DEACON BRODIE OR THE DOUBLE LIFE A MELODRAMA IN FIVE ACTS AND EIGHT TABLEAUX
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PERSONS REPRESENTED
William Brodie, Deacon of the Wrights, Housebreaker and Master Carpenter.
Old Brodie, the Deacon’s Father.
William Lawson, Procurator-Fiscal, the Deacon’s Uncle.
Andrew Ainslie, Humphrey Moore, George Smith, Robbers in the Deacon’s gang.
Captain Rivers, an English Highwayman.
Hunt, a Bow Street Runner.
A Doctor.
Walter Leslie.
Mary Brodie, the Deacon’s Sister.
Jean Watt, the Deacon’s Mistress.
Vagabonds, Officers of the Watch, Men-servants.
The Scene is laid in Edinburgh. The Time is towards the close of the Eighteenth Century. The Action, some fifty hours long, begins at eight p.m. on Saturday and ends before midnight on Monday.
Note.—Passages suggested for omission in representation are enclosed in square brackets, thus [ ].
SYNOPSIS OF ACTS AND TABLEAUX
ACT I.
TABLEAU I. The Double Life.
TABLEAU II. Hunt the Runner.
TABLEAU III. Mother Clarke’s.
ACT II.
TABLEAU IV. Evil and Good.
ACT III.
TABLEAU V. King’s Evidence.
TABLEAU VI. Unmasked.
ACT IV.
TABLEAU VII. The Robbery.
ACT V.
TABLEAU VIII. The Open Door.
LONDON: PRINCE’S THEATRE
2d July 1884
Deacon Brodie, Mr. E. J. Henley.
Walter Leslie, Mr. Charles Cartwright.
William Lawson, Mr. John Maclean.
Andrew Ainslie, Mr. Fred Desmond.
Humphrey Moore, Mr. Edmund Grace.
George Smith, Mr. Julian Cross.
Hunt, Mr. Hubert Akhurst.
Old Brodie, Mr. A. Knight.
Captain Rivers, Mr. Brandon Thomas.
Mary Brodie, Miss Lizzie Williams.
Jean Watt, Miss Minnie Bell.
MONTREAL
26th September 1887
Deacon Brodie, Mr. E. J. Henley.
Walter Leslie, Mr. Graham Stewart.
William Lawson, Mr. Edmund Lyons.
Andrew Ainslie, Mr. Fred Desmond.
Humphrey Moore, Mr. Edmund Grace.
George smith, Mr. Horatio Saker.
Hunt, Mr. Henry Vernon.
Captain Rivers, Mr. Bruce Philips.
Mary Brodie, Miss Annie Robe.
Jean Watt, Miss Carrie Coote.