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J. A. Jr. Fraser
The Merry Cobbler
Published by Good Press, 2022
EAN 4064066365639
Table of Contents
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
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358 Dearborn Street,
CHICAGO.
An Original Comedy Drama
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IN FOUR ACTS
BY
J. A. FRASER, Jr.,
Author of A Noble Outcast—The Train Wreckers—Edelweiss
—McGinty's Troubles—Linked by Law—The Judge's
Wife—Under an Alias—Modern Ananias—The
New State's Attorney—Face to Face
—A Delicate Question—'Twixt
Love and Money—Etc.
CHICAGO:
THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Cast of Characters.
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Franz von AltenheimMorris HolmesCol. DerromI. L. FindhamLevee BobMike MaloneyGretchenStella DerromMrs. RaffertyMrs. HolmesRosalieCarlotta
LeilaFlossie } Little friends of the merry cobbler.Note. Mrs. Rafferty and Gretchen, Findham and Col. Derrom, Bob and Maloney may be easily doubled.
Plays one hour, forty-five minutes.
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Author's Edition.
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Printed from the original prompt book with all the stage business and relative positions of the characters, complete list of properties required, description of costumes etc. etc.
Copyrighted by J. A. Fraser, Jr. A.D. 1891.
Copyrighted by The Dramatic publishing Co., A.D. 1895.
Notice.
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This play may only be produced with the written permission of the publishers for which a fee of three dollars per performance is charged. All infringements and unauthorized performances will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Synopsis.
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Act I. The Cobbler Baron—Plotting for a fortune—Franz's birthday party—Stella meets her fate—The runaway horse—Franz rescues Stella.
Act II. The plotter at work—Franz as a healthy invalid—The babies and their bouquet—Franz's courtship—The Colonel's wrath—Holmes' discomfiture.
Act III. Carlotta's party—Findham's fine work—Holmes anticipates triumph—Confronted by a wronged woman—Franz's stratagem—The kidnappers—"Dot's de kind of a sauerkraut I am."