W OUR CATALOGUE FREE TO ANY ONE. .^ AMES' SERIES OF STANDARD AND MINOR DRAMA. I NO. 156. THE WIG MAKER AND HIS SERVANTS. WITH CAST OP CHARACTKRS, ENTRANCES, AND EXITS, RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PERFORMERS ON THE STAGE, DESCRIPTION OP COS- TUMES, AND THE WHOLE OP THE STAGE BUSINESS, CAREFULLY MARKED FROM THE MOST APPROVED ACT- ING COPY. PRICE 15 CENTS, CLYDE, OHIO: A. D. AMES, PUBLISHER. VlOrML^CcJL^ulQ.QQ.iAQ;^^^ 3^m: U .U U Vf tf/U U/U U U IXTX Ames' Edition of Plays, FIFTEEN CENTS EACH UNLESS OTHERWISE MARKED. NO. 129 132 12 30 2 75 80 136 39 124 78 15 65 31 21 43 123 73 20 125 100 Aar-u-ag-oos •• 2 Actor and Servant 2 A Capital Match 3 A Day Well Spent 7 A Desperate Game 3 Adrift ^> Alarmin.ely Suspicious ... 4 A Legal Holiday 5 A Life's Revenge ■ An Afflicted Family 7 5 An Awful Criminal 3 3 An UnJiappy Pair 1 1 An Unwelcome Return... 3 A Pet of the Public 4 A Romantic Attachment.. 3 Arrah de Baugh 7 A Thrilling Item 3 At Last 7 A Ticket of Leave 3 Auld Robin Gray 25e 13 AuroraFloyd 7 89 Beauty of Lyons 11 8 98 113 86 14 22 84 145 49 72 19 42 60 152 143 148 Better Half » Black Statue 3 Bill Detrick 6 Black vs White 4 Brigands of Calabria 6 Captain Smith 3 3 Cheek Will Win 3 Cuff's Luck 2 1 Der Two Surprises 1 1 Deuce is in Him 5 1 Did I Dream it 4 3 Domestic Felicity 1 I Driven to the Wall 10 3 Driven from Home 7 4 Emigrant's Daughter 8 3 Eh? What Did You Say.. 3 1 173 East Lynne 27 154 13 117 24 66 116 52 141 17 NO. 153 103 Fetter Lane to Gravesend.. 2 Fun in a Post Office 4 2 Give Me My Wile 3 3 Hal Hazard, 25c 8 Handy Andy 2 Hans, the Dutch J. P 3 Hash 4 Henry Granden 11 Hidden Ti'cqsures 4 Hints on Elocution 130 Hints to Amateurs 76 How He Did It 3 Haunted House 2 How Sister Paxey got Her Child Baptized 2 50 How She has Ovvn Way... 1 140 How He Popped Quest'n.. 1 74 How to Tame M-in-Law.. 4 35 How Stout Y'r Getting ... 5 26 Hunter of the Alps 9 47 In the Wrong Box 3 95 In the Wrong Clothes 5 77 Joe's Visit 2 11 John Smith 5 99 Jumbo Jum 4 82 Killing Time 1 9 Lady Audley's Secret 6 3 Lady of Lvons 12 127 Lick Skillet Wedding 2 106 Lodgings for Two 3 104 Lost 6 46 139 91 36 88 34 69 1 23 32 128 149 90 61 37 44 81 150 Man and Wife 12 Matrimonial Bliss 1 Michael Erie 8 Miller of DerwentW'tr... 5 M s^hievous Nigger 4 Mistletoe Bough 7 Mother's Fool 6 Mr. and Mrs. Prinfrle 7 My Heart's in Highl'ds .. 4 My Wife's Relations 4 Musical Darkey 2 New Years in N. Y' 7 No Cure, No Pay 3 Not as Deaf as He Seems 2 Not So Bad After All 6 Obedience 1 Old Phil's Birthday 5 Old Pompey 1 33 On the Sly 3 109 Oi her People's Children.. 3 146 Our AwfuTAunt 4 126 Our Daughters 8 S5 Outcast's Wife 12 S3 Out on the World 5 53 Out in the Streets 6 57 Paddy Miles' Boy 5 29 Painter of Ghent 5 114 Passions 8 18 Poacher's Doom 8 134 Pomp's Pranks 2 165 Persecuted Dutchman 6 THE WIG-MAKER km HIS SERVANTS, An Etliiopean Farce IN ONE SCENE, BY CHARLES OPPENIIEIM. From tlie original manuscript of the author. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1885, by A. D. AMES, ia the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. ■CLYDE, OHIO: =— ,^ A. B. AHES, PUBLISHEB. THE WIG-MAKER AND HIS SERVANTS. CHARACTERS, Mr. Gibson, (a vng-maher) Qulmbo, {servant to Mr. Gibson) . Sumbo, {servant to Mr. Gibson) . Time — Twenty-five minutes. Costumes— Modern. PROPERTIES. — o — Two table>, o^ie to be use;] a^^ a wi i:ino- tn])le, tlie otlier with a hole large enough in tlie center to admit a man's bead ; stalled chib, cigar, wine ghiss, candle, ink-bottle, pen, paper, hat and cane. TMP96-0o6dHS The Wig-Maker and his Servants. — -w-o-w- — BCENE. — Wig-maker' s table at n. , and writing table x. ; on writing table, ink, ]oen,pap6r, book, candle, plug hat hanging on wall, cane in corner. Enter Mr. Gibson, hurriedly, as curtain rises. Gibson. Just my luck, on the most busy day of the season, I'm called away on most urgent business; I hardly know what to do, but if I could depend on either Sambo or Qnimbo not quarreling ns soon as I am out of sight I might get away for a few days without losing any tr-ide. I have it, I wiirdischarge one of them on the plea that business is dull rather than liavc them killing one another in my ab- sence. I wonder where those servants are. {calling at the top of his voice) I say, Sambo ! Quimbo ! where are you ? {voice without Sambo. I'se a comin', massa. Yes, I'se slick and clean by golly. Enter Sambo, l. Quimbo heard ivithout, singing lazily some droll song. Gibson. Come along, you lazy nigger. Quimbo, {ivithout) I'se corain', massa. Yes, I is, I is jist a fly- ing dar. Enter, Quimbo, very slow, l» Gibson. Why don't you hurry up? Come here, you two. I've an important subject to talk to you. , {Sambo runs to him very quickly, and Quimbo very slowly Quimbo. I'se a llyin', massa. Gibson. Xow^ see here, you respected colored gentlemen, as bus- iness is very dull of late I have made up my mind to discharge one of you. (they both make signs to each other as to lohich one it is to be) Which one 1 hardly know. '4 THE WIG-MAKER AXD HIS SERVANTS; Quimho. Oh! massa, please don't give clis here] faithful chile de sack, an' dat are Sambo Sambo. Hold on, nigger, don't yer say anyt'ing against dis are chicken. I'll smash yer in de eye. Quimho. Here dat, massa? Dat's de way he 'buses dis chile. He's de cause ob all ob dese family troubles. Gibson. Yes, I see Sam is tlie cause of all these troubles. He is of a quarrelsome nature, and I have made up my mind who to keep and wlio to disciiarge. Quimbo you stay and Sambo you go. Sambo. I go, niassa. I gets nil de bhime an' dat Quimbo gets all de credit, {aside) Dis ain't de last from dis are chile. I'llpay dat Quimbo now, you can jest bet. {exit, l. Gibson. I have a few words to say to j^ou. Quimbo. Go ahead wid }^cr say, massa, I'se all ears. Ila! ha I how dat Sambo got it. Ha! ha! etc. Dat was a good one, massa. Go on wid your speak. Gibson. As I am called away on important business for a few days I leave you here in care of the business, and I think I can de- l)end on you. Quimbo. Dat's a go as you please Gibson. And by tiie way, there is a wig here that is to be finished in twenty-four hours at the most, and wliat's more, Quimbo, if it is made up'in a good style when I get back I will reward you by rais ing your w:iges one dollar more a week. '^.2uimbo. Is dat a fact, massa? Gibson. Yes, I will really do it. * Get me my hat and cane. Quimbo. Yes, I fly, massa. Goes sloiohj and gets hat and cane, puts hat on his ov:n head and sti'uts around in a foppish fashion. Mr. Gi!