_The remaining characters express astonishment._

CURTAIN.



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MARY'S ANKLE


A comedy in 3 acts. By May Tully. Produced originally at the Bijou
Theatre, New York. 6 males, 4 females. 1 interior, 1 exterior scene.
Modern costumes.

This brisk and peppery farce is one of the cleanest and most hilariously
amusing plays of recent years. It is the story of ambitious but
impecunious youth. "Doc" Hampton, without a patient, "Stocksie," a
lawyer devoid of clients, and "Chub" Perkins, a financier without
capital, are in a bad way. In fact, they are broke and it is a real
problem for them actually to get food. Mary Jane Smith is the heroine
with the ankle. The three pals meet her first as a solicitor of funds
for the poor and again as the victim of an automobile accident.

A rich relative, "Doc's" uncle, inclined to be a tightwad but good at
heart, comes upon the scene and seeing Mary, immediately takes it for
granted that she is his nephew's wife, having been informed by a bogus
wedding invitation that the ceremony had just taken place. The