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OVERTURE.

Scene 1 st .

As close of overture, voices are heard singing in the distance the refrain;

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Curtain rises at end of refrain and discloses at right of stage Pompous Johnsing's Cottage (a two story affair all covered with Ivy rose bushes etc. two windows, one door and short verandah steps. A sort of revival service is in progress in the house where a number of negroes are congregated. An old negro Elder snowball is leading meeting. As curtain rises he is seen leading and exhorting the people.

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Refrain

All join in chorus of second refrain and following the Elder walk — estatically shouting — to center of stage where they finish refrain. Jube Johnseu, a boisterous darkey, is so worked up that he does not perceive that all the rest have stopped singing and continues to shout and sing vigorously. In the midst of his singing Pompous Johnson enters dragging old Spaanish chest full of gold and other articles of value.

Pompous

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Jube Johnson

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Pompous

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Jube ;

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Pompous ;

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Jube ;

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Pompous ;

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Pompous

(beginning to walk back and forth, with an ecstatis sing song enunciations)

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All:

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Pompous

(continously)

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Jube ;

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Pompous ;

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Pompous ;

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Chorus exit singing spread de news, Pompous pushing them off.

Pompous

(impressivelv)

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Pompous walks slowly to door of house draggine chest of gold. As he enters house, chorus enter singing "Spread de news."

Mandy

Enter

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Chorus ;

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Mandy ;

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Cho

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Mandy

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Cho

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Mandy

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Cho

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Mandy

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Cho

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Mandy ;

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Cho ;

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Mandy ;

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Mandy ;

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Cho ;

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Mandy ;

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Cho ;

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Mandy ,

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Cho :

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Mandy .

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Cho.

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Mandy ;

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Cho ;

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Mandy ;

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Cho ;

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Mandy ;

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Mandy

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Cho

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Mandy

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Cho ;

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All

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Song, Lovers Lane — Interpolated.

Exit Mandy & Julius

Pompous enters with large tree drawn of piece of paper

Pompous;

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Jube

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Pompous

(taking no notice except to direct a withering glare at Jube);

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Jube;

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Pompous;

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Jube;

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Pompous;

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Jube;

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Pompous.

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Pompous;

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Cho repeat

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Chorus repeat twice.

Pompous ;

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Pompous

(singing)

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Mandy: Wait R. Shuffiefood and Chorus:

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Pompous;

singing

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Mandy W. R. S. and Cho.

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Mandy.

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Mandy and Chorus.

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Pomposo.

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Jube

(aside)

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Pomposo;

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Jube

(aside)

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Cho.

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Mandy;

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Mandy and W. R. S.

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The prince enters amid great huzzah dancing and general rejoicing.

Pompous looks prince over and finding that he looks rather suspicious, seedy and generally delapidated, delapidated, decides after all that an honest American Negro is a man who will look after his daughter and make a living for her his best. And anyhow he is happier as an ordinary darkey therefore he decides to quit acting jes lak white folks.

All sing "spread de news"

Finale.

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Citation Suggestion for this Object: TextGrid Repository (2024). American Drama. "Jes Lak White Fo'ks". "Jes Lak White Fo'ks". American Drama Corpus. Mathias Göbel. https://hdl.handle.net/21.11113/0000-0014-A757-C