Project Gutenberg 1996-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 469 Henley, William Ernest 1849 1903 Henley, W. E. (William Ernest) Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 Stevenson, R. L. (Robert Louis) The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson Deacon Brodie Beau Austin Admiral Guinea Robert Macaire. Transcribed from the 1907 William Heinemann edition by David Price "The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson" by Henley and Stevenson is a collection of dramatic works composed during the late 19th century. The text is composed of several plays, with "Deacon Brodie" highlighted as a central piece, which explores themes of duality and crime through the story of the titular character, Deacon Brodie, who leads a double life as a respected tradesman by day and a criminal by night. At the start of the play "Deacon Brodie," we are introduced to William Brodie, a skilled carpenter and deacon of the Wrights in Edinburgh, who is portrayed as a man of great talent yet deeply entangled in a life of crime. The narrative presents his conflicting existence through conversations with other characters, including family members like Mary, his sister, and his uncle, the Procurator-Fiscal. As Brodie grapples with his dual identity, the opening establishes tensions between his responsibilities to his family and his involvement in criminal activities, foreshadowing the perilous choices he will face. This exploration of morality amidst crime captures a compelling drama that resonates with both internal conflict and societal judgment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 94.9 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Drama PR Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: British Literature 511077 2025-07-01T06:55:36.402468 text/html 534466 2013-03-10T13:48:22 text/html 213669 2013-03-10T13:53:04 text/html application/zip 309914 2025-07-01T06:55:49.166406 application/epub+zip 314126 2025-07-01T06:55:40.165454 application/epub+zip 236808 2025-07-01T06:55:38.640435 application/epub+zip 621704 2025-07-01T06:55:54.133378 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 562833 2025-07-01T06:55:48.056419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 470525 2022-09-01T07:46:58.838091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387990 2025-07-01T06:55:34.022437 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 387675 2013-03-10T13:47:49 text/plain; charset=utf-8 144330 2013-03-10T13:53:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19253 2025-07-01T06:55:54.279358 application/rdf+xml 20824 2025-07-01T06:55:39.192414 image/jpeg 4565 2025-07-01T06:55:38.916412 image/jpeg 301851 2025-07-01T06:55:36.441465 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia