Project Gutenberg 2014-05-11 Public domain in the USA. 67 Morton, John Maddison 1811 1891 Morton, J. M. (John Maddison) Morton, Maddison A Desperate Game: A Comic Drama in One Act Produced by Paul Haxo from page images generously made available by the University of California, the HathiTrust Digital Library, and Google. "A Desperate Game: A Comic Drama in One Act" by John Maddison Morton is a comedic play likely written in the mid-19th century. The work showcases the theatre style of its time, directly reflecting Victorian characteristics with its elements of mistaken identities, misunderstandings, and the humorous tactics of its characters. The plot revolves around the themes of deception and romance, as well as the dramatic situations surrounding social conventions and relationships. In the play, Captain Ratcliffe disguises himself and infiltrates the home of Mrs. Somerton to steal her fortune of fifteen thousand pounds. However, the night takes unexpected turns as her affianced husband, Mr. Percy Postlethwaite, also makes a grand entrance after various attempts to surprise Mrs. Somerton. With mistaken identities and chaotic encounters, Ratcliffe's comedic antics and Postlethwaite's hapless character add layers of humor and tension. Ultimately, the play culminates in the resolution of misunderstandings as love prevails, and it transforms into a delightful tale of romance intertwined with comedy, illustrating the absurdities of love and theft in a classic farcical manner. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45628/45628-h/images/cover.jpg en Comedies English drama -- 19th century PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 117321 117329 2024-09-19T07:05:45.762287 2023-09-20T03:35:35.492421 text/html text/html 114634 2020-07-20T10:53:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 139611 2020-07-20T10:54:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 144212 2024-09-19T07:05:49.579244 application/epub+zip 143118 2024-09-19T07:05:46.676476 application/epub+zip 94839 2024-09-19T07:05:46.292297 application/epub+zip 201382 2024-09-19T07:05:51.710928 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209558 2024-09-19T07:05:49.218280 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 161537 2022-09-20T19:02:46.988406 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 79785 79643 2024-09-19T07:05:45.217337 2023-09-20T03:35:34.983409 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 79470 2014-05-10T19:12:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 29958 2014-05-10T19:13:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 79461 2014-05-10T19:12:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29936 2014-05-10T19:13:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20645 2024-09-19T07:05:51.839735 application/rdf+xml 15845 2024-09-19T07:05:46.384329 image/jpeg 2413 2024-09-19T07:05:46.339263 image/jpeg 140743 2024-09-19T07:05:45.808300 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 en.wikipedia