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“The Swashbuckler”. This play was written by William G. Rose, Dramatic Editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. There are three people in the cast, two men and a woman. The play is of the 17th century type with the scene laid in France. It might be called the “Three Musketeers” boiled down to fifteen minutes. The play opens with a duel beneath the lady’s window between her lover and the Swashbuckler. The act of which the furniture is upset and things are generally torn apart. This sketch if properly handled would be an awful knock-out. It is not too serious of Vaudeville because of the great amount of action that the author has injected into it. There is not a speech in the whole sketch of more than twenty words and the dialogue throughout is quick and sharp. Special set in four. 14 min.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 30 April 1906 – 4 February 1907