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 Saturday and
ends before midnight on Monday
Note.—Passages suggested for omission in representation
are enclosed in parentheses, 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 |