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Webber .'- 12 7 91 Michael Erie, dram i, 2 acts, by Egerton Wilks 8 3 SO Miller of Derwent Water, drama, 3 acts, by E. Fitzball 5 2 88 Mischievous Nigger, Ethiopian farce, 1 act, by O. White 4 2 34 Mistletoe Bough, melodrama, 2 acts, by C. Somerset 7 9 <%W° Catalogue continued on next page of cover. ,j£| Actor and Servant. A DUTCH FARCE, IN ONE ACT, -BY- F. t. CUTLER, AUTHOR OF Hnns, the Dutch J. P.; Lost, or the Fruits of the Glass; Lodg- ings for Two ; That Boy Sam ; The Sham Professor ; Old Pompey ; Cuff's Luck ; Wanted, a Husband : Happy Frank's Comic Song and Joke Book; The Musical Darkey; Ponip'g Pranks; Seeing BosLing, Etc., Etc. Entered according to act of Congress in the year IS84, by A. D. AMES, in ike office, of the Librarian oj Congress, at \Vushington, f ■CLYDE, OHIO: A. D. AJIES. PUBLISHER. \ ACTOR AND SERVANT. CHARACTERS REPRESENTED, Smith, an Actor. Hans, - - - . his Servant. Properties.-— Bundle for Hans, book, sword, cloak and mask for Smith. COSTUMES — MODERN". Time of representation — twenty-five minutes. TMP92-009007 Actor and Servant. ACT I; SCENE. "-Plain room, chairs, table, etc. about stage. Smith discovered seated in chair, l. c. Smith. "Well, well, what is this world coming to? At this rate it won't. be long until it will be impossible to get help at any price, and the help we get even now, are so elevated in their ideas of a servant's place, that it is almost impossible to put up with their ways. Why, the last man ser- vant I employed actually had the impudence, to want to borrow my be3t suit, to go to see his dearly beloved Susan Jane. Just think of it ! the ras- cal! But he got his ju3t deserts — he left very suddenly on the toe of my boot, and I've had to wait on myself ever since. To be sure I've adver- tised in the Daily Dispatch, but as yet have not received any applications for the position. Bye the bye, I'll just run down to the office and see if there has been any applicants to-day. {exit, t. Enter Hans slowly, h., loolcs around astonished. Hans. Veil off dot dou't beat the deuce. I vould have U3t bet you von half dollar, dot I heard some feller a dalkin, but ven I got in here I don't see somedings. I vonder vere dot feller got do. I will ust look around a leedle. (shouts) Say, vere you vas ? (goes off l., shouts outside) Hullo! Hullo ! Dunder und blitzen, vere you got do ? Enter Hans, t. — Vot kind ofabremises vas dose? (crosses, r.) I dink3 dere vas nopody to home. I vill look out di3 vay. (exit, e.) Say— Hullo, better you stop dot busine33. Come out of dot. Enter Smith, l. Smith. Well, there's no use talking, I shall have to learn to wait on my- self, there are no answers to my notice yet. (sits, l. c. 4 ACTOR AND SERVANT. Hans, (outside) Veil, I don't find somepody, vot kind of a peesness Toa dot. (shouts) Say-y-y ! Enter Hans, a. —Hullo dhe house ! Say-y-y ! Smith, (jumping up) Here you scoundrel, what do you mean by such a racket ? (shades him) What in the name of common sense are you doing in here any way ? (releases him Hans, (going, k. p.) Veil I dfciks I vos found somepody after a vile. Smith. You dutch rascal 1 (shakes him) Come, get out of this ! (leads him L.) I'll learn you to come iuto a gentleman's house in this manner. (kicks him, Hans falls, Smith goes R., Hans, (getting up slowly) Veil, purty quick I dinks dot feller yos mat. Eh, vot you dinks? Smith. You will think I'm mad, if you don't get out of here pretty sud- den, (advances Hans, (frightened) Holt on ! Holt on ! Better you don't do dot some more dimes py shiminy gracious 1 I vos feel like a railroad gollisioa al- ready. Smith. "What do you want in here anyway? Hans. Oh dot vos so. I mos' forgot dot. Dot gollision, mos' made ma forget dhe whole pizness. You see 1 vos lookin for a blace vere I could get somedings vot I could eat, und mine poard und lodgings. Smith. Oh, that is it ! Well my friend, you have got into the wrong house. Hans. Nein, nein! You don't understand me. I vants a blace do stay. Smith. Is it possible, that you have come in answer to my advertisement? Hans. Eh? Vot is dot? I don't know myself, a feller dold me off I vos to come to dis house, dot I vould find a barty vot vanted a small poy, vot could run errands, und eat, und sleep, und Smith. Oh I begin to understand, you have come to serve me. Hayis. Yah, yah, dots it. Smith, 'going, l. f.) Now, that is what I call good luck, just as I was about to despair of ever getting another servant, here's one steps right into