Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw

By John Maddison Morton

The author of this farce wrote mainly comedy often in the form of theatrical farce. This is a one-act play first staged at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London in 1851. There are six characters in the play: four men and two women. In the unchanged manner of true farce, there are enough exits and entrances to easily cause confusion, and enough silly scenarios to make us laugh.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 8, 2020
• ISBN: 4064066062231

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John Maddison Morton

Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw

Published by Good Press, 2022

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No. XLII.

THE MINOR DRAMA

EDITED BY F. C. WEMYSS.

A farce,

BY JOHN MADDISON MORTON ,

CAST OF CHARACTERS.

COSTUMES.

STAGE DIRECTIONS.

REMARKS.

No. XLII.

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THE MINOR DRAMA

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EDITED BY F. C. WEMYSS.

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GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW,

AND BRADSHAW.

A farce,

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IN ONE ACT.

BY JOHN MADDISON MORTON,

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MEMBER OF THE DRAMATIC AUTHORS SOCIETY.

NEW-YORK:

WM. TAYLOR & CO., 16 Park Place

BALTIMORE, MD.:

WM. & HENRY TAYLOR, Sun Iron Buildings.

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First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Tuesday,

July 1st, 1851.

CAST OF CHARACTERS.

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Time in Representation, Fifty Minutes.

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COSTUMES.

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STAGE DIRECTIONS.

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REMARKS.

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This is one of those happy little trifles peculiar to Morton's style of dramatic composition, which will have its ephemeral popularity, be acted, be laughed at, and be forgotten. There is the old story of

a shocking bad hat

which forms one of the principal sources of amusement, changing its owner to suit the purpose of the author. Then, to use Grimshaw's own words, it rains a shower of men and women, running the hay through closets, concealed panels and beds, causing ludicrous mistakes at every change of position, proving the author to be a thorough master of his art; in fact, no writer of the present day understands the stage effect of tableau, aided by dialogue, better than Morton; and the auditor who cannot laugh at Grimshaw, Bagshaw and Bradshaw, must indeed be a prey to spleen and unfit to associate with any true son of