Molly's Way: A Comedy in Three Acts (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Molly's Way: A Comedy in Three Acts

Molly Meadows, who is very much in love with Jack Lawrence, cannot gain her father's consent to her engagement until her older sister, Laurie, is married. Laurie is, in fact, secretly married to Philip Moore, but dares not tell her father because of an old feud, which long ago caused the erection of a "spite fence" between the Meadows and the Moore properties. Impatient Molly, fond of "her way," undertakes to cut the knot that tangles the affairs of the four young people. She and Jack elope in Mr. Meadows' touring car and come to grief in a ditch. Mr. Meadows, in catching the runaways, finds an old sweetheart, but Laurie, after an accident to Phil, confesses her marriage. Both fathers are angry, but Molly, still determined to find a way, wins over Phil's father. The old quarrel is forgotten, down comes the "spite fence," and every one is glad to see it go. A pair of old lovers. Aunt Laura and her piano tuner, Napoleon Alexander Brown, add a lively spice of fun. All the parts are good and the comedy almost plays itself.

Costumes And Characteristics

Molly. About twenty. Very vivacious and bright, but with an evident will of her own. Act I, summer traveling suit; motor coat and veil toward end of act. Same in Act II. Same in Act III, with change to handsome house gown.

Laurie. About twenty-two. Rather slower and more serious than Molly. Act I, summer house gown. Act II, automobile costume. Act III, indoor costume, plain but pretty.

Miss Laura Meadows. About fifty. An old maid, but not burlesque. Act I, plain house summer costume. Act II, motor costume. Act III, handsome house costume.

Mrs. Walden. About fifty-three. Plainly but handsomely dressed. House costume in Act II, and afternoon walking or tea costume in Act III.

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