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100 1 _aShirley, Arthur,
_d1853-1925
245 1 0 _aThree Hats :
_bA Farcical Comedy in Three Acts
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aAdapted by Arthur Shirley from Les trois chapeaux by Hennequin.
500 _aRelease date is 2008-07-31
508 _aE-text prepared by Jason Isbell, Daniel Emerson Griffith, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net)
520 _a"Three Hats" by Arthur Shirley is a farcical comedy written in the late 19th century. The play revolves around the misadventures of Sam Selwyn, who experiences a night of questionable choices leading to hilariously tangled situations involving mistaken identities, social blunders, and family drama. As the plot unfolds, it explores themes of friendship, love, and the complexities of marriage in a light-hearted and comedic manner. The opening of the play introduces the characters of Sam Selwyn and Fred Bellamy, who both appear disheveled after an adventurous night. Sam is anxious about the implications of his escapades as his wife is returning home, leading him to devise a plan to rectify the situation. As he navigates the tension of potentially revealing secrets and dealing with misunderstanding, the presence of Dibbs, the boy in buttons, adds comedic relief with his humorous observations and interactions. Ultimately, the beginning sets the stage for a series of comedic exchanges and mishaps, laying the groundwork for the farcical entanglements to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aComedy plays
700 1 _aHennequin, Alfred,
_d1842-1887
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26157
999 _c67158
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