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Excerpt from Farm Folks: A Rural Play in Four Acts Philip Burleigh. A handsome, polished New York business man, about twenty-five or thirty years old. He is cultured and "stylish," without affectation or pomposity; of a frank and friendly disposition. In Act I he wears a handsome summer suit appropriate for traveling, with straw hat. Act 111, evening dress. Act IV, dark suit, Derby hat, which he carries and lays aside as he enters. Dave Weston. A good-looking, sturdy and manly young farmer, of the rugged and wholesome type. He wears in Acts I and II a plain but neat summer suit, with soft or straw hat. Act IV, the same, or similar attire. Amos Goodwin. Typical farmer, but not of the hayseed type; rather, a prosperous and intelligent countryman, about sixty years of age. In Acts I and II he wears his working clothes, which, however, are not untidy; large straw hat. Act IV, plain suit, neat, and a bit more dressy. Bijah Finn. If convenient, he should be along, "lanky" individual, rather "green," though shrewd and by no means a bumpkin. In Acts I and II he wears baggy trousers, or overalls, with colored shirt; vest, but no coat; tattered straw hat. He carries a small satchel containing his working tools. In Act III he is dressed in his new "best suit," which looks cheap and countrified. In Act IV he shows an attempt at "city style," with a cheap fancy suit, gay vest, flaring necktie, etc. Thompson. Livery, or dress-suit, appropriate to the butler in a fashionable city residence. He is very stiff and pompous, generally looking straight ahead, and never deigning to smile. Flora Goodwin. A pretty, demure country girl, eighteen to twenty-two years old. She shows gentility and refinement, though she is inclined to shyness. She wears in Acts I and II pretty and becoming but modest summer dresses. Act IV, dress of some dark material, the waist of which she changes for one more elegant, though it is not elaborate. Mrs. Burleigh. A handsome, dignified and haughty woman of fifty or sixty. Tall, stately, with gray hair, but a comparatively young face. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.