Project Gutenberg 2013-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 81 Chapman, W. F. April Fools: A farce in one act for three male characters Reading ease score: 86.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Dianna Adair, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "April Fools: A farce in one act for three male characters" by W. F. Chapman is a theatrical play written in the late 19th century. This one-act farce focuses on the humorous misunderstandings surrounding a mix-up involving a letter regarding an engagement and a horse for sale. The work explores themes of deception and mistaken identities through playful dialogue and comedic situations, making it a lighthearted piece meant for entertainment. The play centers around Mr. Peter Dunnbrowne, who is eager to marry off his daughter Fanny, and finds himself entangled in a series of misunderstandings with two other men—Mr. James Smith, who believes he's there to buy a horse named Fanny, and Mr. Joseph Smith, an undertaker who has mistakenly received a letter about Fanny's supposed death. As the characters interact, they unravel the confusion, which ultimately stems from a practical joke related to April Fools' Day. The situation escalates into a comedic revelation that showcases the absurdities of communication gone awry, leaving the audience amused by the clever intertwining of their intentions and the chaos that ensues. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42103/42103-h/images/april0001.jpg en American drama -- 19th century PS Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film 79781 79704 2025-01-17T04:38:51.782532 2023-09-18T10:05:26.043892 text/html text/html 77048 2013-02-16T10:40:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 191111 2013-02-16T10:40:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 215762 2025-01-17T04:38:52.582572 application/epub+zip 214099 2025-01-17T04:38:52.349535 application/epub+zip 95192 2025-01-17T04:38:51.993525 application/epub+zip 265031 2024-12-17T16:06:32.992046 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 249147 2024-12-17T16:06:31.016037 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132407 2022-09-19T09:07:38.144743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66271 66070 2024-10-17T16:14:50.501391 2023-09-18T10:05:25.669913 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 66051 2013-02-16T10:40:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 24850 2013-02-16T10:40:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 66042 2013-02-16T10:40:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24828 2013-02-16T10:40:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21195 2025-01-17T04:38:52.696515 application/rdf+xml 29235 2025-01-17T04:38:52.063525 image/jpeg 3742 2025-01-17T04:38:52.028523 image/jpeg 192548 2025-01-17T04:38:51.799538 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog