A Flying Man

       ANNIE … … … … … … . … . A Young Person in Blue

       CAMILLE … … … … … … … Mrs. Builder's French Maid

       TOPPING … … … … … … … Builder's Manservant

       THE MAYOR … … … … … . … Of Breconridge

       HARRIS … … … … … … . … His Secretary

       FRANCIS CHANTREY … … … … J.P.

       MOON … … … … … … … … A Constable

       MARTIN … … … … … … . … A Police Sergeant

       A JOURNALIST … … … … . … From The Comet

       THE FIGURE OF A POACHER

       THE VOICES AND FACES OF SMALL BOYS

      The action passes in the town of Breconridge, the Midlands.

ACT I. SCENE I. BUILDER'S Study. After breakfast. SCENE II. A Studio.

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      ACT II. BUILDER'S Study. Lunchtime.

      ACT III. SCENE I. THE MAYOR'S Study. 10am the following day. SCENE II. BUILDER'S Study. The same. Noon. SCENE III. BUILDER'S Study. The same. Evening.

      ACT I

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      SCENE I

      The study of JOHN BUILDER in the provincial town of Breconridge. A panelled room wherein nothing is ever studied, except perhaps BUILDER'S face in the mirror over the fireplace. It is, however, comfortable, and has large leather chairs and a writing table in the centre, on which is a typewriter, and many papers. At the back is a large window with French outside shutters, overlooking the street, for the house is an old one, built in an age when the homes of doctors, lawyers and so forth were part of a provincial town, and not yet suburban. There are two or three fine old prints on the walls, Right and Left; and a fine, old fireplace, Left, with a fender on which one can sit. A door, Left back, leads into the dining-room, and a door, Right forward, into the hall.

      JOHN BUILDER is sitting in his after-breakfast chair before the fire with The Times in his hands. He has breakfasted well, and is in that condition СКАЧАТЬ