Such Things Are: A Play, in Five Acts

By Mrs. Inchbald

'Such Things Are' is a five-act play penned by Elizabeth Inchbald. The story revolves around the daring liberation of the oppressed prisoners, who have suffered for far too long in the dungeons of an East Indian Sultan. The play's central character, inspired by the famous prison reformer John Howard, leads the charge for justice and sets out on a mission to free the captive souls from their unjust imprisonment. This is a heart-pounding drama that will leave you on the edge of your seat, as you witness the battle for freedom unfold before your eyes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 20, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066140960

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Mrs. Inchbald

Such Things Are

A Play, in Five Acts

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4064066140960

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PLAY,

FIVE ACTS.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.

Mrs. INCHBALD.

ADVERTISEMENT.

PROLOGUE,

ACT I.

SCENE, The Island of Sumatra, in East India .

CHARACTERS.

ACT I.

ACT II.

ACT III.

ACT IV.

ACT V.

FINIS.

PLAY,

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IN

FIVE ACTS.

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AS PERFORMED AT THE

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.

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BY

Mrs. INCHBALD.

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SECOND EDITION.

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LONDON:

Printed for G. G. J. and J. ROBINSON, Pater-noster Row.

MDCCLXXXVIII.

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The travels of an Englishman throughout Europe, and even in some parts of Asia, to soften the sorrows of the Prisoner, excited in the mind of the Author the subject of the following pages, which, formed into a dramatic story, have produced from the Theatre a profit far exceeding the usual pecuniary advantages arising from a successful Comedy.

The uncertainty in what part of the East the hero of the present piece was (at the time it was written) dispensing his benevolence, caused the Writer, after many researches and objections, to fix the scene on the island of Sumatra, where the English settlement, the system of government, and every description of the manners of the people, reconcile the incidents of the Play to the strictest degree of probability.

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PROLOGUE,

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Written by THOMAS VAUGHAN, Esq.

Spoken by Mr. HOLMAN.

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ACT I.

SCENE, The Island of Sumatra, in

East India.

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CHARACTERS.

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SUCH THINGS ARE.

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A PLAY.

IN FIVE ACTS.

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ACT I.

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SCENE I. A Parlour at Sir Luke Tremor's.

Enter Sir Luke, followed by Lady Tremor.

Sir Luke. I tell you, Madam, you are two and thirty.

Lady Tremor. I tell you, Sir, you are mistaken.

Sir Luke. Why, did not you come over from England exactly sixteen years ago?

Lady. Not so long.

Sir Luke. Have not we been married the tenth of next April sixteen years?

Lady. Not so long.—

Sir Luke. Did you not come over the year of the great Eclipse? answer me that.

Lady. I don't remember it.

Sir Luke. But I do—and shall remember it as long as I live—the first time I saw you, was in the garden of the Dutch Envoy; you were looking through a glass at the sun—I immediately began to make love to you, and the whole affair was settled while the eclipse lasted—just one hour, eleven minutes, and three seconds.

Lady. But what is all this to my age?

Sir Luke. Because I know you were at that time near seventeen—and without