By Walter Ben Hare
Author of "Professor Pepp," "Much Ado About Betty," "The Hoodoo," "The Dutch Detective," etc.
Six males, five females. Costumes, modern; scenery, two interiors and an exterior. Plays a full evening. Royalty, ten dollars ($10.00) for each performance. A more ambitious play by this popular author in the same successful vein as his previous offerings. Bemis Bennington is left two million dollars by his uncle on condition that he shall live for one year in a town of less than five thousand inhabitants and during that period marry and earn without other assistance than his own industry and ability the sum of five thousand dollars. Failing to accomplish this the money goes to one Professor Noah Jabb. This is done despite the energetic opposition of Jabb, who puts up a very interesting fight. A capital play that can be strongly recommended. Plenty of good comedy and a great variety of good parts, full of opportunity.
Price, 35 cents
CHARACTERS
| Bemis Bennington. | Fay Fairbanks. |
| Hon. Jeremy Wise. | Mrs. Clarice Courtenay. |
| James Patrick Burns, "Stubby." | Genevieve McGully. |
| Professor Noah Jabb. | Sammie Bell Porter. |
| Beverly Loman. | Pink. |
| Squire Piper. | |
| Several Hill-Billies. | |
SYNOPSIS
Act I.—The law office of Hon. Jeremy Wise, New York City. A morning in July.
Act II.—The exterior of the court-house, Opaloopa, Alabama. An afternoon in October.
Act III.—Same as Act II. The next afternoon.
Act IV.—Mrs. Courtenay's sitting-room, Opaloopa, Alabama. A night in April.