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                            GEO. M. BAKER’S

                              NEW PLAYS.

          =PAST REDEMPTION.= 4 Acts. Price 25 cts.
          =COMRADES.= 3 Acts. Price 25 cts.
          =TITANIA.= A Fairy Play for Children. 2 Acts. Price 25 cts.
          =OUR FOLKS.= 3 Acts. Price 15 cts.
          =SANTA CLAUS THE FIRST.= A Christmas play for children.
            By F. E. Chase. 25 c.
          =REBECCA’S TRIUMPH.= For female characters only. Price 25 cts.

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                                BOSTON:

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                 Copyright, 1876, by GEORGE M. BAKER.

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                      Spencer’s Universal Stage.

_A Collection of COMEDIES, DRAMAS, and FARCES, adapted to either Public
   or Private Performance. Containing a full description of all the
                      necessary Stage Business._

              PRICE, 15 CENTS EACH. ☞ No Plays Exchanged.


     1. LOST IN LONDON. A Drama in 3 Acts. 6 male, 4 female characters.

     2. NICHOLAS FLAM. A Comedy in 2 Acts. By J. B. Buckstone. 5 male, 3
     female char.

     3. THE WELSH GIRL. A Comedy in 1 Act. By Mrs. Planche. 3 male, 2
     female char.

     4. JOHN WOPPS. A Farce in 1 Act. By W. E. Suter. 4 male, 2 female
     char.

     5. THE TURKISH BATH. A Farce in 1 Act. By Montague Williams and F.
     C. Burnand. 6 male, 1 female char.

     6. THE TWO PUDDIFOOTS. A Farce in 1 Act. By J. M. Morton. 3 male, 3
     female char.

     7. OLD HONESTY. A Comic Drama in 2 Acts. By J. M. Morton. 5 male, 2
     female char.

     8. TWO GENTLEMEN IN A FIX. A Farce in 1 Act. By W. E. Suter. 2 male
     char.

     9. SMASHINGTON GOIT. A Farce in 1 Act. By T. J. Williams. 5 male, 3
     female char.

     10. TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE. A Farce in 1 Act. By Lenox Horne. 4
     male, 1 female char.

     11. JOHN DOBBS. A Farce in 1 Act. By J. M. Morton. 5 male, 2 female
     char.

     12. THE DAUGHTER of the REGIMENT. A Drama in 2 Acts. By Edward
     Fitzball, 6 male, 2 female char.

     13. AUNT CHARLOTTE’S MAID. A Farce in 1 Act. By J. M. Morton. 3
     male, 3 female char.

     14. BROTHER BILL AND ME. A Farce in 1 Act. By W. E. Suter. 4 male,
     3 female char.

     15. DONE ON BOTH SIDES. A Farce in 1 Act. By J. M. Morton. 3 male,
     2 female char.

     16. DUNDUCKETTY’S PICNIC. A Farce in 1 Act. By T. J. Williams. 6
     male, 3 female char.

     17. I’VE WRITTEN TO BROWNE. A Farce in 1 Act. By T. J. Williams. 4
     male, 3 female char.

     19. MY PRECIOUS BETSY. A Farce in 1 Act. By J. M. Morton. 4 male, 4
     female char.

     20. MY TURN NEXT. A Farce in 1 Act. By T. J. Williams. 4 male, 3
     female char.

     22. THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. A Farce in 1 Act. By Chas. Selby. 3
     male, 2 female char.

     23. DANDELION’S DODGES. A Farce in 1 Act. By T. J. Williams. 4
     male, 2 female char.

     24. A SLICE OF LUCK. A Farce in 1 Act. By J. M. Morton. 4 male, 2
     female char.

     25. ALWAYS INTENDED. A Comedy in 1 Act. By Horace Wigan. 3 male, 3
     female char.

     26. A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP. A Comedy in 2 Acts. By Charles
     Matthews. 6 male, 4 female char.

     27. ANOTHER GLASS. A Drama in 1 Act. By Thomas Morton. 6 male, 3
     female char.

     28. BOWLED OUT. A Farce in 1 Act. By H. T. Craven. 4 male, 3 female
     char.

     29. COUSIN TOM. A Commedietta in 1 Act. By Geo. Roberts. 3 male, 2
     female char.

     30. SARAH’S YOUNG MAN. A Farce in 1 Act. By W. E. Suter. 3 male, 3
     female char.

     31. HIT HIM, HE HAS NO FRIENDS. A Farce in 1 Act. By E. Yates and
     N. H. Harrington. 7 male, 3 female char.

     32. THE CHRISTENING. A Farce in 1 Act. By J. B. Buckstone. 5 male,
     6 female char.

     33. A RACE FOR A WIDOW. A Farce in 1 Act. By T. J. Williams. 5
     male, 4 female char.

     34. YOUR LIFE’S IN DANGER. A Farce in 1 Act. By J. M. Morton. 3
     male, 3 female char.

     35. TRUE UNTO DEATH. A Drama in 2 Acts. By J. Sheridan Knowles. 6
     male, 2 female char.

     36. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. An Interlude in 1 Act. By W. H. Murray. 10
     male, 1 female char.

