Project Gutenberg 2025-01-29 Public domain in the USA. 151 Megrue, Roi Cooper 1883 1927 Megrue, Roy Cooper Hackett, Walter 1876 1944 It pays to advertise : $b A farcical fact in three acts $aNew York :$bSamuel French, $c1914, copyright 1917. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Pays_to_Advertise_(play) Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "It Pays to Advertise: A Farcical Fact in Three Acts" by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett is a comedic play written in the early 20th century. The narrative follows Rodney Martin, the son of a wealthy soap manufacturer, as he embarks on a journey to establish his own soap business, the "Thirteen Soap," in a bid to prove his capabilities and win over the affections of his secretary, Mary Grayson. The play satirizes the world of advertising, exploring themes of ambition, family dynamics, and the superficiality that can accompany commercial success. At the start of the play, we are introduced to a humorous scenario in which Mary, Mr. Martin's secretary, tries to manage the chaotic situations that arise in the Martin household. Rodney, having yet to take his father's expectations seriously, flirts with the idea of romance with Mary while meandering in his entrepreneurial endeavors. The scene quickly sets up the tension between the father-son duo, as Cyrus Martin is determined to instill a work ethic in his son, unaware that his own son is secretly planning to compete against him in the soap business. Meanwhile, the entrance of the Countess, eager to negotiate business for soap distribution in France, adds an extra layer of intrigue, foreshadowing the combination of romance and business that will unfold as Rodney strives to prove himself. The opening establishes a farcical tone, promising laughter and insightful commentary on the nature of desire and ambition in a commercial world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.319510016270315 20211216034113megrue 1914 US Reading ease score: 87.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Man-woman relationships -- Drama Wealth -- Drama American drama (Comedy) -- 20th century Fathers and sons -- Drama PS Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 291103 2025-06-29T14:31:27.985320 text/html 266285 2025-01-29T17:17:43 text/html 389702 2025-06-29T14:31:35.533294 application/epub+zip 392061 2025-06-29T14:31:29.522307 application/epub+zip 203435 2025-06-29T14:31:28.645298 application/epub+zip 745525 2025-06-29T14:31:38.635236 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 706510 2025-06-29T14:31:34.832296 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 189703 2025-06-29T14:31:26.258338 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 169773 2025-01-29T17:17:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17607 2025-06-29T14:31:38.782237 application/rdf+xml 20247 2025-06-29T14:31:28.934335 image/jpeg 3257 2025-06-29T14:31:28.787279 image/jpeg 512267 2025-06-29T14:31:28.012335 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