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...Kelly '12 A French Merchant, R. D. Whittemore '13 An Italian Merchant, E. Hutchins '11 A Surgeon, C. M. Burr '14 A Preacher, H. G. Knight '13 First Drawer, R. C. Benchley '12 Second Drawer, A. J. Kelly '12 Servant, H. G. Knight '13 Chorus, G. S. Deming 1G.S. Bess Bridges, T. M. Spelman '13 A Kitchenmaid, C. M. Burr...
...story of the play deals with the adventures of Bess Bridges, a tavernmaid at the Castle Tavern, Plymouth; and Spencer, a gallant, with whom she has fallen in love. Carrol, another gallant, insults Bess, for which Spencer slays him in a duel. For this he is obliged to flee from Plymouth. At night Spencer comes to the tavern to say farewell to Bess. He bids her go to the Windmill Tavern which he owns at Foy, and departs for Fayal with his friend Captain Goodlack. Bess goes to Foy and acts as mistress of the tavern. Among the gallants whom...
Goodlack arrives at Foy and resolves to test Bess, hoping she may prove false and that he may keep the legacy. But finding his efforts futile, he finally tells Bess of the money. Spencer returning from Fayal, has been captured by a Spanish captain. Bess, in the meanwhile, has decided to set sail for Fayal and as captain of the ship "Negro," learns that the Spaniards have desecrated the supposed Spencer's body. The "Negro" gives fight to a Spanish vessel and captures it. When Spencer is brought before her she thinks him a ghost, and he does not recognize...
...Captain, P. H. Keays '13 Another Captain, R. D. Whittemore '13 Mayor of Foy, P. J. Stearns '13 Alderman, F. C. Rogerson '13 Mullisheg, King of Fez., P. Snedeker 1L. A Spanish Captain, R. P. Lewis '13 A Surgeon, C. M. Burr '14 A Preacher, H. G. Knight '13 Bess Bridges, T. M. Spelman '13 A Kitchenmaid, D. J. P. Wingate...
...Fair Maid of the West" is a romantic drama dealing with the fortunes of Bess Bridges and her lover, Captain Spencer. The scenes shift rapidly from English taverns to Spanish galleons and pirate ships, and to the coast of Morocco. The play is characterized by skilfully drawn contrasts between familiar events of English domestic life and the romantic episodes of sea-roving and foreign travel...