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    Twice Killed: A Farce in One Act
    Twice Killed: A Farce in One Act
    Twice Killed: A Farce in One Act
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    Twice Killed: A Farce in One Act

    By John Oxenford

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    Twice Killed: A Farce in One Act is a drama by English dramatist, critic, and translator John Oxenford. It is one of the most famous dramas by Oxenford. It has almost eighteen characters, ample for a one-act farce. This famous forty-five-minute-long comedy was first performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre on November 26th, 1835. Other notable works by Oxenford are Porter's Knot, Five Pounds Reward; Only a Half-penny; Reigning Favourite; Dice of Death.

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    "RECK. And I am to go back like a glass milk-pot, am I not? (gets out.) Snail! leave thy shell. In thy mistress's house, Ralph Reckless, and suffer thyself to be packed up like a fish, and sent off as mute? No, no; I've given the lady my tailor's card for a direction. Ha, ha, ha! (looks in closet.) what have we here?—a broken pestle and mortar, and a stone ball from the garden entrance. These shall go in the basket, (puts them in.) they will pass for me as well as I did for grocery."

    -Act I Scene II
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateMay 19, 2021
    ISBN4064066125851
    Twice Killed: A Farce in One Act

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      Book preview

      Twice Killed - John Oxenford

      John Oxenford

      Twice Killed: A Farce in One Act

      Published by Good Press, 2021

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066125851

      Table of Contents

      CHARACTERS.

      COSTUMES.

      TWICE KILLED.

      Frontispiece

      RECKLESS. My old friend Facile. I can’t be mistaken. (slaps on back.) Facile, my boy!

      FACILE. (aside.) That’s the constable. No, sir, not here; it came from the window next door.

      Act I, Scene ii

      TWICE KILLED

      A FARCE

      IN

      ONE ACT

      BY

      JOHN OXENFORD

      AUTHOR OF

      Five Pounds Reward; Only a Half-penny; Reigning Favourite; Dice of Death, &c. &c.

      THOMAS HAILES LACY,

      89, STRAND,

      (Opposite Southampton Street, Covent Garden Market,)

      LONDON.

      TWICE KILLED.

      First performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, November 26th, 1835.

      CHARACTERS.

      Table of Contents

      COSTUMES.

      Table of Contents

      FACILE.—Brown dress coat, black pantaloons, white waistcoat.

      RECKLESS.—Green Newmarket cut coat, light waistcoat, fashionable trousers.

      FABLE.—Black suit.

      MR. HOLDFAST.—Brown coat, dark trousers, and shoes.

      TOM.—Grey livery coat, white knee breeches, top boots.

      ROBERT.—Green livery coat, white knee breeches, ditto gaiters.

      MRS. FACILE.—Black dress, ditto net apron, embroidered with flowers.

      MISS FLIGHTY.—Plain white book muslin dress, white satin slip.

      FANNY PEPPER.—Red dress, brown holland apron embroidered with green, cuffs to match, red ribbon in cap.

      Time of representation, 45 minutes.

      TWICE KILLED.

      Table of Contents

      SCENE I.—A view by a river side; on the opposite bank are seen the backs of houses—immersed in water, as at Blackwall, &c.

      Enter TOM, with a large hamper, L. H.

      TOM. Come, this will do; though its utility exceeds its beauty; a confoundedly ugly basket, though destined to hold most rare contents: several sugar loaves, a canister of tea—black and green, almonds and raisins in

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