False shame: a comedy, in four acts, / translated from the German of Kotzebue.
- Title
- False shame: a comedy, in four acts, / translated from the German of Kotzebue.
- Author
- Kotzebue, August von, 1761-1819.
- Publication
- New-York: :: Printed by M.L. & W.A. Davis. For Thomas S. Arden, no. 186, Pearl-Street.,
- 1800.
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- Plays -- 1800.
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"False shame: a comedy, in four acts, / translated from the German of Kotzebue." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N28321.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
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FALSE SHAME.
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ACT I.
- SCENE I. JOHN, upon a short ladder, clipping the hedge, humming a ditty and talking at intervals.
- SCENE II. EMMA crosses the Stage slowly, knitting, and as she passes says—Good morrow JOHN.
- SCENE III. Enter FRELON.
- SCENE IV. The Privy Counsellor FLAXLAND and the former.
- SCENE V. Counsellor FLAXLAND and JOHN.
- SCENE VI. EMMA, and the former.
- SCENE VII. MINNA, HUGEL, FLAXLAND.
- SCENE VIII. MRS. FLAXLAND VISCOUNT DE MAILLAC, and the former.
- SCENE IX. The VISCOUNT, and HUGEL.
- SCENE X. HUGEL, Solus.
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ACT II.
- SCENE I. CAPTAIN ERLACH.
- SCENE II. CAPTAIN ERLACH and John.
- SCENE III. ERLACH solus.
- SCENE IV. ERLACH and the COUNSELLOR.
- SCENE V. ERLACH solus.
- SCENE VI. ERLACH and EMMA.
- SCENE VII. ERLACH, MRS. FLAXLAND, MINNA, HUGEL and EMMA.
- SCENE VIII. MINNA, the VISCOUNT, Herr von HUGEL.
- SCENE IX. MINNA and HUGEL.
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ACT III.
- SCENE I. CAPTAIN ERLACH
- SCENE II. EMMA and ERLACH.
- SCENE III. ERLACH and MRS. FLAXLAND.
- SCENE IV. ERLACH and HUGEL.
- SCENE V. EMMA enters, and exclaims on perceiving HUGEL.
- SCENE VI. EMMA and HUGEL.
- SCENE VII. EMMA alone.
- SCENE VIII. MADAME MOREAU appears, very meanly, though cleanly dressed; she supports herself on a walking cane, sometimes stopping, and looking mournfully around; at length she approaches EMMA, unobserved, and contemplates her from head to foot, with mingled emotion and curiosity.
- SCENE IX. MADAME MOREAU, alone.
- SCENE X. Counsellor FLAXLAND and Madame MOREAU.
- SCENE XI. EMMA and JOHN, enter hastily, from opposite sides.
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ACT IV.
- SCENE I. ERLACH enters in hasts—stops in the mid|dle of the stage—appears to be considering—after a minute's deep thought, he raps his cane on the ground, as if he meant 'it shall be so,' and is going off—the Counsellor meets and stops him.
- SCENE II. EMMA and ERLACH.
- SCENE III. MADAME MOREAU, the former.
- SCENE IV. As he is going off arm in arm with her, they suddenly meet Minna and Hugel, also arm in arm—both couple, without separating, front one another.
- SCENE VI. The COUNSELLOR and the former.
- SCENE VI. JOHN, the former.
- SCENE VIII.
- SCENE IX. ERLACH and the former.
- SCENE X. MADAME MOREAU, HUGEL, MINNA, EMMA, and the former.
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ACT I.