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 164 After Ten Years 7 5 
 
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 Beauty of Lyons.... 11 2 
 
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 Fifteen Years of a Drunk- 
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 Fruit > of the Wine Cup 6 
 
 Lost 6 
 
 Our Awful Aunt 4 
 
 Out in the Streets 6 
 
 Rescued 5 
 
 Saved 2 
 
 Turn of the Tide 7 
 
 Three Glasses a Day 4 
 
 Ten Nights in Bur Room 7 
 
 Wrecked 9 
 
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 A Pleasure Trip 7 
 
 A Legal Holiday 5 
 
 An Afflicted Family 7 
 
 Caste 5 
 
 Home 4 
 
 Love's Labor Not Lost 3 
 
 New Years in N, Y 7 
 
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 Our Daughters 8 
 
 Passions 8 
 
 The Biter Bit fi 
 
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 78 An Awful Criminal 3 
 
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 175 Betsey Baker 2 
 
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 86 Black vs White 4 
 
 22 Captain Smith 3 
 
 84 Cheek Will Win 3 
 
 49 Der Two Surprises 1 
 
 72 Deuce is in Him 5 
 
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Dutcheyvs, Nigger, 
 
 AN ORIGINAL FARCE, 
 
 IN ONE SCENE, 
 
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DUTCHEY VS. NIGQEK. 
 
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 Characters represented, first produced at the Opera 
 House at Fincastle, Va., July 2d. 1886. 
 
 Joseph Casper, - Landlord. 
 
 Pete, (a Negri)) - - B. Hayth. 
 
 Beter, {a Dutchmen) - - James 0. Luster' 
 
 Costumes suitable for the char 
 
 acters. 
 
 Time of performance— fifteen minutes. 
 
 Scene— A plain interior. 
 
DUTCHEY VS. NIGGER. 
 
 SCENE. — Plain interior. 
 
 Landlord. Well, well, what to do with my two ser- 
 vants, is more than I can determine. They are forever 
 quarreling and fighting. To leave the house is but to find 
 ^, on my return, in an uproar. They are both, servants 
 thoroughly acquainted with their vocations, so if I turn 
 either off I may not be able to fill their places by hiring a 
 new one. Here, but yesterday, I stepped out a few minutes 
 on some urgent business, when I returned, I found them 
 fighting. Well, I think I'll talk the matter over with them 
 and endeavor to bring this annoyance to an end. 
 
 Beter. [outside) Oh, my ! don't you do dot agin] 
 
 Pete, (outside) Git out you old sourkraut ! 
 
 Zand. There they are now, and of course quarreling. 
 (goes to door c, calls) Beter ! Pete ! Come here ! 
 
 Miter Beter and Pete, c. d. 
 
 Land. Now see here, you two servants, I am necessari- 
 ly forced to be more stringent with you. This quarreling 
 must be stopped, I don't propose to put up with it any 
 longer. 
 
£ DtJTCHEY VS. NIGGERi 
 
 Beter. {angry) Veil, dot fellow vas always fooling mid 
 me, and I don'd have him do dot. 
 
 Pete, You hear dat, massa ? Dat's de way he does. 
 He's always gittin up on his head 'bout nothing. 
 
 Beter. Veil, veil, I done vas have no nigger fooling mid 
 me ; I don'd like him anyvay. 
 
 Beter goes to sit down, Pete pulls chair from under Mm. 
 Pete exits r. Beter jumps up and tool's around, 
 rum to Landlord. 
 
 Beter. Vot you pulled dot chair from under me dot vay 
 and drops me kerflummix on de floor? 
 
 Land. You are mistaken, sir, it was not me, it must 
 have been your awkwardness. 
 
 Beter. Veil, I dinks purty quick how I missed dot chair, 
 but no understand how dot vas. 
 
 Land, That is not for me to explain, sir. 
 
 Beter. Veil, veil, dot's all right, I don'd mean some 
 dings. I don'd know how dot chair slides from under me 
 dot vay midout any provocation. 
 
 Land, I hope the like will not occur again, at any rate. 
 Beter, I have some important business to attend to, down 
 town, and will leave the business in your care; so I hop e 
 you will see that things are quiet during my absence. 
 
