Project Gutenberg 1996-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 138 Henley, William Ernest 1849 1903 Henley, W. E. (William Ernest) Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 Stevenson, R. L. (Robert Louis) The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson Deacon Brodie Beau Austin Admiral Guinea Robert Macaire. Transcribed from the 1907 William Heinemann edition by David Price "The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson" by Henley and Stevenson is a collection of dramatic works composed during the late 19th century. The text is composed of several plays, with "Deacon Brodie" highlighted as a central piece, which explores themes of duality and crime through the story of the titular character, Deacon Brodie, who leads a double life as a respected tradesman by day and a criminal by night. At the start of the play "Deacon Brodie," we are introduced to William Brodie, a skilled carpenter and deacon of the Wrights in Edinburgh, who is portrayed as a man of great talent yet deeply entangled in a life of crime. The narrative presents his conflicting existence through conversations with other characters, including family members like Mary, his sister, and his uncle, the Procurator-Fiscal. As Brodie grapples with his dual identity, the opening establishes tensions between his responsibilities to his family and his involvement in criminal activities, foreshadowing the perilous choices he will face. This exploration of morality amidst crime captures a compelling drama that resonates with both internal conflict and societal judgment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 510950 510858 2024-09-01T07:00:57.407838 2023-10-01T06:34:30.258174 text/html text/html 534466 2013-03-10T13:48:22 text/html 213669 2013-03-10T13:53:04 text/html application/zip 284156 2024-09-01T07:01:09.641805 application/epub+zip 288618 2024-09-01T07:00:59.628849 application/epub+zip 231185 2024-09-01T07:00:58.343849 application/epub+zip 585632 2024-09-01T07:01:15.179745 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 526735 2024-09-01T07:01:08.608830 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 470525 2022-09-01T07:46:58.838091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387990 387943 2024-09-01T07:00:54.646124 2023-10-01T06:34:27.663182 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 387675 2013-03-10T13:47:49 text/plain; charset=utf-8 144330 2013-03-10T13:53:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19002 2024-09-01T07:01:15.350735 application/rdf+xml 20832 2024-09-01T07:00:58.768825 image/jpeg 4579 2024-09-01T07:00:58.556827 image/jpeg 277753 2024-09-01T07:00:57.450855 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 en.wikipedia