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    The Scape-Goat: A Farce in One Act
    The Scape-Goat: A Farce in One Act
    The Scape-Goat: A Farce in One Act
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    The Scape-Goat: A Farce in One Act

    By John Poole

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    Published in 1824, The Scape-Goat is an absorbing farce by John Poole. He was one of the earliest and most celebrated 19th-century playwrights of popular comic drama like Paul Pry and Hamlet Travestie. This wonderfully written play is filled with humorous exchanges and witty characters.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateJun 13, 2022
    ISBN8596547057796
    The Scape-Goat: A Farce in One Act

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      The Scape-Goat - John Poole

      John Poole

      The Scape-Goat: A Farce in One Act

      EAN 8596547057796

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

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      DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

      THE SCAPE-GOAT.

      DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

      Table of Contents

      THE SCAPE-GOAT.

      Table of Contents

      Scene—Polyglot’s study. A door on each side, conducting to other apartments. An opening to the garden, at the back of the stage. Another door leading to the interior of the house. Globes, books, maps, &c. are scattered about.

      Robin discovered, turning a globe.

      Robin. ’Tis an extraordinary thing, that, do what I will, I can’t make myself sensible. I turn the world topsy-turvy for hours together, as I see my young master, Mr. Charles, do; like Mr. Ignatius Polyglot, his tutor, I sometimes look into a book full of Greek or Latin; but all to no purpose. Ah! Mr. Polyglot must be in the right: he can’t bear the sight of a woman in the house, for fear Mr. Charles should fall in love, and neglect his studies; and, for my part, I’m sure that, if all the Greek I have got in my pocket (shewing a book) were cramm’d into my head, one thought of my sweet little Somersetshire lass, Molly Maggs, would drive it out again.

      Enter Molly Maggs, from the Garden.

      Molly. Hist! hist! Robin!

      Robin. What! my dear Molly! You may come in.

      Molly. I’m afeard, Robin.

      Robin. There’s nothing to be afraid of just now.

      Molly. Where’s Mr. Ignoramus, the tutorer, then?

      Robin. Mr. Ignatius you mean. He’s out, taking his evening’s walk.

      Molly. Be he? I hope he be gone down towards the little bridge.

      Robin. Why?

      Molly. The last time he went that way, he were so busy at what he called soldering a problem, that he stumbled over into the brook. If I had been in your place, Robin, before I pulled him out again I’d ha’ made him

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