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... THE PHILANDRIST A Drawing-room Play. By Dorothea Deakin. A 4 CHARACTERS Cassandra A philandrist Primula Penstemon A girl Eugene A young man Selim A blackened page SCENE A sitting-room simply furnished. A crystal ball, some mysterious-looking charts on the wall, a black cat asleep on the hearth, and a shelf full of phials and pots. A crucible, perhaps, and divining rods {Enter Cassandra, darkly ...

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