Project Gutenberg 2020-01-10 Public domain in the USA. 179 Hannan, Charles 1863 1922 tmp92007102 The Electric Man Being the One Act Version of the Three Act Farcical Comedy of the Same Name Produced by Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Electric Man" by Charles Hannan is a one-act farcical comedy adapted from a successful three-act version, written in the early 20th century. The play centers around the character of Walter Everest, a chemist and electrician who has created an automaton resembling himself, which he plans to use in a desperate scheme to stop his stepmother's impending marriage. The story unfolds with comedic twists as Walter's invention becomes more than he bargained for, bringing chaos and humor to his attempts to reclaim his inheritance. In the plot, Walter learns that if his stepmother marries before his birthday, she will inherit his father's fortune instead of him. To halt the wedding, he devises a plan involving his lifelike automaton, which he has named Cyril Davidson. When the automaton unexpectedly comes to life, it creates a series of humorous misunderstandings and frantic antics as Walter, along with his friend Jack and his fiancée Stella, tries to manage the situation. The interplay between the characters leads to a slapstick finale, where they must confront the consequences of their actions and the confusion stemming from the automaton's existence. Ultimately, the play combines elements of mistaken identity and farce, providing both laughs and a light-hearted commentary on invention and inheritance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Drama Comedy plays Robots -- Drama PR Text Precursors of Science Fiction Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 84245 2025-06-24T09:31:27.970663 text/html 62211 2024-10-17T15:40:50 text/html 224905 2025-06-24T09:31:32.434610 application/epub+zip 224457 2025-06-24T09:31:28.697628 application/epub+zip 90574 2025-06-24T09:31:28.327582 application/epub+zip 275033 2025-06-24T09:31:35.158626 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258289 2025-06-24T09:31:32.105590 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125081 2022-09-27T15:50:48.040247 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54713 2025-06-24T09:31:27.481581 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 34860 2024-10-17T15:40:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16920 2025-06-24T09:31:35.321550 application/rdf+xml 28349 2025-06-24T09:31:28.433582 image/jpeg 3539 2025-06-24T09:31:28.380570 image/jpeg 332300 2025-06-24T09:31:28.045706 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