 Beter. Yaw, yaw, I tends to dere business, {exit Land- 
 lord, l.) Veil, veil, I don'd know vat to make of dot chair 
 business, {sits c. of stage) Dot fellow says he don'd vas 
 done it, and clot chair he don'd valk off mid himself dot vay. 
 
 Pete enters r., runs across stage, falls over Beter, jumps 
 up and exits l. 
 
 Beter. {getting up slowly) Veil, how vas dot ? Dot fel- 
 
DUTCHEY VS. NIGGERS 5 
 
 low better not come back here some more times, or I puts a 
 head on him so quick vat I can. {sits C 
 
 Enter Pete l. ; with concealed chib. 
 
 Pete. Say, old sourkraut, did you see dat fellow run- 
 ning down de street wid dat ham of meat? 
 
 Beter. (jumps up excited) Vere he vas, vere he vas ! 
 
 Pete strikes him with cluh, Beter falls, Pete runs offu. 
 
 Beter. (getting up) Vat vas clot vat struck me ? I 
 dinks dis vas one bad house ; dere vas no living in beace 
 here, so I dinks I vill see if dere boss can oxplain dot mat- 
 ter, (exit L. 
 Miter Pete r., in haste, 
 
 Pete. Say ! Why he's gwine away. Golly, Fs made 
 
 it hot for dat old Dutchman, since he's been here. I ain't 
 gwine to hab him nosin' 'round my business. He looked 
 kinder 'stonished when I rolled in on him so sudden like. 
 De next time I's gwine to make him think a sugarcane jisb 
 passed along. He called me a black African. If he don't 
 look out I's gwine to spile some ob his expectations and 
 show him what a black African is. 
 
 (piles chairs up at door 
 
 Miter Landlord, l., 
 
 Zand. Pete, what are you doing ? 
 
 Pete. Oh, nuffin, boss, I's jist pilin' dem cheers up sol 
 could spread myself wid de broom widout any interference. 
 (aside) Oh, what a big one. 
 
 Land. Put those chairs to right, sir. Where is Beter? 
 . Don't know, boss, if you have any 'megiate use for 
 hiui, I'll go out and give de signal. 
 
6 DTJTCHEY VS. NIGGER. 
 
 Land. Go call him, I wish to speak to him. 
 
 Pete, {goes to door, calls) Say! you — you — old SOtif* 
 kraut, de bos wants to have an interview wid you. 
 
 Land. Pete, don't let me hear you address him in that 
 way again. 
 
 Pete. Didn't mean no harm, boss, declare I didn't, 
 couldn't jist think of his name. 
 
 Land. Go to the Office and get my mail, (exit Pete r. 
 
 Enter Beter, l. 
 
 Land. Well, Beter, I suppose you have kept everything 
 quiet during my absence. 
 
 Beter. Yaw, yaw, I keeps everyding quiet but mine self 
 and I don'd could keep him quiet, ven he vas kicked around 
 like one bag of shavings. 
 
 Land. I am truly sorry you have been so badly treated, 
 and hope the like will not occur again. 
 
 Enter Pete r., tmperceived, stoops down behind Beter. 
 
 Beter. Veil, if dem fellers fools mid me a couple or 
 dhree times more, purty quick some body gits hurt, {backs 
 sloivly) Dis vas a bad business, (falls over Pete, who 
 runs offn., Beter jumps up and follows Pete meets 
 him at door rims up against him, Beter falls, jumps up) 
 I don'd vas have dem fetlers dreat me dot way for noddings. 
 (gets behind wing) I wait for dot nigger, I don'd have him 
 breaks me up dot way. 
 
 Enter Pete on a rim, Beter follows. They exit one wing 
 enter another, cross stage and bach again, runs against 
 Landlord, Pete falls backward against Beter, both, 
 falling. General business of getting up. 
 