>son examines papers i on table. Enter Sambo, l., vnth a stuffed club, hits Quimtn) a terrib e blow on the head, Quimbo tumbles vp against Mr. Gibson and knocks him down, both fall in a heap, Sambo exits i^.tuidiscovered. Gibson, {getting up) You blasted nigger, what do you mean by knocking me over in that style ? Quimbo. {shiceriug tvith fear) Whafc w^as dat what struck me? Dat waren't my fault, massa. Soinethin' struck me on de head a I)Owerful blow. You jist bet dat knocked me out of time. Talk 'bout yer knockers, dat v*'ns one what struck me you jist can bet. {feels back of head) I believe it wris dat ghost what ^■\'alks around here. Oh! Quimbo, you'se a gone niggah, suah. ( trembling) Massa, do you t'ink tlat ghost \A'ill eome aronnJ dis v/ay again. Gibson. I hope no .such thing will happen again at any rate. Quimbo. IVat what do you t'ink about dat giiost? Oh ! dat was a knocker dat slugged me. Gibson. Tliere is no such things as ghosts, Quimbo. It was nothing but imagination . Quimbo. iMit 1 hope dat darn imagination don't come around dis:' way again. I tell yer dat v.as a knocker he gave me. It scared dis poor niggah most ter death. Gibson.. By the Avay, have you entered those articles on the books, that I gave you this morning. * Quimbo. Yes, massa, pretty nearly all finished ; jist got a littlo more work on de books. I guess I'll jist go and .finish. THE WIG-MAKEE Al^D HIS SEKVANTS. :5 Gibson. All rlo'lit; I will be here till this afternoon, and will see how yon are getting along. {exit, k. Quimho. {goes to tahlevnd jlxes hooks) I guess dis are room is getting pretty dark, 1 t'ink I will ligJit de gas. {lights candlii and sets it on end of table — writing Sambo, as ghost, enters, goes to table and blows out candle and exits l. Quimho. Well, what's de matter wid datgas'? I giie^s it ain't in first-class order, or de wind must be radtier strong. "Well, here goes for another light. {lights candle again Enter ghost, l., bloics out light, as he goes out Quimho catches a glimpse of him, jumps iip and knocks the table over and screams. Quimho. The ghost ! gho?t! Oh! dat knocker was here again. Quimbo, you'se a gone niggah suali. Yes, yes. Enter Gibson, R., chases him around the stage, Quimho halloaing all the time, and Mr. Gibson yelling at him to stop, and finally stops him. Gibson. What's the matter, Quimbo? What's all this fuss about? Quimbo, Help dis chile, Massa Gibson. JJat ghost been here again. ^Gibson, ^yhy it's nothing but that same imagiiiation again. Quimbo. Yes, dats it. Dat was dat very same imagination again. You ought jist sec him once, he'd jist make yer eye balls jingle. Yes, Quimbo, you is a gone niggah, suah. Gibson. You do not understand me. Imagination is something we imagine or think. Quimbo. Yes, I thought so when I see it. Gibson. Well, Quimbo, I hope that no more su-^h disturbances will happen again. Xow go and finish the rest of the work in the book. . {exit, R. Quimbo goes to table an/l returns to writing. Enter ghost, goes to table and takes ivl: bottle from table and puts instead his hand on table. Quimho dips his pen in hand a couple of times, ghost replaces bottle and exits, u. Quimbo. What ails dat are pen. Dat pen nebber got in such queer notions not to write since I bouglit it. Maybe dat imagina- tion shocked de constitution ob dat pen when he slightly tickled my head wid dat club. Golly! I jist can feel dat on my head yet. Maybe dat pen will write now. {dins in ink) I thought dat pen wouldn't go back on dis chicken. It