THE SUBMARINE SHELL
THE SUBMARINE SHELL
A War Play in Four Acts
By Mansfield Scott
Seven males, four females. Costumes, modern; scenery, two interiors. Plays two hours. Royalty for amateur performance $10.00 for one, $15.00 for two performances. Inspector Malcome Steele, of the U. S. Secret Service, devotes himself in this thrilling play to unravelling the German plots that surround Prof. Middlebrook’s submarine shell that is to bring the downfall of the Hun. The battle between his wits and those of “Tom Cloff,” the German secret agent, is of absorbing interest. An easy and effective thriller that can be recommended for school performance.
Price, 35 cents
CHARACTERS
Hans Kraft,alias James McGrady.
Otto Herman,alias William.
Mr. Warren Middlebrook.
Monsieur Charles LeClair.
Professor Henry Westerberg.
Detective Albert Bradbury.
Inspector Malcome Steele.
“Tom Cloff.”
Mrs. Middlebrook.
Eleanor Middlebrook.
Margaret Linden.
Delia.
SYNOPSIS
Act I.The living-room. August 11, after dinner.
Act II.Same as Act I. August 12, 1:30P. M.
Act III.The private laboratory. That evening, 7:30.
Act IV.Same as Act III. Later, 10P. M.
THE AMERICAN IDEA
A Sketch in One Act
By Lily Carthew
Three males, two females. Costumes, modern; scenery, an interior. Plays twenty minutes. Royalty for amateur performance $5.00. Mignon Goldman, following the American Idea, throws off the parental yoke and marries the man of her choice and not the choice of her parents. She brings home for the parental blessing John Kelly. Abe, her father, is disconsolate at this prospect until he sees John and recognizes in him Yan Kele Operchinsky, rechristened in accordance with “The American Idea.” Originally produced at The Peabody Playhouse, Boston. Strongly recommended.
Price, 25 cents
THE CROWNING OF COLUMBIA
A Patriotic Fantasy in One Act
By Kathrine F. Carlyon
Twenty-five boys and twenty-four girls. Costumes, modern and picturesque. Nothing required in the way of scenery but a platform. Plays half an hour or less. Columbia is approached by the Foresters, the Farmers, the Miners, the Pleasure Seekers, the Ammunition Workers and even the Red Cross Workers, all asking her to be their Queen, but it is only when the Soldiers and the Red Cross Nurses come, asking nothing and giving all, that she yields. Easy, pretty, timely, and strongly recommended. Introduces music.
Price, 25 cents