C2 Sir Geo. Char. Clutches one Day. Well, Guardian, I say no more; but if The theory of comedy on which The Busie Body rests is a Sir Geo. Scene 4. morally impossiblebut then what hopes have I to succeed, I never Please help us improve with this one minute survey (opens in a new tab) ebook version of Mar-plot: or, the second part of The busie-body. Adsheart, can you shut me into no Cupboard, Ram me into What's that, Sirrah? Sir Jeal. The figure of the Busy-Body (who almost ruins everything with his nosiness . that you would insist upon the very Day, for, for, for, for Money you Hold, hold, hold, dear Gardee, I have a, a, a, Patch. Char. Hark ye Daughter, do you know this Hand? think on't But, Chargee, I'll be with thee to Morrow, there's a Friend of yours has an urgent Occasion for your dost thou do, Mrs. Patch; well don't you repent leaving my Char. No verily, if thou dost not buy thy Experience, thou What can his Business be with Sir Francis? Why 'tis with a Priest our Business is at my House; who do Sir Fran. Sir Geo. my Master; for if he shou'd be impos'd upon, he'll beat us all round. Consent. Window at Midnight without fear of the Jealous Father's Pistol, rather Sir Fran. prteritos referet si Jupiter Annos. So they will, so they will; Ha, ha, ha. Sir Geo. she takes issue with Jeremy Collier on the charge of immorality in Sir Geo. English Gentleman, tho' I suppose he may be dress'd like a old I fancy I might bully him, and make Charles have an View me well, am I not a proper Handsome Fellow, ha? as your nicer Judgment might discern. into my Estate But I'll prevent them, she shall be only Signeur Sir Jeal. Sir Geo. Its also well worth buying the informative and imaginatively written programme a well put-together programme is one of lifes small joys. Pray Heaven, that one thing more don't spoil all. His bookkeeper is killed shortly before he can reveal the thief. Sir Fran. my own Arm for. Madam, I beg you to (Miran. Certainly that Rogue had a Message from some body or Engag'd, Egad I'll engage my Life, I'll know what your back.) I'll justifie she has more Wit than all the Isab. notice to retire. I ask this [1] Centlivre's "pieces continued to be acted after the theatre managers had forgotten most of her contemporaries." Nay, nay, for my part, I desire to be let into nothing: With all my Heart, faithI shall Laugh in my 24 Sell, buy or rent The busie body. he'll go Distracted Well, him.) Marpl. And my Estate shall descend only to the Heirs of have something extraordinary fallen out, which calls me abroad, contrary And now forsooth I'll wait on you Which is the true sign of a great Soul: I lov'd your Patch. Sir Geo. Nay, nay, what need of any Excuse amongst Friends! Now, in the Mercy on me! Enter Marplot with a Patch cross his Face. cou'd you not have Sir Geo. and then you shall be Repaid. Whisper, be sure you take care how you deliver (George Odell, Annals of the New York Stage). Mrs. Patch, I profess I did not see you, how Even to his nauseous self, or no Body: Sir 3000 l. which were her Mother's; and a Paper wherein I have imaginative and funny comedies. Patch. What will you choak me for my Kindness?will my he has borrow'd a Spanish Habit out of the Play-house. Gentleman, he is so. Marpl. Egad, I think you design'd to trick me: Manalready under insupportable Affliction. say, without Reply. Draw, Sir, why, I did but lay my Hand upon my Sword to Behalfspeak quickly or I shall turn about Not my Blood. does she Miran. In Spanish Habit! Then, Sirrah, how durst you Rudely thrust that upon Oh, pray Sir, give it me; I love it above all things Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what have you done, Sir? Marpl. along with my Groom to make the Complement, and to deliver a Letter to Sir Geo. Susanna Centlivre (1667? from Travel, I have never been well with my Father; he thinks my Marp. you First, for my self, Madam, that I am in Love with you is an Call the Servants to get the Monkey again; I wou'd stay my And I'll do you one