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Sample ## Take a look inside THEFT A Play In Four Acts By Jack London 1910 Contents ACTORS' DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTERS ACT I A Room in the House of Senator Chalmers ACT II Rooms of Howard Knox at Hotel Waltham ACT III A Room in the Washington House of Anthony Starkweather ACT IV Same as Act I Time of Play, To-Day, in Washington, D. C. It Occurs in Twenty Hours CHARACTERS Margaret Chalmers Howard Knox Thomas Chalmers Master Thomas Chalmers Ellery Jackson Hubbard Anthony Starkweather Mrs Starkweather Connie Starkweather Felix Dobleman Linda Davis Julius Rutland John Gieford Matsu Sakari Dolores Ortega Senator Dowsett Mrs Dowsett Housekeeper, Servs Wife of Senator Chalmers A Congressman from Oregon A United States Senator and several times millionaire Son of Margaret and Senator Chalmers A Journalist A great magnate, and father of Margaret Chalmers His wife Their younger daughter Secretary to Anthony Starkweather Maid to Margaret Chalmers Episcopalian Minister Labor Agitator Secretary of Japanese Embassy Wife of Peruvian Minister Agents, etc ACTORS' DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTERS Margaret Chalmers. Twenty-seven years of age; a strong, mature woman, but quite feminine where her heart or sense of beauty are concerned. Her eyes are wide apart. Has a dazzling smile, which she knows how to use on occasion. Also, on occasion, she can be firm and hard, even cynical An intellectual woman, and at the same time a very womanly woman, capable of sudden tendernesses, flashes of emotion, and abrupt actions. She is a finished product of high culture and refinement, and at the same time possesses robust vitality and instinctive right-promptings that augur well for the future of the race. Howard Knox. He might have been a poet, but was turned politician. Inflamed with love for humanity. Thirty-five years of age. He has his vision, and must follow it. He has suffered ostracism because… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Ftheft-a-play-in-four-acts) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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