The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L.
Stevenson.
by Robert Louis Stevenson, et al.
DEACON BRODIE OR THE DOUBLE LIFE A MELODRAMA IN FIVE ACTS AND EIGHT TABLEAUX
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 Sat.u.r.day and ends before midnight on Monday.
NOTE.-_Pa.s.sages 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
2_d_ _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
26_th_ _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.
ACT I.
TABLEAU I.
THE DOUBLE LIFE.
_The Stage represents a room in the Deacon"s house_, _furnished partly as a sitting-_, _partly as a bed-room_, _in the style of an easy burgess of about_ 1780. _C._, _a door_; _L. C._, _a second and smaller door_; _R.
C._, _practicable window_; _L._, _alcove_, _supposed to contain bed_; _at the back_, _a clothes-press and a corner cupboard containing bottles_, _etc._ MARY BRODIE _at needlework_; OLD BRODIE, _a paralytic_, _in wheeled chair_, _at the fireside_, _L._