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1922 One-Acts
Otterbein University
Three one act plays presented by Otterbein College's Senior Class of 1922. Students performed The Rector by Rachel Crothers, Waterloo by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Enter Dora--Exit Dad by Freeman Tilden.
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Twelfth Night
Otterbein University
Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centers on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario) falls in love with Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with the Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements drawn from the short story "Of Apollonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich, based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The first recorded performance was on 2 February 1602, at Candlemas, the formal end of Christmastide in the year's calendar. The play was not published until its inclusion in the 1623 First Folio.
Twelfth Night. (2017, September 20). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:28, September 26, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Twelfth_Night&oldid=801627056
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Nothing But The Truth
Otterbein University
Is it possible to tell the absolute truth even for twenty four hours? Bob Bennett, the hero of Nothing But the Truth accomplishes that feat to win a bet he made with his partners, his friends, and his fiancee. The scenes in which Bob is forced to answer embarrassing questions and tell the literal truth are hysterical. The situations increase in humor to the point where the audience can hardly resist joining the cast in this popular comedy.
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Clarence
Otterbein University
The father of a quirky family, the Wheelers, hires an ex-soldier, Clarence, as a handyman. Clarence falls for the family's governess, Violet. Mrs. Wheeler suspects that Violet and her husband are carrying on, and Mrs. Wheeler begins to develop an attraction to Clarence. Hubert Stem, Mr. Wheeler's avaricious private secretary, one day shows Mr. Wheeler an article about Charles Short, an army deserter, and insists that Clarence is in actuality Charles Short.
Wikipedia contributors. (2018, July 19). Clarence (1922 film). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 00:54, August 14, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clarence_(1922_film)&oldid=851070063
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Icebound
Otterbein University
The Jordan family is in their farm in Veazie, Maine in October 1922. They await the reading of the will by Judge John Bradford of the family matriarch who has just died. Much to the family's dismay, the farm and all of the money has been left to a distant cousin, Jane Crosby. Jane has been told that she is to take care of the legal trouble of the young son of the family, Ben. Ben had left because he accidentally burned a neighbor's farm. Ben begins a flirtatious relationship with Nettie, the adopted daughter of Emma Jordan.
Wikipedia contributors. (2019, June 18). Icebound (play). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 00:59, August 14, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Icebound_(play)&oldid=902413135
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Kempy
Otterbein University
A snobbish authoress impulsively marries a young plumber who comes to fix her pipes when he regales her with praise about her book.
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If I Were King
Otterbein University
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
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As You Like It
Otterbein University
We celebrate the best of Shakespeare with laughter...music...dances...romance...comedy at all levels. The story of how the banished Duke, Rosalind, Orlando and others find happiness through love is one of the most delightful of all Shakespearean tales. The wit of the clown, Touchstone, the philosophy of "All the world's a stage...", the music of "It was a lover and his lass...", the earthy needs of the country people, the romantic honesty of young lovers in tune with nature...all can be found in As You Like It.
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Robin Hood
Otterbein University
This classic children’s tale of Robin Hood and his followers is charming and delightful for children of all ages. Set in England’s Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood, with the help of his childhood sweetheart, Maid Marion, and his band of merry men “rob from the rich” (the evil Sheriff of Nottingham) and “give to the poor.” Action that both adults and children will enjoy abounds in this wonderful parable of goodness over evil.
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East Lynne
Otterbein University
Lady Isabel Carlyle, a beautiful and refined young woman, leaves her hard-working lawyer-husband, Carlyle, and her infant children to elope with an aristocratic suitor, Francis Levison, after wrongfully suspecting and becoming jealous of her husband's friendship with Barbara Hare. However once abroad with Levison she realises he has no intention of marrying her, despite her having borne their illegitimate child. He deserts her, Lady Isabel is disfigured in a train accident and the child is killed. Following this Isabel is able to take the position of governess in the household of her former husband and his new wife allowing her to be close to her children but which also becomes a source of great misery. The pressure of keeping up a façade and being constantly reminded that her husband has moved on eventually physically weakens her. On her deathbed she tells all to Carlyle who forgives her.
Wikipedia contributors. (2019, April 8). East Lynne. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22:50, August 14, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East_Lynne&oldid=891518253
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She Stoops to Conquer
Otterbein University
A round of mistaken identities stir up the hilarity for this quick-paced, rowdy farce that has kept audiences laughing for more than two centuries. Tony Lumpkin directs two lost-in-the-night Londoners to the squire's country home they search for--but impishly tells them it's an inn. Since Marlow, one of the young men, seeks to court the squire's daughter, it results in pickle after delicious pickle as he treats the squire (his prospective father-in-law) and the squire's daughter (his future wife) as an innkeeper and barmaid. The squire is perplexed at being ordered about like a servant, and Marlow indignant at the "innkeepers" treating him as an equal. But some things work to Marlow's advantage...incredibly shy with women of his own station, he is relaxed and charming with the "barmaid" who wins his heart. "The friendliest rag-tag and bobtail out of the Johnsonian period..." Brooks Atkinson, New York Times. "A classic mixture of low comedy and high farce. Here is your, my, everybody's theatre! It's good!"--Robert Garland, New York Journal-American.
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The Rivals
Otterbein University
Set in fashionable Bath, The Rivals centers around the complicated relationship between Lydia Languish and Captain Jack Absolute. The Rivals satirizes the social expectations of courtship and marriage among the upper classes, while also exploring themes of honor and the role of women in the eighteenth century.
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Merry Wives of Windsor
Otterbein University
Falstaff decides to fix his financial woe by seducing the wives of two wealthy merchants. The wives find he sent them identical letters and take revenge by playing tricks on Falstaff when he comes calling. With the help of their husbands and friends, the wives play one last trick in the woods to put Falstaff's mischief to an end.
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Much Ado About Nothing
Otterbein University
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623.
By means of "noting" (which, in Shakespeare's day, sounded similar to "nothing" as in the play's title, and which means gossip, rumour, and overhearing), Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar on the erroneous belief that she has been unfaithful. At the end, Benedick and Beatrice join forces to set things right, and the others join in a dance celebrating the marriages of the two couples.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Much_Ado_About_Nothing
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Barter
Otterbein University
In Barter we have portrayed a New Testament theme with the utmost respect and vividness. It is a very pathetic human story, evolving around the great betrayal of Judas and made to play its way across a stage already set for the greater drama of Calvary. The author shows how love and respectability are bartered for power and place at the very time that the life of Christ is being bartered for mankind. --Irish Catholic
http://library.providence.edu/spcol/drama/files/original/f25d137a6557ff1436f8380baba7b4e0.pdf
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Lady Windermere's Fan
Otterbein University
Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde.
The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman. She confronts him with it but although he denies it, he invites the other woman, Mrs Erlynne, to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's supposed unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband for another lover. After discovering what has transpired, Mrs Erlynne follows Lady Windermere and attempts to persuade her to return to her husband and in the course of this, Mrs Erlynne is discovered in a compromising position. It is then revealed Mrs Erlynne is Lady Windermere's mother, who abandoned her family twenty years before the time the play is set. Mrs Erlynne sacrifices herself and her reputation to save her daughter's marriage.
Wikipedia contributors. (2019, July 14). Lady Windermere's Fan. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 00:06, August 15, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lady_Windermere%27s_Fan&oldid=906237849
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The Witching Hour
Otterbein University
Jack Brookfield, a professional gambler, in whose rooms the play opens, is believed by his friends to be possessed of an extraordinary personal magnetism. It is said that this gift is shared by his sister, Mrs. Campbell and her daughter Viola. The interior decorations of Brookfield’s magnificent house have been planned by Clay Whipple, who is in love with Viola. On seeing that a rival of his is talking earnestly to her at the opera, he proposes to her and is accepted. He kills a man accidentally at the house of Jack Brookfield, and is charged with murder by Frank Hardmuth, the assistant District Attorney, who had been talking to Viola at the opera, and who now asks Jack Brookfield for support in his love suit. Brookfield declines to attempt to influence his niece. In a first trial Clay is convicted, but he is able to secure a second. While the jury are deliberating, Brookfield attempts to concentrate the psychic force of the community upon them with the object of securing an acquittal. Before the trial, which resulted in an acquittal, had come to an end, Brookfield had caused to be published a charge against Hardmuth of having planned and procured the assassination of the governor of Kentucky, whose place he is now anxious to secure. Hardmuth rushes to meet Brookfield and points a Derringer at him but by hypnotic influence is forced to drop it. In the end Brookfield, as he feels that he himself has often been acting against the law, and that his success at cards has been merely due to his hypnotic powers, decides to help Hardmuth, of whom the police are in search, across the line.
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The Laziest Man in the World & Suppressed Desires
Otterbein University
The Laziest Man in the World by Carl Webster Pierce
This little comedy shows how two burglars are cleverly outwitted by the laziest man in the world.
Suppressed Desires by Susan Glaspell
Henrietta's obsession with psychoanalysis leads to a completely off-the-wall interpretation of a dream and very nearly to divorce before the absurdity of the situation is realized.
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Fashion
Otterbein University
A milliner turned respectable wife of high society, Mrs. Tiffany urges her daughter Seraphina to snag a husband of particular grace and class, the “Count” Jolimaitre, and to ignore the poet Twinkle except as a recipient of patronage. Jolimaitre is a fraud, and recognized as such by the maid Millinette, but nevertheless assumes all the affections of a fashionable gentleman in order to further his interests, much to the chagrin of Adam Trueman, a Yankee, who eschews both Mrs. Tiffany and Jolimaitre from the first introductions – or lack thereof. Trueman attempts to set things straight by confronting Mr. Tiffany, but discovers the gentleman too is compromised by fashion. Mr. Tiffany has committed a forgery and faces blackmail from his clerk called Snobson, who wants Seraphina as his own wife. Seraphina is particular to the Count, the Count pursues all the women, Prudence pursues Trueman, Millinette has a torrid history with Jolimaitre, Gertrude believes she loves Twinkle, and Colonel Howard is in love with Gertrude.
Despite financial troubles, Mrs. Tiffany insists on throwing a ball and invites the Count to attend. Gertrude, after overhearing a conversation between the count and the maid, attempts to reveal Jolimaitre as a fraud but gets caught alone with him, a transgression that gets her thrown out of the house. Trueman solves the issue between Tiffany and Snobson by pointing out that the two are equally compromised, and reveals the truth about Jolimaitre’s identity. The ending wraps up with Millinette engaged to marry Jolimaitre, and Gertrude to Colonel Howard, who shares in Trueman’s American ideals. Finally, Trueman resolves to assist the Tiffany’s with their financial difficulties on the conditions that they cease overvaluing fashion in their lives and that Mr. Tiffany sends the women in his family to live in the countryside.
https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/annacoramowatt/2017/04/22/fashion/
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