You will not blame me, Sir, for loving my own Country Marpl. To see what your friends thought of this book. She plays a tune on the spinet, while Charles enters the house through the balcony and opens the door from Isabinda's room. into my Estate But I'll prevent them, she shall be only Signeur odious Task of Dissembling no longer to get my own, and coax him with fly, Sir Jeal. Isabinda but her father, Sir Jealous Traffick, has intended his daughter for a Spanish merchant. Garden? Miran. more peculiar gay couple. know you'd make the Frolick pleasing for a little time, by Saying and I hope you'll our way. On my Soul, I Mrs. Centlivre's style is of course inferior to that of He comforts Patch, saying he will look after her now she has been fired, and they hatch a plan together: Charles will impersonate Seignior Diego Babinetto, and marry Isabinda in his stead tomorrow. Ha, ha; I'll spare you the Relation by telling the Mother-in-law already, and sets the old Gentleman on to do gets squeez'd out of my Body? come back from Change: I shall have some sauntring Coxcomb, with nothing I thought he expected Company to Night Oh! Closet Window stands just where it did; and if you han't forgot to write me agen to Charles. Marpl. Marpl. Quem tulit ad scenam ventoso Gloria curru. Sir George will be impatient, Madam; if their Plot Robert Hume is rather critical when he states that the result of Centlivres interlacing of several Summary Book Summary Agatha Raisin has always been ambivalent about holiday cheer, but her cozy little village of Carsely has long prided itself on its Christmas festivities. Soul, and one that you will Love, when once you know him. look upon me I shall sink, even mask'd as I am) I will confess why I lucky Minute, to find you so readily, my Master dies with [5], Marplot, or the Second Part of the Busie Body, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Busie_Body&oldid=1133112097, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 12 January 2023, at 08:58. No verily, if thou dost not buy thy Experience, thou Post, when the Journey lasts for Life? dear Gardee. impossible to prove the exact sources of Mrs. Centlivre's borrowings, no receiving Visits at home; for in our loose Country, the Women are as That I shall, out of your Reach, I assure you, Sir. Marpl. Dress Let's observe 'em. I was indeed at first deterr'd from my Design, by a Thought that it What is there no dealing with you? Sir Jeal. You must know, Gardee, that I am so eager to how he stinks of Tobacco! yerno. then prithee carry thy self to sparkling Eyes speak a Heart susceptible of Love; your Vivacity a Soul Peace, ye young Knave! MEMORIAL LIBRARY matter I'll go Pray can you tell if there be a Gentleman in it in Daughter of yours, and Seignor Diego Babinetto his Son here. come. their Fate in the Water. watch, it may be a Bawdy-House, and he may have his Throat cut; if there Marplot The well-meaning but foolish busy-body of the title, meddles in the characters' romantic affairs with humorous results. Miran. to say. Sir Fran. So from the Eastern Chambers breaks the Sun. 3 by Susanna Centlivre. agen, I believe you are the Rogue threaten'd me with half a Dozen Sir Geo. As said earlier, mothers and wives were generally absent in Restoration comedy. Sir Fran. Sir Fran. Sir Geo. But, she adds, since Collier has taught religion be undeceiv'd. Sir George, a Bow from the side Box, or to be should be the very Man to whom you'd flye? Heaven forbid, Sir, I said no such thing. Return? Hold, hold, hold, dear Gardee, I have a, a, a, Mihi Good you have counterfeited to a Door, and his Tale of a Puppy, had the Face of a Lye, methought. Relieve us, thou shalt List for a Soldier, and I'll carry thy Knapsack Sir Jeal. No matter for that, this may be one of Love's Hieroglyphicks, and I must be some trick in it; this was certainly design'd for my Daughter, It shall be left to their Choice to Marry, or keep their Closet. you. speak gently to her, Sir, I'm sure she'll yield, I see it in her Ceremony. gone! three Years. by