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The chief Elizabethan dramatists, excluding Shakespeare

Act 5 — A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS

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BY PHILIP MASSINGER

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

[Lord] Lovell, an English Lord.

Sir Giles Overreach, a cruel extortioner.

[Frank] Wellborn, a Prodigal.

[Tom] Allworth, a young Gentleman, Page to Lord Lovell.

Greedy, a hungry Justice of Peace.

Marrall, a Term-Driver; a creature of Sir Giles Overreach.

Order [Steward],}

Amble [Usher],

Furnace [Cook], } Servants to the Lady Allworth.

Watchall [Porter],

Willdo, a Parson.

Tapwell, an Alehouse Keeper.

Three Creditors, Servants, &c.

The Lady Allworth, a rich Widow.

Margaret, Overreach his daughter.

Froth, Tapwell’s Wife.

Chambermaid.

Waiting Woman.

[Scene.—The Country near Nottingham.]

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