     37. LOOK AFTER BROWN. A Farce in 1 Act. By George A. Stuart, M. D.
     6 male, 1 female char.

     38. MONSEIGNEUR. A Drama in 3 Acts. By Thomas Archer. 15 male, 3
     female char.

     39. A VERY PLEASANT EVENING. A Farce in 1 Act. By W. E. Suter. 3
     male char.

     40. BROTHER BEN. A Farce in 1 Act. By J. M. Morton. 3 male, 3
     female char.

     41. ONLY A CLOD. A Comic Drama in 1 Act. By J. P. Simpson. 4 male,
     1 female char.

     42. GASPARDO THE GONDOLIER. A Drama in 3 Acts. By George Almar. 10
     male, 2 female char.

     43. SUNSHINE THROUGH THE CLOUDS. A Drama in 1 Act. By Slingsby
     Lawrence. 3 male, 3 female char.

     44. DON’T JUDGE BY APPEARANCES. A Farce in 1 Act. By J. M. Morton.
     3 male, 2 female char.

     45. NURSEY CHICKWEED. A Farce in 1 Act. By T. J. Williams. 4 male,
     2 female char.

     46. MARY MOO; or, Which shall I Marry? A Farce in 1 Act. By W. E.
     Suter. 2 male, 1 female char.

     47. EAST LYNNE. A Drama in 5 Acts. 8 male, 7 female char.

     48. THE HIDDEN HAND. A Drama in 5 Acts. By Robert Jones. 16 male, 7
     female char.

     49. SILVERSTONE’S WAGER. A Commedietta in 1 Act. By R. R. Andrews.
     4 male, 3 female char.

     50. DORA. A Pastoral Drama in 3 Acts. By Chas. Reade. 5 male, 2
     female char.

     55. THE WIFE’S SECRET. A Play in 5 Acts. By Geo. W. Lovell. 10
     male, 2 female char.

     56. THE BABES IN THE WOOD. A Comedy in 3 Acts. By Tom Taylor. 10
     male, 3 female char.

     57. PUTKINS; Heir to Castles in the Air. A Comic Drama in 1 Act. By
     W. R. Emerson. 2 male, 2 female char.

     58. AN UGLY CUSTOMER. A Farce in 1 Act. By Thomas J. Williams. 3
     male, 2 female char.

     59. BLUE AND CHERRY. A Comedy in 1 Act. 3 male, 2 female char.

     60. A DOUBTFUL VICTORY. A Comedy in 1 Act. 3 male, 2 female char.

     61. THE SCARLET LETTER. A Drama in 3 Acts. 8 male, 7 female char.

     62. WHICH WILL HAVE HIM? A Vaudeville. 1 male, 2 female char.

     63. MADAM IS ABED. A Vaudeville in 1 Act. 2 male, 2 female char.

     64. THE ANONYMOUS KISS. A Vaudeville. 2 male, 2 female char.

     65. THE CLEFT STICK. A Comedy in 3 Acts. 5 male, 3 female char.

     66. A SOLDIER, A SAILOR, A TINKER, AND A TAILOR. A Farce in 1 Act.
     4 male, 2 female char.

     67. GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME. A Farce. 2 male, 2 female char.

     68. DAMON AND PYTHIAS. A Farce. 6 male, 4 female char.

     69. A HUSBAND TO ORDER. A Serio-comic Drama in 2 Acts. 5 male, 3
     female char.

     70. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. A Domestic Drama in 2 Acts. 7 male, 1 female
     char.

         _Descriptive Catalogue mailed free on application to_

             Geo. M. Baker & Co., 47 Franklin St., Boston.




                                POISON.

                               A Farce.

                             AS PERFORMED

                      BY “THE HASTY PUDDING CLUB”

                        OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

                                BOSTON:

                     GEORGE M. BAKER AND COMPANY.

                                 1882.

                           Copyright, 1882,

                          BY GEORGE M. BAKER.

                        _All Rights Reserved._




                                POISON.

                              _A FARCE._

 AS ACTED AT THE HASTY PUDDING CLUB, HARVARD COLLEGE, DEC. 20TH, 1881.


                              CHARACTERS:

  MR. THEOPHILUS TWITTERS, _a retired sugar merchant_  E. J. WENDELL.

  GOTTLIEB HUNKER, _honorary secretary of the society
    for the prevention of capital_                     J. E. WEBB.

  DR. CHARLES SQUILLCOX, _an apothecary in love
    with Clara_                                        F. C. WOODBURY.

  CLARA TWITTERS                                       H. C. FRENCH.

  THE MOTHER OF THE LATE MRS. TWITTERS                 A. MATTHEWS.

  MARY JANE                                            R. T. BABSON.

  OFFICER OF THE LAW                                   H. M. HUBBARD.


     SCENE.--_Breakfast-room of the suburban villa of Mr. Twitters. The
     mother of the late Mrs. Twitters and Mary Jane are discovered._

MARY JANE. But I tell you this is Mr. Twitters’ breakfast, mum. There’s
no telling what he’ll do if