1911
The Trouble at Satterlee's
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
DOROTHY
ALICE
MILDRED
BERTHA
MARIAN
who belong to Miss Satterlee's select seminary for young ladies
MISS OPHELIA SATTERLEE The lady principal
KATHLEEN A Celtic maiden employed in the seminary
COSTUMES — MODERN
TIME IN REPRESENTATION — FIFTY MINUTES
SCENE — Dorothy's little sitting-room. Entrances R. and L. Window R. Chairs and other furnishings as desired.
SCENE. — Curtain rises disclosing DOROTHY sitting beside window with book , ALICE lazily reclining upon couch amid many pillows, fingering a guitar .
( sighs ).
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( speaking alternately out of the window and to ALICE).
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( embarrassed ).
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( smothers DOROTHY with sofa pillows ).
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( Enter KATHLEEN, L.)
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( Seats herself on floor behind chair .)
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(KATHLEEN, startled, raises head above chair and listens intently with appropriate gestures .)
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( Seizes DOROTHY and whirls her out of room; KATHLEEN comes from hiding place .)
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( entering L.).
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( Exit KATHLEEN, L.)
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( Exit MISS SATTERLEE, R.)
( Enter DOROTHY, MILDRED, ALICE, BERTHA, MARIAN, one by one very slowly and cautiously . DOROTHY sits in chair in centre , MILDRED and ALICE sit on the floor at her right , BERTHA and MARIAN at her left, forming a semi-circle. All are very quiet and mysterious .)
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( Ends in long shriek, as GHOSTS march in L. singing chant in low and solemn monotone .)
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( still kneeling ).
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( All march out L., with solemn chant. Chant heard far down the hall . KATHLEEN, with loud scream , "Sure, it's a judgment on poor Miss Dorothy!" comes from hiding place and falls into chair . GHOSTS run in upon hearing scream .)
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