writes slick and clean. Enter. ghost, r., does same as before, as he goes out Quimbo sees him, knocks table over and runs around stage. Enter Gibson, r. runs after him. Quimbo. Oh! golly, dat imagination was here again. What will come of dis chile. Ghost I Ghost 1 ( Gibson catches him 1 THE WIG-MAKER AND HIS SERVANTS. €ihson» Seeinsc you did this again I have made up my mind not to go away. What ails you? This has never happened belore in this house. I will stay here and investigate the matter, {goes to table and takes paper) Come here, you nigger, and read this piece forme, it hurt«s m^- eyes to read. Quimbo. MassM, I'll do an3^th:n', 1)ut don't you leave me alone, i3at ghost will be de death ob me, sna1i. [goes to Gibson, who holds paper over his shoulders-^ Quimbo reads ^nUr ghost from behind the table, H., takes paper out of Gibson^s hand, 10 ho exits quietly. (2aimbo reads a little further, Quimbo. Ain't dat enough, massa? (turns around and faces ghost, who clasps him, finally Quimbo breaks awa>i halloaing) Ghost! Ghost i Oh! help dis chile! (ghost folio to :"! around the table, Quimbo exits, R. Sambo, (throws the sheet off and laughs) ITa ! ha! Dat was a good one. I said I pay dat Quimbo an' I'll jist Iveep my word. Now lor a little more fun. Here goes. (goes to wig-table, puts his head through hole, keeping still Enter Gibson, R. o Gibson, (spying head on enter lyvf) Well, well, if there isn't the wig that I told Quimbo about— auvl fmldied. Well, he is a servant really worth his wages. And that is what 1 call a neat job, as well as I could do it myself. (examining wig Enter Quimbo, R., looks at wig in astonishment. Quimbo. (^aside) How did dat get dere, I wonder? Gibscni. 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It la sure to please all who purchase it. Price 30 cents. Ames' Plays— Continued. NO. M. F. 156 Quiet Family 4 4 51 Rescued 5 3 110 Reverses , 12 6 45 Rock Allen 5 3 96 Rooms to Let 2 1 171 Rough Diamond 6 3 59 Saved 2 3 48 Schnaps 1 1 107 School 5 133 Seeing Bosting 3 138 Sewing Circle of Period.. 5 115 S. H. A. M. Pinafore 5 3 55 Somebody's Nobody 3 2 94 16,000 Years Ago .' 3 25 Sport with a Sportsman... 2 79 Spy of Atlanta, 25c 14 3 92 Stage Struck Darkey 2 1 10 Stocks Up, Stocks Down.. 2 137 Taking the Census 1 1 62 Ten Nights in Bar-Room 7 3 64 That Boy Sam 3 1 40 That Mysterious B'dle ... 2 2 38 The Bewitched Closet 5 2 87 The Biter Bit 5 2 131 The Cigarette 4 2 144 Thekla 6 7 101 The Coming Man 3 1 67 The False Friend... 6 1 97 The Fatal Blow 7 1 119 The Forty-Niners 10 4 NO. M. p. 93 The Gentleman in Black 9 4 112 The New Magdalen ..... 8 3 118 The Popcorn Man 3 1 71 The Reward of Crime 5 3 16 The Serf 6 3 68 The Sham Professor 4 6 The Studio 3 102 Turn of the Tide 7 4 54 The Two T. J's 4 2 7 The Vow of the Ornani ..8 1 28 Thirty-three nxtBrithd'y 4 2 108 Those Awful Boys 5 63 Three Glasses a Day 4 2 105 Through Suow and Sun- shine 6 4 142 Tit for Tat 2 1 4 Twain's Dodging 3 1 151 Wanted a Husband 2 1 5 When Women Weep 3 2 121 Will-o'-the-Wisp 9 4 56 Wooing Under Difficulties 4 3 41 Won at Last 7 3 70 Which will he Marry 2 8 135 Widower's Trials 5 4 58 Wrecked 9 3 147 Waking Him Up .. 1 2 155 Why they Joined the Re- beccas 4 156 Wig-Maker and His Ser- vants 3 111 Yankee Duelist 2 2 liVilltins' Aiiiateiir JDrainas. 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