Black and White by Wilkie Collins - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By Wilkie Collins

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• Language: English
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• Release date: Jul 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781788770934

Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and more than 100 essays. His best-known works are The Woman in White and The Moonstone.

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The Complete Works of

WILKIE COLLINS

VOLUME 33 OF 47

Black and White

Parts Edition

By Delphi Classics, 2015

Version 1

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‘Black and White’

Wilkie Collins: Parts Edition (in 47 parts)

First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

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ISBN: 978 1 78877 093 4

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Wilkie Collins: Parts Edition

This eBook is Part 33 of the Delphi Classics edition of Wilkie Collins in 47 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Black and White from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Wilkie Collins, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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WILKIE COLLINS

IN 47 VOLUMES

Parts Edition Contents

The Novels

1, Antonina

2, Basil

3, Hide and Seek

4, A Rogue’s Life

5, The Dead Secret

6, The Woman in White

7, No Name

8, Armadale

9, The Moonstone

10, Man and Wife

11, Poor Miss Finch

12, The New Magdalen

13, The Law and the Lady

14, The Two Destinies

15, The Haunted Hotel

16, The Fallen Leaves

17, Jezebel’s Daughter

18, The Black Robe

19, Heart and Science

20, I Say No

21, The Evil Genius

22, The Guilty River

23, The Legacy of Cain

24, Blind Love

The Short Story Collections

25, After Dark

26, The Queen of Hearts

27, Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline

28, The Frozen Deep and Other Stories

29, Little Novels

30, Miscellaneous Short Stories

The Plays

31, The Frozen Deep

32, No Thoroughfare

33, Black and White

34, No Name- Play

35, The Woman in White- Play

36, The New Magdalen- Play

37, Miss Gwilt

38, The Moonstone- Play

The Non-Fiction

39, Memoirs of the Life of William Collins Esq, Ra

40, Rambles Beyond Railways

41, My Miscellanies

42, Miscellaneous Essays and Articles

The Biographies

43, Wilkie Collins’ Charms by Olive Logan

44, Men of Mark: W. Wilkie Collins by Edmund Yates

45, Wilkie Collins by William Teignmouth Shore

46, Extracts from ‘Memories of Half a Century’ by Rudolph Chambers Lehmann

47, Extracts from ‘Life of Charles Dickens’ by John Forster

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Black and White

A LOVE STORY IN THREE ACTS.

CONTENTS

CAST OF CHARACTERS.

ACT I.

ACT II.

ACT III.

BLACK AND WHITE

A LOVE STORY IN THREE ACTS.

BY WILKIE COLLINS AND CHARLES FECHTER

AS FIRST PERFORMED AT THE ADELPHI THEATRE, LONDON, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF BENJAMIN WEBSTER, ESQ., ON MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1869.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES — CAST OF THE CHARACTERS — ENTRANCES AND EXITS — RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PERFORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OF THE STAGE BUSINESS.

CAST OF CHARACTERS.

Count Maurice de Leyrac (Lead)

Stephen Westcraft (Heavy Character)

David Michaelmas (Low Comedy or Old Man)

Plato (1st Low Comedy)

Provost Marshal (Utility)

Wolf (2d Heavy)

Slaves, Planters, Jailors, etc.

Miss Milburn (Lead)

Mrs. Penfold (Walking Lady)

Ruth, a Quadroon (Character)

Slave Girls, etc.

TIME OF PLAYING — TWO HOURS

SCENERY (West Indian, Winter)

ACT I. — Scene 1st. — Boudoir, verandah, and landscape, in 4th grooves. Night.

Landscape on flat, distant view of high mountains; palmettos in middle distance; cactus and other tropical plants in foreground. Moon, R. C., transparent, which is not to show when this scene is seen by sunlight effect, as Scene 1st, Act 2d. Tubs of orange trees along flat. The windows in 3d groove set are French windows reaching to the foot of the flat, but are not used for entrance ways. The C. opening is large, width of a folding-doorway; curtains of light stuff to all these. Light matting