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Denison’sVaudeville Sketches
Price, 15 Cents Each, Postpaid.
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Nearly all of these sketches were written for professionals and have been given with great success by vaudeville artists of note. They are essentially dramatic and very funny; up-to-date comedy. They are not recommended for church entertainments; however, they contain nothing that will offend, and are all within the range of amateurs.
DOINGS OF A DUDE.—Vaudeville sketch, by Harry L. Newton; 2 m., 1 f. Time 20 m.Scene: Simple interior. Maizy Von Billion of athletic tendencies is expecting a boxing instructor and has procured Bloody Mike, a prize fighter, to “try him out.” Percy Montmorency, her sister’s ping pong teacher, is mistaken for the boxing instructor and has a “trying out” that is a surprise. A whirlwind of fun and action.
FRESH TIMOTHY HAY.—Vaudeville sketch, by Harry L. Newton; 2 m., 1 f. Time 20 m.Scene: Simple rural exterior. By terms of a will, Rose Lark must marry Reed Bird or forfeit a legacy. Rose and Reed have never met and when he arrives Timothy Hay, a fresh farm hand, mistakes him for Pink Eye Pete, a notorious thief. Ludicrous lines and rapid action.
GLICKMAN, THE GLAZIER.—Vaudeville sketch, by Harry L. Newton and A. S. Hoffman; 1 m., 1 f. Time 25 m.Scene: Simple interior. Charlotte Russe, an actress, is scored by a dramatic paper. With “blood in her eye” she seeks the critic at the office, finds no one in and smashes a window. Jacob Glickman, a Hebrew glazier, rushes in and is mistaken for the critic. Fun, jokes, gags and action follow with lightning rapidity. A great Jew part.
THE GODDESS OF LOVE.—Vaudeville sketch, by Harry L. Newton; 1 m., 1 f. Time 15 m.Scene: Simple exterior. Aphrodite, a Greek goddess, is a statue in the park. According to tradition a gold ring placed upon her finger will bring her to life. Knott Jones, a tramp, who had slept in the park all night, brings her to life. A rare combination of the beautiful and the best of comedy. Novel, easy to produce and a great hit.
HEY, RUBE!—Monologue, by Harry L. Newton; 1 m. Time 15 m. Reuben Spinach from Yapton visits Chicago for the first time. The way he tells of the sights and what befell him would make a sphinx laugh.
IS IT RAINING?—Vaudeville sketch, by Harry L. Newton; 1 m., 1 f. Time 10 m. Otto Swimorebeer, a German, Susan Fairweather, a friend of his. This act runs riot with fun, gags, absurdities and comical lines.
MARRIAGE AND AFTER.—Monologue, by Harry L. Newton and A. S. Hoffman; 1 m. Time about 10 m. A laugh every two seconds on a subject which appeals to all. Full of local hits.
ME AND MY DOWN TRODDEN SEX.—Old maid monologue, by Harry L. Newton; 1 f. Time 5 m. Polly has lived long enough to gather a few facts about men, which are told in the most laughable manner imaginable.
AN OYSTER STEW.—A rapid fire talking act, by Harry L. Newton and A. S. Hoffman; 2 m. Time 10 m. Dick Tell, a knowing chap. Tom Askit, not so wise. This act is filled to overflowing with lightning cross-fires, pointed puns and hot retorts.
PICKLES FOR TWO.—Dutch rapid-fire talking act, by Harry L. Newton and A. S. Hoffman; 2 m. Time 15 m. Hans, a German mixer. Gus, another one. Unique ludicrous Dutch dialect, interspersed with rib-starting witticisms. The style of act made famous by Weber and Field.
THE TROUBLES OF ROZINSKI.—Jew monologue, by Harry L. Newton and A. S. Hoffman; 1 m. Time 15 m. Rozinski, a buttonhole-maker, is forced to join the union and go on a “strike.” He has troubles every minute that will tickle the ribs of both Labor and Capital.
WORDS TO THE WISE.—Monologue, by Harry L. Newton; 1 m. Time about 15 m. A typical vaudeville talking act, which is fat with funny lines and rich rare hits that will be remembered and laughed over for weeks.