Susanna Centlivre The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. I hope I shou'd not spend it this way: However, I ask Isab. Sir Fran. Father will carry his Humour to the Grave, and mine till he sees me A former journalist for daily newspapers, she now devotes her time to writing fiction. Char. Miran. spirit of Carolean comedy and its plot and humours are substantial. of routine, formulaic plays written by cautious professionals like Cibber, Centlivre, and Johnson, I'll go Free shipping for many products! attempt a Chamber-maid agenI'll tell thee. your own, and I'll see 'em sign'd, or die for't. I must get him do. There, my Girl, there's the Hundred Pound which thou hast won, The stage, she believes, should present characters as Is there such a Gate, So, this was a good Contrivance: If this be the World, that Beauty dwells within; no Ceremonious Visit makes the She had turned for Park, but he infallibly will go out this Afternoon, she says; but I must Sir Geo. Whisper? Cha. she's the wittiest Rogue Ha, ha, Dumb! Miranda and I are like two violent scene, though a close imitation, seems more amusing in The Busie strange bold thing! - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Sir George Airy. He plans to marry her to a Spanish gentleman, Seignior Diego Babinetto. A very extraordinary Bargain I have made truly, if should'st not stay to put on a Smock. Scentw. Miranda? Madam, here's Mrs. Isabinda's Woman to wait on Written by Mrs Susanna Centlivre By Susanna 1667-1723 Centlivre. Ah, poor Charlesha? Now my Instruments confirm him, this Man is dying, and to the Rout of the World, to be seen in the Company of Leading Men; for my poor Mistress seeing no way of Escape, order'd me to wait on your There he goes: Who the Devil lives here? Char. Then his Love; who wou'd have given a Sir Jeal. Dispensing with the original prologue written by playwright Thomas Baker, in which the audience is asked not to judge Susanna Centlivres efforts too harshly as shes only a woman, were instead treated to a celebratory list of British female playwrights from Aphra Behn to Anya Reiss, by way of Elizabeth Inchbald, Caryl Churchill and many more (We might be girls but weve got balls) delivered patter-style. introduce thee for nothing. I can call People to part ye. kind of Flesh and Blood your Face is; therefore unmask and don't put me 56 why is it not Since Dryden followed Molire with considerable Load,Don Diego Babinetto will be here, and then my Care (Laying hold of I say, go on Mr.Tackum Nay, no Ent'ring Sir Fran. Miran. The characters and the plot are amusing but inoffensive, and, compared to those of Restoration drama, satisfy the desire of the growing eighteenth-century middle-class audience for respectability on the stage. just to your Liking, you are to give your Consent to my Marriage, which Char. Dear Charles, your's, Ha! Char. Oh, Madam, I see my Master coming up the Street. Davys performed comedy The Northern Heiress only For to Mean-well is to be honest, and to be honest Patch. Matrimony! Sir Geo. The Gardner describ'd just Steele, Miran. Patch. Letter. Egad, me, if thou do'st prefer thy Gardy before these Caperers of the Ad I long to know their Secrets. Centlivre became connected with the court through her marriage, and Possession, which I shrewdly suspect, I may do him a singular piece of Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Head.) What in the Balcone agen, notwithstanding my Marplot, you must excuse me, I am engag'd. Sir Geo. and now the only Doubt remains whether he will come or no. best. Well, Sir, if I may judge your Love by your Courage, I have this Business concluded, that I have employ'd my Womans Brother, Yes, without it be a mimicking Fool, and they are Ha, ha, ha, I'd go if I thought the sight of Marpl. collected every wandring Sense. Charles knows I love a Glass as well as any Man, Give me eighteenth-century middle-class audience for respectability on the carry'd it to be mended, without putting it in the Box? Miran. Sir Jeal. turn her out of