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A Day Well Spent

John Oxenford

Book Overview: 

First performed in London in April 1835 at the Theatre Royal, English Opera House, this one-act play was the inspiration for Thornton Wilder's The Merchant of Yonkers and The Matchmaker, and the musical Hello, Dolly!.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .MR. ROMER. Peter Prig (an ex-foreman, likewise no gentleman) MR. SANDERS. Coachman MR. IRELAND. Waiter MR. LEWIS. Miss Harriet Cotton (an adventurous lady) MISS SHAW. Mrs. Stitchley (an old lady) MRS. EMDEN. Miss Brown (her bosom friend—a middle-aged lady) MRS. F. MATTHEWS. Mrs. Chargely (a beneficent lady) MISS ROBINSON. Bridget (a lady’s lady) MISS JACKSON.

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A DAY WELL SPENT. SCENE I.

A Room in COTTON’S house;—an open door in C. flat.

Enter COTTON, with a letter.

COT. Provoking! to leave my shop all day for the sake of calling on this old Wealthington!—that I should be required to call on him!—not but he is a rich relation, and . . . Read More