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    The Revolt: A Play In One Act
    The Revolt: A Play In One Act
    The Revolt: A Play In One Act
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    The Revolt: A Play In One Act

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    "The Revolt" by Ellis Parker Butler. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 20, 2019
    ISBN4064066139292
    The Revolt: A Play In One Act
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    Ellis Parker Butler

    Ellis Parker Butler (1869–1937) was an American author of more than thirty books and two thousand stories and essays. His career spanned more than forty years, and his stories, poems, and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. Despite the enormous volume of his work, Butler was, for most of his life, only a part-time author. He worked full-time as a banker and was very active in his local community. A founding member of both the Dutch Treat Club and the Authors League of America, Butler was an always-present force in the New York City literary scene. He died in Williamsville, Massachusetts.

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      The Revolt - Ellis Parker Butler

      Ellis Parker Butler

      The Revolt

      A Play In One Act

      Published by Good Press, 2019

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066139292

      Table of Contents

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      CHARACTERS

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      GRANDMA GREGG—Founder of the Flushing Academy of Household Science for Young Ladies.

      PAULINE—Working out her tuition.

      SUSAN JANE JONES—An Emissary of the American Ladies' Association for the Promotion of Female Supremacy.

      KATE—A student.

      GRACE—A student.

      EDITH—A student.

      IDA—A student.

      MAY—A student.

      OTHER YOUNG LADY STUDENTS.

      THE IDEAL HUSBAND—by himself.

      SCENE.—The class room of Grandma Gregg's Academy of Household Science for Young Ladies, at Flushing.

      TIME.—Now or soon.

      THE REVOLT

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      SCENE.—The Class-room. A table. Chairs arranged in semi-circle; an easy chair for Grandma Gregg. Screen in one corner. Chairs or couch upon which to lay wraps and hats. Otherwise an ordinary room. Tea things on the table.

      (PAULINE, center of stage, with pail, broom, dusting rag, scrubbing brushes and mop, is discovered on hands and knees scrubbing. As curtain rises she rises to her knees, throws scrubbing brush and soap into the pail, gets up with difficulty and mops the floor. She is singing.)

      PAULINE. (singing) All alone, all alone, nobody here but me. All alone, all alone, nobody here but me, All alone, all— (she stops mopping and leans on the mop handle) Here it is now two weeks I've been workin' out my tuition in this Academy of Household Science for Young Ladies, and 'tis nothin' but scrub, scrub, mop, mop, sweep, sweep, from mornin' 'til night! I see plenty of work, but none of that tuition

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