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Box 4

 Container

Contains 12 Results:

"The Cup of Bitterness", 7 December 1894

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

"Being the first play written for R.B. Mantel, founded upon Tom Taylor's old drama of 'Retribution'. Begun, N.O., La., July 1894 - Finished, Stanford Conn., Sept. 2, 1894". 5 acts



Dates: Other: 7 December 1894

"The Queen's Garter: A Romantic Drama in Four Acts", 19 June 1896

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Typewritten manuscript, bound, paper covers, title page has pencil-handwritten note, "Obsolete-rewritten as 'A Cavalier of France'", 69 pp.

Dates: Other: 19 June 1896

"A Cavalier of France or An Intrigue in the Days of Henry Trois: A Romantic Drama in Five Acts", 23 October 1896

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Typewritten manuscript, bound, paper covers, copyright 1897, note on cover, "Louis James' prompt copy", 55 pp.

Dates: Other: 23 October 1896

"The Love Chase: A Comedy in Three Acts". Adapted from James Sheridan Knowles' Play of the Same Name, 7 February 1897

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

From printed edition Knowles' play (French's Standard Drama No. 22), glued in notebook, penciled corrections and adaptations, 42 pp.

Dates: Other: 7 February 1897

"A Fool and His Money: An Original Farce Comedy in Three Acts", 6 December 1898

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 7, Object: 1
Scope and Contents

Other titles suggested: "The Resurrection of Green", "A Midnight Folly", "My Uncle's Cash", "Money to Burn", "When Green Was Grimes", "A Jolly Old Boy"



Dates: Other: 6 December 1898

"Scenario of a Fool and His Money", 10 January 1899

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 7, Object: 2
Scope and Contents

Printed, bound with above play, 15 pp.

Dates: Other: 10 January 1899

"The King and the Fool: An Original Comedy" ("Chicot the Jester"), 7 February 1899

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy of typewritten manuscript, bound in boards, 48 pp.

Dates: Other: 7 February 1899