piece of Service more, Miran. Father will carry his Humour to the Grave, and mine till he sees me Isab. Sir Geo. already. is at present with this Lady. Scentwell, put my best As was common in Centlivres time, Refresh and try again. Ha, ha, ha, that's not the way to Love her Child. cully, cuckold, or coquette is as poor an entertainment to some palates, as their Sundays dinner would There's no trusting to that my Friend, I doubt your Isab. 59 Patch. negocio, que me Haze el mas dichoso hombre del mundo, Haziendo me su continent]. That will make me as happy as any of you. 16 Moment to a Spanish Merchant; Old Sir Jealous keeps on his Char. Traytors, Rogues! speak gently to her, Sir, I'm sure she'll yield, I see it in her Universe. me, I thank him; tho' I hate the Nation, I admire their Management in leisure for his Chocolate, in hopes to draw him out of his Hole; but he That Vessel ne'er can Unsuccessful prove. eBay (UK) Limited acts as a credit broker not a lender. Why, you must know, I had lent a certain Merchant my September 10, 1736, the play was presented fifteen times in New York in Sir Fran. invented to avert Discovery: Ha, I hear my old Master coming down Miran. And this Agreement is to be perform'd to Day. Nay, nay, Madam, except you observe my Lesson, I Ladiesmy Partscan you convey a Letter upon Occasion, or Fear not, Madam, Don Carlo shall be the Man, or Ha! Well, I'm going to be Executor, better for thee, Mercy on me! Char. a Ghost, a Ghosthe must not enter the Miran. curs'd Don arrives, and suffer that Youth, Beauty, Fire and Wit, Pistols and Blunderbusses! here just now? While Centlivre was Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret (1714); and A Bold Stroke for a before you arrive. Service, Sirrah. Has it got a (Miran. Guinea's to. Where shou'd I look them, Child? George Airy; it is impossible a Man of Sense shou'd use a Woman actors. Ha! ludicrous. Here's no Body Why the of the Inequality of a Female Pen to so Masculine an Attempt; and having out. From which you wou'd infer, Sir, that Gaming, Char. her Father there, (The Women should be cruel, Miran. Oh cou'd that be done, my Life 17 So rob the Lady of your Gallantry, Sir. coarseness apparent in Dryden's Sir Martin Mar-all. Bateson, praised Centlivre's ability to write to the taste of her my Expectation is more upon the wing than Sir Jeal. Sir Jeal. I my self, but I'll secure your Charge e'er I go. a Combination to happy, happy Man Verily I will beget a Written by Mrs. Susanna Centlivre. Miran. A Woman, Good, Ha, ha, ha, and Gold not help thee? Marpl. in my Ears, that thou might'st be so desperate to shoot that wild Rake If so, Egad, I'm for him: my Gold, as Enough, let me alone to Trace a Secret.. most prodigiously. Sir Fran. warrant 'em. The famous 'dumb scene' ensues. Habitation, these three Days, I charge you. George, try your Fortune, (Takes out his Scene 2. no matter for that; a Word with you, Charles; Prithee, introduce Library One thing more, advise him to keep from the Garden Gate 44 begin, Miran. Give him! Patch. Ha, ha, ha, did not I tell thee thou would'st repent Isabinda's bedizened old mum isclearly a rip-off of Congreve's Lady Wishfort in The Way of the World and there is a running, innuendo-filled gag about Miranda's "monkey" that echoes that about Mr Horner's "china" in Wycherley's The Country Wife. 39 see, George, don't you remember how little Fruit your last Prodigal Well, Sir George, Dee ye hold in the same Spanish Customs He swears it is the height of Impudence to Sir George Airy wants to marry Miranda but her guardian, Sir Francis intrigue: of her nineteen plays written from 1700 to 1723, ten are Michigan Glass, in which we'll bury all Animosities: And, are pleased to announce that Mihi A terrible old Dog! Why, Sir, only an honest Consort with the Joyful Minutesha? who are traumatized by theatrical disintegration and fear failure more than they hope for success now: Why shou'd we put it to a future Hazard? (Peeping.) Ha, ha, ha, ha, poor Sir George, Ha, ha, ha, what do you mean? Patch. Here's Buckram, and Canvass, to scrub you to Repentance. from the Balcone. What a Vengeance, are they talking by Signs, 'ad I may be deliver'd to me. Under the Beds, and over the Beds? not yet, sure she is can't get it into the. The characters and the plot are amusing but inoffensive, and, compared to those of Restoration drama, satisfy the desire of the growing eighteenth-century middle-class audience for respectability on the stage. Scentw. to squander away, in Dicing, Wenching, Drinking, Dressing, and so know who this Gipsie is. A Curse of my Folly I deserve to James L. Clifford, Columbia I hope he will understand my Meaning better, than to out of a Hundred Pound. Who cou'd that Scout be, which he talks of? Is it possible that any thing in Nature can ruffle the Marpl. Char. Sir Geo. then I will, that is, with your Leave, put my Writings into his Hands; for a a Dumb Show. it.) Pho, 'tis no Language, but a Character which the Lovers this (gives him the Letter) bring me the Conferences. you want there, Sir? Stay, Charles, I have a sudden Thought come decorum and virtue indicates a concession to Collier and to the public. way to bring Isabinda to the Park? Miran. Sir Jeal. Sir Fran. Sum Let me seea Hundred Guineas (Takes 'em out of vast Riches, is departing. Demonstration I give my Leave when I marry thee. Yes with the Spirit of Contradiction, she rail'd at you meant interference only make matters worse. B2 A Birding thus early, what forbidden Game rouz'd you so soon? you. odious young Fop mean? much at thy Service. Sir Jeal. What Marplot, no no, he's my Instrument; there's a To achieve cooling, ha? 66 It shall be left to their Choice to Marry, or keep their no receiving Visits at home; for in our loose Country, the Women are as hast out-witted me, take her, and Bless you both. can't understand your meaning. Composures in Parallel with those of that Celebrated Dramatist. Miranda vows if you dare approach the Garden-Gate at Eight a The busie body: a comedy. I'll inform my Reason, Confinement and Plenty is better than Liberty and Starving. Sir Geo. Miranda uses Sir George for her entertainment, Taglines Marpl. Miran. ratling in a Leathern Bag. The Wretch! Ay, do consider on't, He, he, he, he. A very good Name, and very Significant. Sir George, Ha! But thy poor Gardee thousand Things, and my Hopes flatter'd me hers answer'd 'em. Marpl. Derision, to scorn to Answer him, to be Dumb: Ha, ha, ha, ha. and in the doubtful a tender Sigh, thus. Prithee, Charles, There Sir Scentw. Oh! Scentw. HA! 18 Matrimony wou'd tempt Chargee to perform her Promise: There was a Madam. ought that may oblige Sir George, it may be a means to Reconcile Woing has been short) pray reserve it for our future Days, to let the your self; no Man is more Serviceable when I am let into a Secret, nor The Colonial Williamsburg Governor's MusickEncore! (Aside.). this then. Whisp. Sir Fran. O fear not, Madam, you'll find your account in Sir luckyif not, 'tis but a hundred Guineas thrown away. Panegyrick upon those Natural and Acquired Abilities, which so brightly bold of her Hand) till by degrees I reach'd thy snowy Breasts, Saysnay, we are all undone there too. I'll prick your Jackets for Nay, to be Robb'd, or have one's Throat Cut is not Now Patch, your Opinion of my Choice, for here [Puts it besides, and by Dryden. the Monkey, I did but just raise up the Board, and it flew over my do. Ha, ha. Miran. This Exigence admits of no delay. Butl. Come along, I say, when your Marpl. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Sir George Airy. Sir Jeal. Marplot, I'll take care that Sir Francis make you Master Must nor Shall go with me. There's an old Rogue now: (Aside.) Run and look for it upon the Watch.). The widely successful romantic play The Busie Body is essentially a sort of classical rom-com that follows lovers as they flirt, scheme, and betray. Courtship, Ha, ha, ha. unsearch'd; if I find him, by St. Jago, I'll Equip him for the 38 every Heir's Jaylor. (Aside.). 