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 How Sister Paxey got her 
 
 Child Baptized 2 1 
 
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 How He Popped the Quest'n. 1 1 
 
 How to Tame M-in-Law 4 2 
 
 How Stout Your Getting 5 2 
 
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 John Smith 5 3 
 
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 My Heart's in Highlands 4 3 
 
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 My Turn Next 4 3 
 
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 Paddy Miles' Boy 5 2 
 
 Persecuted Dutchman 6 3 
 
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 Quiet Family 4 4 
 
 Rough Diamond.. '. 6 3 
 
 Ripples 2 
 
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 Th it Mysterious B'dle 2 2 
 
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 The Cigarette 4 2 
 
 The Coming Man 3 1 
 
 Turn Him Out 3 3 
 
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 Tit for Tat 2 1 
 
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 Who Stole the Chickens 
 
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 *>1Q 'Rao-* and Bottles. An original comedy lllllllll llilMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiraiiiimii 
 T*lo?4?alS?l^^terA?laybytheauthorofThei 017 400 255 
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 follows their fortunes through good and bad. An opportunity is given to introduce 
 songs and dances. The balance of the characters are good. Costumes modern. Time 
 of performance 1 1-2 hours. 
 
 220 Dutchey vs. Nigger. An original sketch in 1 scene, by James 0. 
 Luster 3 males. A landlord has two servants— one a .Dutchman, the other a negro, 
 who are continually playing tricks upon each other, which are very laughable. Time 
 in playing about 20 minutes. Costumes modern. 
 
 221 Solon Shingle; or the People's Lawyer. A comedy in 2 acta, 
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 222 The Colored Senators. An Ethiopian burlesque in 1 scene, by Be r 
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 amusing. Costumes modern. Time of performance, 'Jo minutes. 
 
 223 Old Honesty. A Domestic drama in 2 acts, by John Madison .Morton, 
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 224 Fooling with the Wrong Man. An Original farce in 1 act, by 
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 225 Cupids' Capers. A farce-comedy in 3 acts, by Bort Richards, 4 males. 
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 modern. Time of performance about I hour. 
 
 226 Brae the Poor House Girl. A drama in three nets, by C. L. Piper. 
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 227 Maud's Peril. A drama in 4 acts, by Watts Phillips, 5 males :{ females. 
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 228 Lauderbauch's Little Surprise. An Original farce in one scene, 
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 modern. Place. any where. Time of performance 20 minutes, 
 
 229 The Mountebanks- A Specialty-drama in 4 acts, by Fred. (i. An- 
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 effective and artistic. The drama is replete with fine situations, and unlooked- or 
 developments. Mirth and sadness are Well combined. Costumes modern. Time 
 of performance 2hours. An American dram i of the present time. 
 
 230 Hamlet the Dainty. An Ethiopian burlesque on Shakespeore'n 
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 231 Match for a Mother-in-Law. A Comedietta in 1 act, by Wyberl 
 Reeve, 3 males, 2 females. The henpecked husband, his friend, a servant, the wife 
 and the mother-in-law. constitutes the dramatis persona'. Very su table for private 
 und amateur use, as well as professional. Costumes modern. Interior scene. Time 
 .".'i minutes. 
 
 232 Stage Struck Yankee. A faree in 1 act. by 0. E. Durivage, 4 male.-,. 
 'I females, scenes, interiors. A Yankee becomes badly stage struck, by seeing a 
 play in a barn, discards his affianced for an actress. The manner of his becoming 
 disenchanted, is shown in the play. It is full of laugh. Time 45 minutes. 
 
 233 Freezing a Mother-in-law. A farce in in lact, by T. E. Pember- 
 ton. 3 males, 2 fern a es. Costumes modern. One interior scene. Old man 2 walk- 
 ing g^nts, o:d woman, walking lady. A mother-in-law is to be frozen in order to 
 gain her consent to her daughter's marriage. >>he discovers the plot, substitutes 
 water for the freezing: fluid, yet pret nds to be equally aftVctual by it. Time 45 
 minutes. 
 
 234 Old Dad's Cabin. An Ethiopian farce in one act, by Charles White 
 2 miles'. 1 f male. An e cellent darkey plav, full of good situations and sparkling 
 dialogue. Ca^tinncs modern. Time 40 minims.