Play on Words

full length · drama

Daddy Long-Legs : $b A comedy in four acts

20 roles (0M / 0F / 20 any) · approx 172–238 minutes · 19 acts

Royalty-free Public domain — free to read, perform, and adapt. No licence needed.

Characters

Jervis lead 308 speeches
Judy lead 282 speeches
Miss P supporting 162 speeches
Sallie supporting 85 speeches
Julia supporting 85 speeches
Jimmie supporting 77 speeches
Mrs. L minor 58 speeches
Mrs. S minor 52 speeches
Mrs. P minor 39 speeches
Gladiola minor 23 speeches
Freddie minor 21 speeches
Wykoff minor 19 speeches
Griggs minor 16 speeches
Walters minor 15 speeches
Loretta minor 11 speeches
Sadie Kate minor 9 speeches
Carrie minor 4 speeches
Orphans minor 3 speeches
Miss Pritchard minor 3 speeches
Parsons minor 3 speeches

Read the play

Fire-place (middle right) filled with ferns and goldenrod; all furniture is old Colonial mahogany. Old fashioned 3-cornered Colonial cupboard; drop leaf table; lacquered single chair; arm-chair; upholstered stool; old cashmere cover on table; old fashioned inlaid desk; writing materials; upholstered arm-chair; tidy; square work-table; small workbasket; arm-chair; what-not with shells, vases, odds and ends of ornaments; small mahogany upright piano; cushioned seat; music on piano; another single chair; small mahogany card table, leaf raised; old clock; pair old fashioned silver candlesticks; partly burned candles; old mahogany mirror; old family silhouettes; oil painting of JERVIS PENDLETON at age of 4; old fashioned engraving of George Washington; large engraving of General Grant and family; old framed pictures of Lincoln and Jackson; colored Martha Washington; small engraving of Washington at Valley Forge; old fashioned oblong mirror with top picture panel; old fashioned life-size crayons in oval frames of MR. and MRS. SEMPLE; warming pan; large rag medallion; several hand braided rugs; white shades; lace curtains; plaited valance for top of window, with side draperies; cushioned seat in window; hanging draperies to match top of valance—all same material.

Properties Off Stage R.: telephone bell; off lower L. stamped envelope. L.U. the other properties for CARRIE, JUDY and JIMMIE.

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