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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
DANIEL DODDLEWOBBLE MR. WARREN.
WALTER THORNLEY MR. WHITING.
FUDGIT MR. KETCHUM.
BLIMBER MR. MYERS.
RACKET MR. HUNTER.
CÆSAR (a Negro) MR. RING.
MRS. DODDLEWOBBLE MISS MESTAYER.
CLARA MISS ANDERSON.
BETTY MISS J. ORTON.
TIME The present.
COSTUMES Those of the day.
TIME OF REPRESENTATION 40 minutes.
ACT I. — SCENE I.
An Apartment in Mr. DODDLEWOBBLE'S house. — Table (C.) set for breakfast for two. — Side-doors (R. and L. 2 E., D.C. and R. and L.C.) in flat. — Mr. DODDLEWOBBLE discovered at table (L.C.), reading paper .
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Enter CÆSAR ( door 2 E.R.).
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( Starting .)
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( Exit RACKET and FUDGIT, door 2 E.R.)
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( Shrieking again .)
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( Shrieking again .)
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Enter WALTER with CLARA (2 E.R.).
( Kneels with CLARA.)
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CÆSAR enters ( door 2 E.L.), followed by BETTY.
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CURTAIN.