Word: puppet
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...last act the toyman presents in a puppet show a ridiculous parody on the story of Hero and Leander. The zealous Busy rushes in to pull down the puppets, but, consenting to a debate with them, he is utterly routed by their arguments. Justice Overdo then reveals his identity in order to stop the show, and reads off the list of misdoings he has discovered. All the "enormities" are turned upon him, and he finds he has been mistaken in every individual case. Conciliated, he seeks reconciliation with the falsely accused by a general invitation to go home with...
...last act Littlewit goes to see how a puppet-show is conducted by Leatherhead. Busy rushes on and attempts to stop the performance, but is persuaded to be quiet. Now Overdo appears and discloses his identity, thinking he has discovered the perpetrators of all the crimes at the fair, but finds himself mistaken. Trouble-all, a mad man, Mooncalf, a tapster, and Haggise and Bristle, two drunken watchmen, furnish the low comedy parts...