Barre High School - Barretone Yearbook (Barre, MA)

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(Modern Version) Act I Scene: In the living room of the Marlows ' home. Mr. Marlov; is reading the nev rspaper as Mrs. Marlow enters. Mrs. Marlov : Charles, if you ' re going to the opera tonight, you ' d better got ready. You know it takes you half an hour just to chase your cuff buttons around the floor. Mr, Marlow: ' ' ‘ ' ell, will you look at this, Jane I Old John Hardcastle has been loft five hundred thousand dollars. Mrs. Marlow: Charles, I ' m not- What did you say? Let me see that paper, Hum-m, is that the Eardcastlo you ' ve been v anting to visit for so long? Mr. Marlov : That ' s the one. Seems to be quite prominent socially, judging from that article, I suppose the money will help in tiic.t way to, but I ' ll bet he hates to dress up and go to the opera as much as I do. Oh, these v ivesi I Mrs. Marlow: Huinph, if it v asn ' t for their v ives, men v ouldn ' t have any more ceilture than a bunch of alley cats. What is Mrs. Hardcastle like? Mr. Marlow: Oh, she ' s something like you in her sccial ideas. She was a widow and had a son before she married John. Now they have a daughter. Let ' s see, she ' s just tv o years yAiUinger than our Phil. The boy is about four years older than the girl, Mrs. Marlow: And they have a country home. (Phil enters.) Kollo, Philip, back from the Grisbys ' so soon? Phil: Yes, Mr, Grisby had to get a few things in town; so he gave me a rj.de homo. The whole family is going to visit seine .friends in the co ' untry. ake b Mrs. Marlow: Wha ' coincidence! ' ' c are, too. Phi j Mr. Marlow: What?vQ(j;pt, . you c. Mrs. Marlow: Wo ' ro to. visit the Hardcastlos. Your father has been a ic to for the last five years. Phil: must b ' ., When are wo go. Sine Mr, Marlow: Wold, can you boiit that I Ever since I ' ve been married, I ' vet tried to make her go and the last two times I visited the Hardcastlos I wont alone. Phil: What made her change her mind? Mr. Marlow; This newspaper article hero. She thought Jolin wasn ' t the kind she ' d like to knov before she sav that. I wonder hov the old goat is now, I haven ' t scon him for nearly seven years. (Curtain)

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Act II Scene; The living room of a farm house. Miss Hardcastle and her h ' --brother, Tony, are seated before the fire-place, Kate: Well, I guess I won ' t have that thrilling adventure you promised mo. Maybe it ' s just as well, though, because your i . f adventure might not please me. Tony: Imagine having a blow-out v ay out in these woods. Of all the terrible luck a person can have I take the cake. Kate: One good thing about iti It happened right in front of this tourists ' accommodation farm; so we didn ' t have t© walk too far in this storm. Tony: But wc got wet even walking as far as we did, and look at the clothes wo had to borrov . Mine smell of horses. Kfito: Liston. It sounds like someone coming in. Maybe we ' ll have some adventure after all. {Mrs. Marlov and Phil enter) Mrs. Marlow; I never savt’- such a storm. Why, you couldn ' t think of driving to the Hardcastles ' tonight, Philip. (Sees Ton’j and iCate) Oh, v;ould you bring in the two small- est bags from our car? Tony: I ss.y , Kate; (Taking him by the arm) Gome. I ' ll help you, (They exit) Phil: Boy! is she pretty, ' ’ ' ' onder v hat she ' d look like in good clothes, Mrs. Marlow: Never mind that servant girl, (pause) I wish your father -would hurry. lie ' s taking long enough to make the rooms, not just to look at them, (Mr. Marlow, the landlady, ana Kate and Tony enter ;itl,- the ' b... s . ) Kate: Whore do you want those bags, ma ' m? Mr. Marlov;; You can take them up to my room. Landlad; ' : I ' ll take them my dear. Mrs. Marlov;: Come, Philip, v e can Ciia.ngc these wet clothes, (They all exit except KatO and Tony) Tony; Kate, v hy did you do that? Don ' t you know who they are? Kate: Surely. They must be the Marlows who Dad said wore coming to visit us. Since wo received that money we seem to have a great many friends. I thought wo might have some fun prot.ndin ;; to b. servants, and we might find out a great deal about them. Tony: 0. K. if ou want to; I Hero comes someone. I ' ll go into the kitchen and fix it up with the landlady not to give us av;ay . (Ho exits. Kate pretends to straighten some papers . ) Phil: Hello, I hoped ' ou ' d be in here when I came dov;n. Did you? Why? Kate :