my room, and I rather like his looks too. What I mean, is, he don't look like a man, that would want to wear his master's best Sunday suit, and he don't look like a lady's man, either. lie does not talk very good English, and will probably make a good many blunders, but beggars can't be choos- ers, and T believe I will give him atrial, (to Hans) Well, my man, if you want a position as servant, and think you would like to work for me, I will give you a trial. Hans. Veil dot vos all right, vot you van't me to do mit mineself ? Smith. Well your duties will not be hard, I just wish you to make your- eelf generally useful. Hans. Yah, I does dot. 1 Smith. You see I am an actor by profession, and my business calls me ACTOR AND SERVANT. 5 array from home & great deal, and when I am at home, I am obliged to do more dimes I vould put a het off him so quick vot I can. (gets club off' h.) Dot's dhe first dime I ever got whipped mit a voman, py gracious. Enter Shtiih as ghost, walks vp close to Hans and groans, Hans runs, l. p. Hans. Donner vot vos dot? I don't know mineseif, I vish I could get ouit, I dinks I vouldn't sthay long. Ghost, (in sepulchral tones) The hour has come. (rising right arm Hans, (jumping around) Yah, I knows dot mineseif. 1 vill see you again, (starts to run r., ghost stops him) I ves got to see a man down, town. I vill see you again, (ghost raises arm) Look ouit mit your foolish- ness. (runs k.j stumbles, falls, general business getting gut, with ghost at his heels. CURTAIN. "SIMPLY IMMENSE!" j Is the verdict of every Company which produces it, and every one who reads it 1 TWO HOURS OF CONTINUAL SCREAMS OF LAUGHTER ! THE FUNNIEST OF ALL COMEDIES, =IAN §= AFFLICTED FAMILY; OR, A DOCTOR WITHOUT A DIPLOMA: By Malcolm S. Taylor. Just published from the author's original manuscript. There is always a demand t'or a Play which is funny, and written in such a way as to be easily represented as regards scenery, and not too difficult in its represen- tation. This comedy will be found all that is desired. The following is a description of the characters : C. Crotchet, a retired merchant, sick in the spleen B. Frizzy, a barber addicted to punning and scrapes Dr. Gr. Linton, a practical physician, troubled with patients L. Staple, ....a young merchant, subject to bashfulness ' "larence, a student, inclined to ale ohn Henry, ....a man servant, complaining of nothing to do 1. Seizer,. a constable, used to take arvay bad efftct s Mrs. Crotchet, ,an invalid, ill with nervousness Doll? ' her hiefe" ^^ I both a ^ ccted with a disease of the heart, called love Dorothy, ....a maiden aunt, afflicted with deafness, knitting, and a poodle dog Betty, a maid servant, suffering out of sympathy for Frizzy Ench one of the above characters is worthy the talent of thebest,Comrdy representatives, either in or out of the Profession. Amateurs especially will find the Play eminently suited to their wants. It is in four acts, each act consisting of only one scene. The costumes modern, and scenes all in- teriors, enabling companies with a limited stock of scenery to produce it easily. Nothing like a description of the ludicrous and laughable situa- tions can be given here — but we can truly assure our friends that nearly every speech is the signal for roars of laughter and rounds ot applause. If" you want something pathetic don't send for it, but if you desire fun from the rise of the curtain on the first act, till its fall on the last act, you may be sure of not being disappointed if you order this. Price 15 cents per copy. ADDIIESS, A. D. AMES, PUB'R, LOCK BOX 102. CLYDE, OHIO. AMES' PLAYS-Continued. 69 Mother's Fool, farce, 1 act, by W. Henri Wilkins " <$ i 1 Mr. & Mrs. Pringle, farce, 1 act, by Don T. De Treuba Cosio ._ 7 2 23 My Heart's in the Highlands, farce, 1 act 4 3 32 My Wife's Relations, comedietta, 1 act, by Walter Gordon ..] 4 4 90 No Cure No Pay, Ethiopian farce, 1 act, by G. W. H Griffin 3 1 61 Not as Deaf as He Seems, Ethiopian farce. 1 act '.[ 2 37 Not so Bad After All, comedy, 3 acts, by Wybert Reeve .'.. 6 5 44 Obedience, comedietta, 1 act, bv Hattie L. 'Lambla 12 81 Old Phil's Birthday, drama, 2 acts, by J. P. Wooler 5 2 33 On the Sly, farce, 1 act, by John Madison Morton 3 2 109 Other People's Children, Ethiopian farce, 1 act, by A. N. Field '. 3 2 126 Our Daughters, society comedy, 4 acts, by Ered L. Greenwood 8 6 85 Outcast's Wife, drama, 3 acts, oy Colin H. Hazelwood 12 3 83 Out on the World, drama, 3 acts 5 4 53 Out in the Streets, temperance drama. 