Project Gutenberg 2013-08-22 Public domain in the USA. 141 Curtis, Herbert Pelham Curtis, H. P. (Herbert Pelham) Curtis, H. Pelham (Herbert Pelham) None so Deaf As Those Who Won't Hear: A Comedietta in One Act Produced by Dianna Adair, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "None so Deaf As Those Who Won't Hear: A Comedietta in One Act" by H. Pelham Curtis is a comedic play written in the late 19th century. This one-act play explores themes of deafness and miscommunication, showcasing the humorous situations that arise from the inability of its characters to hear or understand one another effectively. Set in a modern parlor, it highlights the social interactions and domestic life of the period. The story revolves around Singleton Coddle, a father suffering from deafness, and his daughter Eglantine, who longs for companionship but finds herself frustrated by her father's refusal to allow suitors. Eglantine is distressed by her father's overprotectiveness, leading to humorous exchanges with their servant Jane. Meanwhile, a young man named Washington Whitwell unexpectedly enters the scene, complicating matters further as he unknowingly becomes a source of confusion due to his own supposed deafness. As characters misunderstand each other, comedic tension builds until a series of situations unfold that culminate in revelations about love, marriage, and the humorous extremes people will go to when miscommunication reigns. Ultimately, the play highlights the importance of hearing, both literally and metaphorically, in the development of relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43536/43536-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 87.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en American drama -- 19th century PS Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 123629 2025-06-17T14:43:31.370439 text/html 125552 2013-08-22T11:57:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 136465 2025-06-17T14:43:35.486398 application/epub+zip 135721 2025-06-17T14:43:32.056461 application/epub+zip 100402 2025-06-17T14:43:31.685423 application/epub+zip 202934 2025-06-17T14:43:37.718434 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185654 2025-06-17T14:43:35.162439 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146570 2022-09-19T20:09:44.739943 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 75450 2023-09-19T05:36:50.434845 text/plain 15541 2025-06-17T14:43:37.862382 application/rdf+xml 27337 2025-06-17T14:43:31.793417 image/jpeg 3709 2025-06-17T14:43:31.737422 image/jpeg 125244 2025-06-17T14:43:31.386437 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog