Fight, The: A Play in Four Acts
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Title
Fight, The: A Play in Four Acts
Description
Play Length: Four Acts
Synopsis: Tom Inglis has refused to marry Dr Stanhope's nurse - Nance Crosswaithe. He avers he has tuberculosis. In fact, he is syphilitic. Stanhope knows Inglis has fallen in love (so he thinks) with Ettie Beaumont, the orphan daughter of Lord Beaumont and his abandoned wife. Ettie is brought up by Mr and Mrs Shotwell, but on a Guy Fawkes night her sight is ruined by a firework explosion. It is partially restored, but she inadvertently learns of Inglis' past. She plans to suicide, but is persuaded to live and to love Dr Stanhope. All this is against the background of the Shotwell's life-savings being lost by bank crashes and rash investments. To add to their disasters, they have badly invested the money Ettie's mother left them to provide for her. However, Ettie's father miraculously provides for her.
Setting:
I A wood-panelled room in Shotwell's house. Evening.
II The same. A month later.
III A room in Dr Stanhope's house. Noon six weeks later.
IV The same. A day later.
Characters:
1. MAGGIE
2. MRS SHOTWELL
3. MR SHOTWELL
4. TOM INGLIS
5. BOBBIE, their nephew
6. DR STANHOPE
7. ETTIE BEAUMONT, a niece by adoption
8. MRS STANHOPE
9. NANCE CROSSTHWAITE, nurse
10. FLORRIE
Cast:
1. Miss E. Montague
2. E.C. Davidson
3. Percy Henry
4. J.A. Davidson
5. Baden Gilbert
6. E. Bryning
7. Isobel de Soyers
8. J.M. Wilson
9. Peggy Mudge
10. E. Montague
Synopsis: Tom Inglis has refused to marry Dr Stanhope's nurse - Nance Crosswaithe. He avers he has tuberculosis. In fact, he is syphilitic. Stanhope knows Inglis has fallen in love (so he thinks) with Ettie Beaumont, the orphan daughter of Lord Beaumont and his abandoned wife. Ettie is brought up by Mr and Mrs Shotwell, but on a Guy Fawkes night her sight is ruined by a firework explosion. It is partially restored, but she inadvertently learns of Inglis' past. She plans to suicide, but is persuaded to live and to love Dr Stanhope. All this is against the background of the Shotwell's life-savings being lost by bank crashes and rash investments. To add to their disasters, they have badly invested the money Ettie's mother left them to provide for her. However, Ettie's father miraculously provides for her.
Setting:
I A wood-panelled room in Shotwell's house. Evening.
II The same. A month later.
III A room in Dr Stanhope's house. Noon six weeks later.
IV The same. A day later.
Characters:
1. MAGGIE
2. MRS SHOTWELL
3. MR SHOTWELL
4. TOM INGLIS
5. BOBBIE, their nephew
6. DR STANHOPE
7. ETTIE BEAUMONT, a niece by adoption
8. MRS STANHOPE
9. NANCE CROSSTHWAITE, nurse
10. FLORRIE
Cast:
1. Miss E. Montague
2. E.C. Davidson
3. Percy Henry
4. J.A. Davidson
5. Baden Gilbert
6. E. Bryning
7. Isobel de Soyers
8. J.M. Wilson
9. Peggy Mudge
10. E. Montague
Creator
Davidson, E. Coulson (as George Byfield)
Source
NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection. [Typescript in Campbell Howard Collection written under the name George Byfield]
Publisher
[not stated in UNE collection record]
Date
1915
Contributor
University of New England Library, New South Wales, Australia
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Relation
NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection
Format
PDF 9.32MB
Language
en
Type
Text
Identifier
byfi-fight-a4.pdf
Coverage
Australia; 1920-1955
Collection
Citation
Davidson, E. Coulson (as George Byfield), “Fight, The: A Play in Four Acts,” Campbell Howard Project, accessed April 25, 2024, https://campbell-howard-collection.une.edu.au/items/show/9.