1942
[CAST OF CHARACTERS
Gustave
Mr. Prettyman , Master of a boys' school
Jacko , Factotum of the Widow Wantmore
Carte-and-Tierce , Fencing master
Pirouette , Dancing master
Schoolboys
Pauline
The Widow Wantmore , Mistress of a girls' school
Prudence Hornbrook , Factotum of Mr. Prettyman
Charlotte
Schoolgirls
The action takes place in London
ACT I.
Scene :] The stage, divided by a wall down the middle, through which there is a well half on one side and half on the other, represents at the right the garden of the boys' school, and at the left the garden of the girls' school. Each garden is backed by a wall with a rail gate opening on the country; over each of which gates there is a sign, on one side "Boarding School for Young Gentlemen," and on the other "Boarding School for Young Ladies." Near the well at the left stands a tree whose foliage rises over the wall. On each side, first wing, there is a bower. As the curtain rises, all the children are at play. The little girls are dancing, hands round, the little boys are playing .
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Seizing Prudence
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Thinking himself alone
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Seeing the ladder
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Thinking herself alone
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In the bower
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Leaning over
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Surprised
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Grasping the wall
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Alone
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Enter Gustave from the other side with two of his schoolfellows
To the boys, who seem afraid to approach
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After having listened
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To the schoolfellows
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Continuing
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To the schoolfellows
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Throwing the parcel over the wall
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The same
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Finding a little parcel in his robe
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To his comrades
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To his comrades
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Feeling his pockets
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Eying the way
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Who, dressing in the bower, has heard Jacko
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To his two schoolfellows
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After a moment's thought
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While he opens the gate
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On the boys' side
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In the girls' school
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Thinking himself alone
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Taking Gustave for a little girl
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Apart
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Laughing
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Embarrassed
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Aside
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[< Coughing >]
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Coming out of the basket
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To Gustave
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To the fencing master
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To the master
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[[ Sing ]]
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Regarding Gustave dancing
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Continuing [ her song ]]
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To the dancing master
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[[ Simultaneously; to the fencing master ]]
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Opening the little gate
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Apart
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To Pauline
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To Jacko
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To < Prudence >]
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Low
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Turning
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The same
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Astonished
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Low to Jacko
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Arriving
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Low to < Prudence >]
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Low to Jacko
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Low to < Prudence >]
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To < Widow Wantmore >]
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Rapidly
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To < Mr. Prettyman >]
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Rapidly
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To Pauline
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[[ Sing ]]
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[[ Sings ]]
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Sing ]]
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[[ Sings ]]
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[[ Sing ]]
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