3 acts, by S. N. Cook " 6 4 57 Paddy Miles' Boy, Irish farce, 1 act, by James Pilgrim 5 2 29 Painter of Ghent, play, 1 act, by Douglass Jerrold 5 2 114 Passions, comedy, 4 acts, by F. Marmaduke Dey 8 4 18 Poacher's Doom, domestic drama, 3 acts, by A. D. A.mes 8 3 51 Rescued, temperance drama, 2 acts, by C. II. Gilbert 5 3 110 Reverses, domestic drama, 5 acts, by A. Newton Field 12 6 45 Kock Allen the orphan, drama, 1 act. by W. Henri Wilkins '...'. 5 3 96 Rooms to Let without Board, Ethiopian farce, 1 act 2 1 59 Saved, temperance sketch, 1 act, by Edwin Tardy 2 3 43 Schnaps, Dutch farce, 1 act, by M. A. D. Cliffton 1 1 107 !■ chool, Ethiopian farce. 1 act, bv A. Newton Field 5 115 S. H. t\. M. Pinafore, burlesque, 1 act. by W. Henri Wilkins *" 5 3 f5 Somebody's Nobody, farce, 1 act, by C. A. Maltby , 3 2 94 Sixteen Thousand Years Ago, Ethiopian farce, 1 act 3 25 Sport with a Sportsman, Ethiopian farce, 1 act " 2 79 Spy of Atlanta, military allegory, (i acts, by A. D. Ames, 25 cents. .. 14 3 92 Stage Struck Darkey, Ethiopian farce, 1 act 2 1 10 Stocks Up, Stocks Down, Ethiopian farce, 1 act 2 62 Ten Nights in a Bar Room, temperance drama, 5 acts 7 3 64 That Boy Sam, Ethiopian farce, 1 act, by F. L. Cutler 3 1 40 That Mysterious Bundle, farce, 1 act. by H. L. Lambla 2 2 38 The Bewitched Closet, sketch, 1 act, by H. L. 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A capital Dutch song for male voices, words by W. IT. Spangler, Jr., music by F. O. Wilson. Can be used as a solo, or solo and chorus. Is sure to please all who purchase it. Price 30 cents. That tittle Rlack Mustache.— Comic Song and chorus, by James M. Dow. Very taking, and a great success. Price 30 cents. Fayette Waltz.— For piano or organ, by Will R. Reynolds. Easy and very pretty. Price 25 cents. Wait for the Turn of the Tide.— As sung in Wilkins' Drama, "The Turn of the Tide." Arranged as a quartette by Will R. Reynolds. Very suitable for exhibitions, as it is easy, and at the same time very pleas- ing. Price 30 cents. My bailie Vas Heinrich Hans.— A roaring Dutch Song, words by W. H. Spangler, Jr., music by F. O, Wilson. This song has made a great hit, and is pronounced by both Press and Public the greatest hit of many years. Of moderate difficulty. No Dutch Comedian can afford to be without it. Price 30 cents. — mm — ^q New Plays Recently Issued. ^ The Musical Warkey. A farce in 1 act, by F. L. Cutler, 2 males. Interior scene. A splendid farce for an Ethiopean comedian who can sing and dance. Time, 30 minutes. Matrimonial Bliss. A scene from real life, by Ida M. Buxton, 1 male, 1 female — as performed at Temperance Hall, Woonsocket, R. I. A pooi- abused husband, and a strong minded wife, constitute the dramatis personoe. Just the thing for Exhibitions, Amateur Clubs, etc. Time, 20 minutes. New Years in New York ; or the German Baron. An original Comedy, in two acts, by W. H. Spangler, Jr. 7 male, and 6 females. We believe this to be one of the best modern comedies ever written. There is a great variety of characters, each one entirely different from all the oth- ers. The Dutchman is simply immense, and every speech is the signal for a laugh. If you have never read this play, it will pay you to order a copy. The Hidden Treasures. A drama in a prologue and four acts by Zella Careo, 4 male and 2 female characters. Amateurs will find this a capital play for their use, and if looking for something suitable will not be disappointed. Time of performance, 1 and 3-4 hours. Wanted a Husband. A Dutch Sketch in 1 scene, by F. L. Cutler, 2 male, J female. Very funny. Time .20 minutes. Cnlfs Lnck. An Ethiopian Sketch, by F. L. Cutler, 2 males, 1 fe- male. Another of Mr. Cutler's best. Time 15 minutes. Old Pompey. An Ethiopian Sketch in 1 scene, by F. L. Cutler, I male, 1 female. * Good character for an aged darkey impersonator. Will always please. Time 20 minutes. Tahiti;; the Census. An original Farce in 1 scene, by Ida M. Bux- ton, 1 male, 1 female. A very laughable piece, giving the experience of a census taker with a deaf old lady. Will furnish ample sport. Scene, a plain room : time, about twenty minutes. Ha i»py Frank's Comic* Song and Jake Booh. Contains a choice collection. of original Songs, Jokes, Conundrums, Stump Speeches, etc. In addition to the above, it also contains one complete Dutch Sketch, one Ethiopian Farce and a Negro Sketch, all of which have never before been published. Price 15 cents per copv. All the above Plays 15 cents each. * A. D. AMES, Pub'r, Clyde, Ohio.