Transcribed from the 1907 William Heinemann edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson Deacon Brodie Beau Austin Admiral Guinea Robert Macaire [Picture: Decorative graphic] London William Heinemann 1907 * * * * * _Copyright_ _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS PAGE DEACON BRODIE 1 BEAU AUSTIN 111 ADMIRAL GUINEA 177 ROBERT MACAIRE 251 DEACON BRODIE OR THE DOUBLE LIFE A MELODRAMA IN FIVE ACTS AND EIGHT TABLEAUX PERSONS REPRESENTED WILLIAM BRODIE, Deacon of the Wrights, Housebreaker and Master Carpenter. OLD BRODIE, the Deacon’s Father. WILLIAM LAWSON, Procurator-Fiscal, the Deacon’s Uncle. ANDREW AINSLIE, HUMPHREY MOORE, GEORGE SMITH, Robbers in the Deacon’s gang. CAPTAIN RIVERS, an English Highwayman. HUNT, a Bow Street Runner. A DOCTOR. WALTER LESLIE. MARY BRODIE, the Deacon’s Sister. JEAN WATT, the Deacon’s Mistress. VAGABONDS, OFFICERS OF THE WATCH, MEN-SERVANTS. The Scene is laid in Edinburgh. The Time is towards the close of the Eighteenth Century. The Action, some fifty hours long, begins at eight p.m. on Saturday and ends before midnight on Monday. NOTE.—_Passages suggested for omission in representation are enclosed in square brackets_, _thus_ [ ]. SYNOPSIS OF ACTS AND TABLEAUX ACT I. TABLEAU I. The Double Life. TABLEAU II. Hunt the Runner. TABLEAU III. Mother Clarke’s. ACT II. TABLEAU IV. Evil and Good. ACT III. TABLEAU V. King’s Evidence. TABLEAU VI. Unmasked. ACT IV. TABLEAU VII. The Robbery. ACT V. TABLEAU VIII. The Open Door. LONDON: PRINCE’S THEATRE 2_d_ _July_ 1884 DEACON BRODIE, Mr. E. J. HENLEY. WALTER LESLIE, Mr. CHARLES CARTWRIGHT. WILLIAM LAWSON, Mr. JOHN MACLEAN. ANDREW AINSLIE, Mr. FRED DESMOND. HUMPHREY MOORE, Mr. EDMUND GRACE. GEORGE SMITH, Mr. JULIAN CROSS. HUNT, Mr. HUBERT AKHURST. OLD BRODIE, Mr. A. KNIGHT. CAPTAIN RIVERS, Mr. BRANDON THOMAS. MARY BRODIE, Miss LIZZIE WILLIAMS. JEAN WATT, Miss MINNIE BELL. MONTREAL 26_th_ _September_ 1887