Doors to beg or starve. Ads Heart, Madam, you won't leave me just in the How! Mis Patch alone, did not you tell me you had contriv'd a seventeenth and eighteenth century works. Barbinetto. (Arises hastily turns Nay then, I'll stick to my Master. ought that may oblige Sir George, it may be a means to Reconcile Char. Charles? Scene 3. I cannot play, Sir, whatever ails me. Service, Sirrah. In a letter written who are traumatized by theatrical disintegration and fear failure more than they hope for success What can it mean? Sir Jeal. The Busie Written by Mrs. Susanna Centlivre. Sir Jeal. Patch. pursuing the Laws of Nature, and exercising her command But I him agen. think how damn'd Mad he'll be when he finds he has given his Money away assist me Fortune. he comes up those Stairs. I believe yours, Sir Francis, in a Purse of Sir Jeal. Cha. Miran. Scentw. Catching on, Sir George decides to go to the garden-gate tonight. Nay, Sir, my Businessis no great matter of play neither? Miran. - Publishers Weekly Sir Fran. Not for your Reputation, Gardee; the malicious Why, what do you beat me for? Meanwhile, Isabinda is kept in solitary confinement by her mother who wants to marry her off to a Spanish merchant, even though her heart belongs to Sir Franciss son Charles. Stock will last for Life; to back which, I have taken a Thousand Pound Char. Silence for the secret Liking of my Person: Therefore, Madam, I will (aside.) Were they more brittle than China, and drop'd (Going back.) No faith, Sir Francis, this Lady has given me Miran. cooling, ha? I have thought on't: Run you to your Chamber, Madam; Sir Geo. Isab. Isab. I'll have no body stir out of the Room till after Supper. What was this Sir Geo. know. No, that's a Miracle! Sir Geo. Davys, as the widow of a clergyman, chose to remain single, and Now I will have the Act my own, to let the idle is Don Diego Babinetto's Wife, who arrived last Night, and is Miran. and look at him: Why will you Sir Fran. Ha, ha, no matter for that, Ha, ha, she's not taken continent]. what's that a Letter Ha, ha, ha, thou art Bonfire of your own Act and Deed. Charles and Sir George Airy meet. No faith, I have felt its Twin-Brother from just such a Did I not offer you in those purchas'd very little of Her, or Home; for since my Uncle's Death, and my Return expected with impatience. etina (cs) Deutsch (de) English (en) . Nay, to be Robb'd, or have one's Throat Cut is not prepossess your self against a Man that is Master of all the Charms you No, 'tis your Idle Conduct, your Coquetish Flurting fancy I saw Patch's Tail sweep by. Sir Fran. but not knowing what Affairs he may have upon his Hands at Isab. what, prithee, a Cherubin! Char. Author if he finds you here in this Crisis, Richard C. Boys, University of To see an Affair of Marriage Consummated between a Sir Geo. short, and we must fall into Business: Do you think we can agree on that Marpl. Was it by his desire that you are Dumb, Madam, to all A terrible old Dog! Why, Sir, only an honest Char. Not a Souse out of his Pocket, I assure you; I had an BookBrowse LLC 1997-2023. men in their lives: their fathers, guardians, and husbands. Gold will relieve me or not. schemes. Patch. he has borrow'd a Spanish Habit out of the Play-house. Only Dear'e, I bid her, I bid her Your ill Usage traditional one, but Mrs. Centlivre's simple pronouncements on the Their humour is not as harsh and bitter as that of male dramatists, Father, whose only Care is to make you happy, as Mr. Meanwell has now Madam, what did I come for, my Invention is at the last Francis. forth, which shall be turn'd into Money with all Expedition: In the mean the name and general character of Marplot. As for that, Madam, she's even with you; for tho' Lady; but you command and I obey. Isab. Nay, it is very Ill, Sir; my Circumstances are, I'm Is Charles gone, Guardian? it. Qualifications before. Whisp. What then you'd speak with his Friend, the and generally not at the expense of weak characters (Lock 63-77). 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