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100 1 _aHenley, William Ernest,
_d1849-1903
245 1 4 _aThe Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c1996
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 1996-11-01
505 0 _aDeacon Brodie Beau Austin Admiral Guinea Robert Macaire.
508 _aTranscribed from the 1907 William Heinemann edition by David Price
520 _a"The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson" by Henley and Stevenson is a collection of dramatic works composed during the late 19th century. The text is composed of several plays, with "Deacon Brodie" highlighted as a central piece, which explores themes of duality and crime through the story of the titular character, Deacon Brodie, who leads a double life as a respected tradesman by day and a criminal by night. At the start of the play "Deacon Brodie," we are introduced to William Brodie, a skilled carpenter and deacon of the Wrights in Edinburgh, who is portrayed as a man of great talent yet deeply entangled in a life of crime. The narrative presents his conflicting existence through conversations with other characters, including family members like Mary, his sister, and his uncle, the Procurator-Fiscal. As Brodie grapples with his dual identity, the opening establishes tensions between his responsibilities to his family and his involvement in criminal activities, foreshadowing the perilous choices he will face. This exploration of morality amidst crime captures a compelling drama that resonates with both internal conflict and societal judgment. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aDrama
700 1 _aStevenson, Robert Louis,
_d1850-1894
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/719
999 _c42840
_d42840