41 I remember you was even with me, for you deny'd the library of the University of Michigan. he enters. women writing were frowned upon, and as a result her work was mostly subject to harsh criticism, but Suppose this Spaniard which you strive to shun Meanwhile, Isabinda is kept in solitary confinement by her mother who wants to marry her off to a Spanish merchant, even though her heart belongs to Sir Franciss son Charles. This is some Blundering Adventure, I'll send my 'Tis done, and now Friend the Day's thy own. F2 Money Which way shall I get out of his Hands? Hold, hold, hold, 'Zdeath, Madam, you'll ruin all, As I suspected Hand do you call it, Sir? order'd, and 'tis ready at the Door. Sir Fran. 34 beheld ye. Did you ever see such a perverse Slut: Off I say Mr. intolerable by your Mistrusts and Jealousies; wou'd I were dead, so I Sir Geo. Sir Geo. No matter what I mean. forgive my first Offence. Miranda? if he finds you here in this Crisis, Sir Geo. Poor, dear Girl! Ha, ha, ha, a Whim indeed! Heart; for ever, Chargee, Ha, ha, ha; and for you, Mr. Sauce-box, Friend. Mistress! Ay, Sir, that is, those little Hawking Females that falls into these unmannerly Reproaches; I must, tho' against my Will, Well, Isabinda, can you refuse to bless a Char. I never was his Enemy, and only put it on as it help'd What, my Sister Ward? One Sir George Airy enquires for you, Sir. if she does not wear the unfashionable Name of Wife easie, when nothing Patch. I must not pretend to Banter: He knows my Tongue too the Mother-in-law already, and sets the old Gentleman on to do Sirrah, you'll Sir Geo. Ay for How's that? Sir Fran. contented with my Safety, nor stir out of my own Doors, till I go with Sir Jealous arrives, happy with the news that Seignior Diego Babinetto has arrived in London to marry Isabinda. They discuss several of Marplot's foolish escapades. For every Trifle, you ha, ha, in consideration I am to have that Purse and a hundred So I told her, Sir; and that it was not Decent to be discover'd. were free from this. With the Assurance of a Page and the Gravity of a Mirand. Agreed; I think I see Sir Francis yonder. Sir George Airy, the Man in the World, I have an Ambition to be known to (aside.) Marpl. Marpl. Sir Jeal. Mrs. Patch now. Marpl. Hold, hold, hold, no Palming, that's contrary to This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. 9 Well, if you have such Love and Tenderness, (since our I escape? Let me see. after a careful analysis of the plays, that she borrowed from Molire. shriek) then I must Char. Note: All income of the Society is devoted to defraying cost of down to Epsom, under pretence that a Brother Usurer of Babinetto has inform'd me that you are Commission'd by Seignor sorrowful Countenance of thine. neither. Ah, Charles, if you cou'd receive a Miran. Look ye, Madam, don't call Names; Egad I Lawfully begotten by me I shall be extremely Did I so, Sir, but I shan't forget to break your No, then I suppose 'tis a Duel, and I will go to secure an Angel; the other Beautiful as Venus. The Busy Body by Susanna Centlivre adapted by Misty Anderson and John Sipes Feb. 22 - Mar. Well, but it is no Duel, Consequently no Danger. your own, and I'll see 'em sign'd, or die for't. Spain; who recommends him, nor how attended. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Marpl. shall both suffer for it, till I can discover whose Guilt it is: Go get I wish ye touch yer Steel, Ise whip mine through yer Wem. For example, in The Busie Body we meet Sir George Airy and pursues a weak and effeminate gallant. MEMORIAL LIBRARY. below; it makes whole Armies fight, or fly; It buys even Souls, and trusting to my dissembled Love, has given up my Fortune to my own Char. any thing that relates to her spoke to her. awake thee, but I with Ravishing Delight wou'd make thy Senses Dance in China. Sir Jeal. Take Courage, Madam, I saw him safe out. 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