Project Gutenberg 2013-08-22 Public domain in the USA. 121 Curtis, Herbert Pelham Curtis, H. P. (Herbert Pelham) Curtis, H. Pelham (Herbert Pelham) None so Deaf As Those Who Won't Hear: A Comedietta in One Act 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) "None so Deaf As Those Who Won't Hear: A Comedietta in One Act" by H. Pelham Curtis is a comedic play written in the late 19th century. This one-act play explores themes of deafness and miscommunication, showcasing the humorous situations that arise from the inability of its characters to hear or understand one another effectively. Set in a modern parlor, it highlights the social interactions and domestic life of the period. The story revolves around Singleton Coddle, a father suffering from deafness, and his daughter Eglantine, who longs for companionship but finds herself frustrated by her father's refusal to allow suitors. Eglantine is distressed by her father's overprotectiveness, leading to humorous exchanges with their servant Jane. Meanwhile, a young man named Washington Whitwell unexpectedly enters the scene, complicating matters further as he unknowingly becomes a source of confusion due to his own supposed deafness. As characters misunderstand each other, comedic tension builds until a series of situations unfold that culminate in revelations about love, marriage, and the humorous extremes people will go to when miscommunication reigns. Ultimately, the play highlights the importance of hearing, both literally and metaphorically, in the development of relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43536/43536-h/images/cover.jpg en American drama -- 19th century PS Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film 123434 123444 2024-09-18T09:32:57.227996 2023-09-19T05:36:51.277841 text/html text/html 125552 2013-08-22T11:57:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 124679 2013-08-22T11:57:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 136205 2024-09-18T09:33:01.132978 application/epub+zip 135712 2024-09-18T09:32:57.851003 application/epub+zip 100386 2024-09-18T09:32:57.513000 application/epub+zip 202912 2024-09-18T09:33:03.177968 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185678 2024-09-18T09:33:00.827994 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146570 2022-09-19T20:09:44.739943 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 75651 75450 2024-09-18T09:32:56.313007 2023-09-19T05:36:50.434845 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 75300 2013-08-22T11:57:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 28106 2013-08-22T11:57:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 75482 2013-08-22T11:57:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28098 2013-08-22T11:57:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20021 2024-09-18T09:33:03.320954 application/rdf+xml 27337 2024-09-18T09:32:57.630990 image/jpeg 3709 2024-09-18T09:32:57.580979 image/jpeg 125192 2024-09-18T09:32:57.240980 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