The Ladder of Life (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Ladder of Life Charles Clifford. - Act First: Dark-colored threadbare and slightly dilapidated hut tastefully adjusted costume. Act Second: New and fashionable, not ostentatious. Act Third: Same. Act Fourth: Same, much worn. Act Fifth, Scene Third: Prison dress, which is exchanged for Mike's. Scene Fourth: 1st dress, Mike's, 2d dress. Dressing-gown and whiskers à la française. Scene Fifth: Mike's, minus gown and whiskers. Professor. - Words delivered with a slight Yankee accent. Blue swallow-tailed coat with brass buttons, fancy figured vest, pants to suit, light-colored, very long nap, bell-top silk hat, massive watch-chain, long gray hair, small gray whiskers on chin, etc. Robert Arnold. - Fashionable cut, color to suit complexion, but preferably a dark-complexioned, regular-featured, graceful-moving man of the Italian or Spanish type, apparelled in dark colors, varied as the play advances. Fred Revere. - Act First: Very dilapidated light-colored and carelessly (not slovenly) adjusted costume. Act Fourth: New light-colored, fashionable, à la ready-made costume. Act Fifth: Same. Boswick. - Very fancy colors, extremely fashionable cut. Hair and whiskers so arranged as to give the face a slight resemblance to a poodle, light complexion. Mike. - Corduroy knee-breeches, blue stockings, short-skirt English walking coat. Exchanges with Charles in prison. Police. - Nos. 1 and 2. Uniform. Minister. - Nos. 1 and 2. Black. Jailer. - Ordinary or prison officer's uniform. Attorney. - Plain business. Clara. - Plain, subdued colors, à la American educated lady in good circumstances, varied as the play advances. Jenny. - Act Third: Calico. Act Fourth: Same, much worn. Act Fifth, Scene Third: Male costume, boy. Scene Fourth: Female attire. Scene Fifth: Same. Miss Amariah. - Plain, subdued colors, varied as the piece advances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.