T. S. DENISON & COMPANY, 154 W. Randolph St., Chicago
DENISON’S ACTING PLAYS.Price 15 Cents Each, Postpaid, Unless Different Price is Given.M.F.Documentary Evidence, 25 min.11Dude in a Cyclone, 20 min.42Family Strike, 20 min.33First-Class Hotel, 20 min.4For Love and Honor, 20 min.21Fudge and a Burglar, 15 min.5Fun in a Photograph Gallery, 30 min.610Great Doughnut Corporation, 30 min.35Great Medical Dispensary, 30 m.6Great Pumpkin Case, 30 min.12Hans Von Smash, 30 min.43Happy Pair, 25 min.11I’m Not Mesilf at All, 25 min.32Initiating a Granger, 25 min.8Irish Linen Peddler, 40 min.33Is the Editor In? 20 min.42Kansas Immigrants, 20 min.51Men Not Wanted, 30 min.8Mike Donovan’s Courtship, 15 m.13Mother Goose’s Goslings, 30 m.79Mrs. Carver’s Fancy Ball, 40 m.43Mrs. Stubbins’ Book Agent, 30 min.32My Lord in Livery, 1 hr.43My Neighbor’s Wife, 45 min.33My Turn Next, 45 min.43My Wife’s Relations, 1 hr.46Not a Man in the House, 40 m.5Obstinate Family, 40 min.33Only Cold Tea, 20 min.33Outwitting the Colonel, 25 min.32Pair of Lunatics, 20 min.11Patsy O’Wang, 35 min.43Pat, the Apothecary, 35 min.62Persecuted Dutchman, 30 min.63Regular Fix, 35 min.64Rough Diamond, 40 min.43Second Childhood, 15 min.22Slasher and Crasher, 50 min.52Taking Father’s Place, 30 min.53Taming a Tiger, 30 min.3That Rascal Pat, 30 min.32Those Red Envelopes, 25 min.44Too Much of a Good Thing, 45 min.36Treasure from Egypt, 45 min.41Turn Him Out, 35 min.32Two Aunts and a Photo, 20 m.4Two Bonnycastles, 45 min.33Two Gentlemen in a Fix, 15 m.2Two Ghosts in White, 20 min.8Two of a Kind, 40 min.23Uncle Dick’s Mistake, 20 min.32Wanted a Correspondent, 45 m.44Wanted a Hero, 20 min.11Which Will He Marry? 20 min.28Who Is Who? 40 min.32Wide Enough for Two, 45 min.52Wrong Baby, 25 min.8Yankee Peddler, 1 hr.73VAUDEVILLE SKETCHES, MONOLOGUES, ETHIOPIAN PLAYS.M.F.Ax’in’ Her Father, 25 min.23Booster Club of Blackville, 25 m.10Breakfast Food for Two, 20 m.11Cold Finish, 15 min.21Coon Creek Courtship, 15 min.11Coontown Thirteen Club, 25 m.14Counterfeit Bills, 20 min.11Doings of a Dude, 20 min.21Dutch Cocktail, 20 min.2Five Minutes from Yell College, 15 min.2For Reform, 20 min.4Fresh Timothy Hay, 20 min.21Glickman, the Glazier, 25 min.11Handy Andy (Negro), 12 min.2Her Hero, 20 min.11Hey, Rube! 15 min.1Home Run, 15 min.11Hot Air, 25 min.21Jumbo Jum, 30 min.43Little Red School House, 20 m.4Love and Lather, 35 min.32Marriage and After, 10 min.1Mischievous Nigger, 25 min.42Mistaken Miss, 20 min.11Mr. and Mrs. Fido, 20 min.11Mr. Badger’s Uppers, 40 min.42One Sweetheart for Two, 20 m.2Oshkosh Next Week, 20 min.4Oyster Stew, 10 min.2Pete Yansen’s Gurl’s Moder, 10 min.1Pickles for Two, 15 min.2Pooh Bah of Peacetown, 35 min.22Prof. Black’s Funnygraph, 15 m.6Recruiting Office, 15 min.2Sham Doctor, 10 min.42Si and I, 15 min.1Special Sale, 15 min.2Stage Struck Darky, 10 min.21Sunny Son of Italy, 15 min.1Time Table, 20 min.11Tramp and the Actress, 20 min.11Troubled by Ghosts, 10 min.4Troubles of Rozinski, 15 min.1Two Jay Detectives, 15 min.3Umbrella Mender, 15 min.2Uncle Bill at the Vaudeville, 15 min.1Uncle Jeff, 25 min.52Who Gits de Reward? 30 min.51———————————————————————A great number of Standard and Amateur Plays not found here are listed in Denison’s Catalogue.———————————————————————T. S. DENISON & COMPANY, 154 W. Randolph St., Chicago
DENISON’S ACTING PLAYS.
Price 15 Cents Each, Postpaid, Unless Different Price is Given.
M.F.Documentary Evidence, 25 min.11Dude in a Cyclone, 20 min.42Family Strike, 20 min.33First-Class Hotel, 20 min.4For Love and Honor, 20 min.21Fudge and a Burglar, 15 min.5Fun in a Photograph Gallery, 30 min.610Great Doughnut Corporation, 30 min.35Great Medical Dispensary, 30 m.6Great Pumpkin Case, 30 min.12Hans Von Smash, 30 min.43Happy Pair, 25 min.11I’m Not Mesilf at All, 25 min.32Initiating a Granger, 25 min.8Irish Linen Peddler, 40 min.33Is the Editor In? 20 min.42Kansas Immigrants, 20 min.51Men Not Wanted, 30 min.8Mike Donovan’s Courtship, 15 m.13Mother Goose’s Goslings, 30 m.79Mrs. Carver’s Fancy Ball, 40 m.43Mrs. Stubbins’ Book Agent, 30 min.32My Lord in Livery, 1 hr.43My Neighbor’s Wife, 45 min.33My Turn Next, 45 min.43My Wife’s Relations, 1 hr.46Not a Man in the House, 40 m.5Obstinate Family, 40 min.33Only Cold Tea, 20 min.33Outwitting the Colonel, 25 min.32Pair of Lunatics, 20 min.11Patsy O’Wang, 35 min.43Pat, the Apothecary, 35 min.62Persecuted Dutchman, 30 min.63Regular Fix, 35 min.64Rough Diamond, 40 min.43Second Childhood, 15 min.22Slasher and Crasher, 50 min.52Taking Father’s Place, 30 min.53Taming a Tiger, 30 min.3That Rascal Pat, 30 min.32Those Red Envelopes, 25 min.44Too Much of a Good Thing, 45 min.36Treasure from Egypt, 45 min.41Turn Him Out, 35 min.32Two Aunts and a Photo, 20 m.4Two Bonnycastles, 45 min.33Two Gentlemen in a Fix, 15 m.2Two Ghosts in White, 20 min.8Two of a Kind, 40 min.23Uncle Dick’s Mistake, 20 min.32Wanted a Correspondent, 45 m.44Wanted a Hero, 20 min.11Which Will He Marry? 20 min.28Who Is Who? 40 min.32Wide Enough for Two, 45 min.52Wrong Baby, 25 min.8Yankee Peddler, 1 hr.73VAUDEVILLE SKETCHES, MONOLOGUES, ETHIOPIAN PLAYS.M.F.Ax’in’ Her Father, 25 min.23Booster Club of Blackville, 25 m.10Breakfast Food for Two, 20 m.11Cold Finish, 15 min.21Coon Creek Courtship, 15 min.11Coontown Thirteen Club, 25 m.14Counterfeit Bills, 20 min.11Doings of a Dude, 20 min.21Dutch Cocktail, 20 min.2Five Minutes from Yell College, 15 min.2For Reform, 20 min.4Fresh Timothy Hay, 20 min.21Glickman, the Glazier, 25 min.11Handy Andy (Negro), 12 min.2Her Hero, 20 min.11Hey, Rube! 15 min.1Home Run, 15 min.11Hot Air, 25 min.21Jumbo Jum, 30 min.43Little Red School House, 20 m.4Love and Lather, 35 min.32Marriage and After, 10 min.1Mischievous Nigger, 25 min.42Mistaken Miss, 20 min.11Mr. and Mrs. Fido, 20 min.11Mr. Badger’s Uppers, 40 min.42One Sweetheart for Two, 20 m.2Oshkosh Next Week, 20 min.4Oyster Stew, 10 min.2Pete Yansen’s Gurl’s Moder, 10 min.1Pickles for Two, 15 min.2Pooh Bah of Peacetown, 35 min.22Prof. Black’s Funnygraph, 15 m.6Recruiting Office, 15 min.2Sham Doctor, 10 min.42Si and I, 15 min.1Special Sale, 15 min.2Stage Struck Darky, 10 min.21Sunny Son of Italy, 15 min.1Time Table, 20 min.11Tramp and the Actress, 20 min.11Troubled by Ghosts, 10 min.4Troubles of Rozinski, 15 min.1Two Jay Detectives, 15 min.3Umbrella Mender, 15 min.2Uncle Bill at the Vaudeville, 15 min.1Uncle Jeff, 25 min.52Who Gits de Reward? 30 min.51
———————————————————————A great number of Standard and Amateur Plays not found here are listed in Denison’s Catalogue.———————————————————————T. S. DENISON & COMPANY, 154 W. Randolph St., Chicago
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POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS
Price, Illustrated Paper Covers,
PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS cover
In this Series are found books touching every feature in the entertainment field. Finely made, good paper, clear print and each book has an attractive individual cover design.
