The Thumping Process (Minstrel Show)

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DOCTOR GRAPE
BILL, a Servant
1ST PATIENT
2ND PATIENT
JAMES, a Servant

Scene. — Chamber. Table, chairs, door in flat; screen back of table. Doctor discovered reading paper .

DOCTOR:

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Enter Bill and James

BILL:

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JAMES:

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DOCTOR:

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BILL:

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DOCTOR:

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DOCTOR:

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Exit Doctor. Bill and James commence dancing and singing

BILL:

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

JAMES:

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

BILL:

Note: Contains 87 words in 2 sentences using 394 chars.

JAMES:

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Bill puts on Doctor's gown. Knock heard at door

BILL:

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JAMES:

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 9 chars.

1ST PATIENT:

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

JAMES:

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Patient takes chair

JAMES:

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PATIENT:

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JAMES:

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PATIENT:

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JAMES:

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PATIENT:

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JAMES:

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PATIENT:

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JAMES:

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PATIENT:

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Bill, who has been looking out from behind screen, runs off

JAMES:

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Enter Bill with letters; looks at Patient

BILL:

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

PATIENT:

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

BILL:

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

JAMES:

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

BILL:

Note: Contains 61 words in 7 sentences using 342 chars.

JAMES:

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

BILL:

Note: Contains 59 words in 3 sentences using 278 chars.

PATIENT:

Note: Contains 68 words in 5 sentences using 348 chars.

BILL:

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PATIENT:

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

BILL:

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PATIENT:

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James goes to table, gets the two stuffed clubs, hands Bill one, and both shake them behind Patient's back

PATIENT:

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BILL:

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Patient straightens up; Bill and James both club him; he falls on the floor; they keep clubbing him till he crawls off

BILL:

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

JAMES:

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BILL:

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JAMES:

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PATIENT:

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

JAMES:

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JAMES:

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PATIENT:

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JAMES:

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PATIENT:

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

JAMES:

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

PATIENT:

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

JAMES:

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

PATIENT:

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

JAMES:

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

BILL:

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 82 chars.

JAMES:

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

BILL:

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PATIENT:

Very frightened

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BILL:

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PATIENT:

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BILL:

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PATIENT:

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BILL:

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PATIENT:

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BILL:

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PATIENT:

Looking frightened

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BILL:

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PATIENT:

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BILL:

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James takes the blue frame, a two-foot square frame with blue paper pasted on it, and bursts it over the Patient's head; Bill squirts seltzer water at him; the Doctor and 1st Patient rush in; Bill squirts water over the Doctor; James clubs both Patients. Close in

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