The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson

Act 1 — SCENE IV

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DEACON BRODIE OR THE DOUBLE LIFE A MELODRAMA IN FIVE ACTS AND EIGHT TABLEAUX

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BEAU AUSTIN

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Act 3 · Acts

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ADMIRAL GUINEA

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Act 2 · Acts

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Act 3 · Acts

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Act 4 · Acts

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MACAIRE A MELODRAMATIC FARCE IN THREE ACTS

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Act 3 · Scenes

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Hunt (solus)

Hunt. Ah! that’s it, is it? ‘My fancy man’s my ’ole delight,’ as we say in Bow Street. But which is the fancy man? George the Dock, or William the Deacon? One or both? (He winks solemnly.) Well, Jerry, my boy, here’s your work cut out for you; but if you took one-nine-five for that ’ere little two hundred you’d be a disgrace to the profession.

Act 1 — SCENE IV

TABLEAU III. Mother Clarke’s

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