The Magistrate: A Farce In Three Acts (Oberon Modern Plays)

By: Arthur Wing Pinero and Stephen Beresford

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Synopsis: With his louche air and a developed taste for smoking, gambling, port and women, it’s hard to believe Cis Farringdon is only fourteen. And that’s because he isn’t. Agatha, his mother, lopped five years from her true age and his when she married the amiable Posket.Well, when I heard the new dad was a police magistrate, I was scared. Said I to myself, ‘If I don’t mind my Ps and Qs, the Guv’nor – from force of habit – will fi ne me all my pocket-money.’The imminent arrival of Cis’ godfather sends Agatha incognito to the Hôtel des Princes to warn him of her deception. But it’s also where her son has cajoled his otherwise staid stepfather into joining him for a binge. High-spirited carousing leads to a police raid and a night of outrageous mishap as the trapped guests make desperate attempts to conceal themselves from the law and from each other. Indignities escalate at court the next day where Posket, the police magistrate, must preside.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 180 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781849437295
Related ISBNs:: 9781849434577
Publisher:: Oberon Books
Date of Addition:: 09/23/20
Copyrighted By:: Stephen Beresford
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Humor
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.