DIALOGUES
All Sorts of Dialogues.Selected, fine for older pupils.Catchy Comic Dialogues.New, clever; for young people.Children’s Comic Dialogues.From six to eleven years of age.Dialogues from Dickens.Thirteen selections.The Friday Afternoon Dialogues.50,000 copies sold.From Tots to Teens.Dialogues and recitations.Lively Dialogues.For all ages; mostly humorous.When the Lessons are Over.Dialogues, drills, plays.Wide Awake Dialogues.Brand new, original, successful.
SPEAKERS, MONOLOGUES
Choice Pieces for Little People.A child’s speaker.The Comic Entertainer.Recitations, monologues, dialogues.Dialect Readings.Irish, Dutch, Negro, Scotch, etc.The Favorite Speaker.Choice prose and poetry.The Friday Afternoon Speaker.For pupils of all ages.Humorous Monologues.Particularly for ladies.Monologues for Young Folks.Clever, humorous, original.The Patriotic Speaker.Master thoughts of masterminds.The Poetical Entertainer.For reading or speaking.Pomes ov the Peepul.Wit, humor, satire; funny poems.Scrap-Book Recitations.Choice collections, pathetic, humorous, descriptive,prose, poetry. 14 Nos., per No.25c.The Best Drill Book.Very popular drills and marches.The Favorite Book of Drills.Drills that sparkle with originality.Little Plays With Drills.For children from 6 to 11 years.The Surprise Drill Book.Fresh, novel, drills and marches.
SPECIALTIES
The Boys’ Entertainer.Monologues, dialogues, drills.Children’s Party Book.Plans, invitations, decorations, games.The Days We Celebrate.Entertainments for all the holidays.Good Things for Christmas.Recitations, dialogues, drills.The Little Folks, orWork and Play.A gem of a book.Little Folks’ Budget.Easy pieces to speak, songs.One Hundred Entertainments.New parlor diversions, socials.Patriotic Celebrations.Great variety of material.Pranks and Pastimes.Parlor games for children.Shadow Pictures, Pantomimes, Charades,and how to prepare.Tableaux and Scenic Readings.New and novel; for all ages.Twinkling Fingers and Swaying Figures.For little tots.Yuletide Entertainments.A choice Christmas collection.
HAND BOOKS
The Debater’s Handbook.Bound only in cloth,50c.Everybody’s Letter Writer.A handy manual.Good Manners.Etiquette in brief form.Private Theatricals.How to put on plays.Social Card Games.Complete in brief form.
MINSTRELS, JOKES
Black American Joker.Minstrels’ and end men’s gags.A Bundle of Burnt Cork Comedy.Monologues, stump speeches, etc.Laughland, via the Ha-Ha Route.A merry trip for fun tourists.Negro Minstrels.All about the business.The New Jolly Jester.Funny stories, jokes, gags, etc.
———————————————————————Large Illustrated Catalogue Free.———————————————————————T. S. DENISON & COMPANY, Publishers, 154 W. Randolph St., Chicago
Transcriber’s Notes:Obvious punctuation errors repaired. There was a Library of Congress sticker over a small part of the back cover’s text. The missing text was taken from another identical ad in the same series.Page 4, “postively” changed to “positively” (I positively decline)Page 12, “immediatly” changed to “immediately” (her immediately and ask)Page 17, “Effe.” changed to “Effie.” (Effie.Truly, I wasn’t)
Transcriber’s Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired. There was a Library of Congress sticker over a small part of the back cover’s text. The missing text was taken from another identical ad in the same series.
Page 4, “postively” changed to “positively” (I positively decline)
Page 12, “immediatly” changed to “immediately” (her immediately and ask)
Page 17, “Effe.” changed to “Effie.” (Effie.Truly, I wasn’t)