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Twice Killed - John Oxenford
John Oxenford
Twice Killed
A Farce in One Act
Sharp Ink Publishing
2022
Contact: info@sharpinkbooks.com
ISBN 978-80-282-3057-9
Table of Contents
CHARACTERS.
COSTUMES.
TWICE KILLED.
FrontispieceRECKLESS. My old friend Facile. I can’t be mistaken. (slaps on back.) Facile, my boy!
FACILE. (aside.) That’s the constable. No, sir, not here; it came from the window next door.
Act I, Scene ii
TWICE KILLED
A FARCE
IN
ONE ACT
BY
JOHN OXENFORD
AUTHOR OF
Five Pounds Reward; Only a Half-penny; Reigning Favourite; Dice of Death, &c. &c.
THOMAS HAILES LACY,
89, STRAND,
(Opposite Southampton Street, Covent Garden Market,)
LONDON.
TWICE KILLED.
First performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, November 26th, 1835.
CHARACTERS.
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COSTUMES.
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FACILE.—Brown dress coat, black pantaloons, white waistcoat.
RECKLESS.—Green Newmarket cut coat, light waistcoat, fashionable trousers.
FABLE.—Black suit.
MR. HOLDFAST.—Brown coat, dark trousers, and shoes.
TOM.—Grey livery coat, white knee breeches, top boots.
ROBERT.—Green livery coat, white knee breeches, ditto gaiters.
MRS. FACILE.—Black dress, ditto net apron, embroidered with flowers.
MISS FLIGHTY.—Plain white book muslin dress, white satin slip.
FANNY PEPPER.—Red dress, brown holland apron embroidered with green, cuffs to match, red ribbon in cap.
Time of representation, 45 minutes.
TWICE KILLED.
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SCENE I.—A view by a river side; on the opposite bank are seen the backs of houses—immersed in water, as at Blackwall, &c.
Enter TOM, with a large hamper, L. H.
TOM. Come, this will do; though its utility exceeds its beauty; a confoundedly ugly basket, though destined to hold most rare contents: several sugar loaves, a canister of tea—black and green, almonds and raisins in abundance, coffee, rice, and spices, bars of soap, starch and powder, blue enough to