THE DEACON

AN ORIGINAL COMEDY DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS

HORACE C. DALE

Author's Edition, With the Cast of the Characters, Synopsis of Incidents, Time of Representation, Description of the Costumes, Scene and Property Plots, Sides of Entrance and Exit, Relative Positions of the Performers, Explanation of the Stage Directions, and all of the Stage Business.

NEW YORK
HAROLD ROORBACH
PUBLISHER

Note.—The acting rights of this play are expressly reserved by the author. Theatrical Managers wishing to produce it should apply to the author in care of the publisher. Amateur representation may be made without such application and without charge.

[THE DEACON.]

[CAST OF CHARACTERS.]

Grand Opera House,
Reading, Pa.,
Dec. 16th and 17th, 1886.

Deacon Thornton, Mrs. Thornton's brother-in-law, with a passion for lemonade with a stick in it,	William Ward.
George Graef, Mrs. Thornton's nephew,	Geo. W. Endy.
George Darrah, alias Matt Wheeler,	Jas. I. Foos.
James Read, a friend of Darrah's,	H. C. Lewis.
Pedro, an organ grinder,	Sam'l Bechtel.
Parson Brownlow,	W. H. Wilson.
Pete, Mrs. Thornton's servant,	H. W. Button.
Billy, the Deacon's boy,	Sam'l Wolfskell.
Mrs. Thornton,	Agnes Jameson.
Helen, her daughter,	Claribel Lewis.
Miss Amelia Fawcett, Mrs. Thornton's maiden sister,	Minnie Riffert.
Mrs. Darrah, George Darrah's wife,	Ida Radcliffe.
Nellie, her child,	Lizzie Rivers.
Daisy, Mrs. Thornton's servant,	Annie C. Fisher.

Violinist, Policeman, Villagers, etc., by the Company.

Time of Representation.—Two Hours and a Half.

Time, the present. Locality, Eastville, Va.

Note.—Officer, in Act I, Pedro and Parson Brownlow can be doubled and played by Read. Officer in Act IV, by Violinist.