Peter Ricket's Secret Mission Across New York
In 1750 New York, actor Peter Ricket befriends a mysterious Englishman Richard Wayling and a silent Hindoo Rao Singh. Wayling reveals a past of betrayal and revenge tied to Cantley, Mary and a buried life, and plots a dramatic reckoning that tests Peter's conscience and courage.
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Nanny
Nonny
Peter
Peter Ricket
Koy
Paris
Richard Wayling
India
East India Company
Dark Revenge and New Hope on a Foggy Bay
In a tense scene on a New York street and fog bound harbor, Wayling contemplates revenge and Peter's plea for mercy sways him. The pair release a captive, plan a voyage to England, and face a solemn farewell as dawn breaks over the bay and the ship sails.
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Edward Cautley
Peter
Wayling
Playhouse
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Rao
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England
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Hindoo
Cantley
Rts
Dark Saloon Scene Punctuated by Rusty Rake and Patience
In a tense interior, Wayling strains under suffocation as a Hindoo warns him with patience. A rakish, disheveled gentleman demands a song, boasting of England and a past romance while taunting the room with ribald verses.
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His Majesty
Wayling
Sahib
Peter
England
Trance Vision Haunts Man As He Awakes
Wayling recalls waking from a mysterious trance as visions of clouds and nothingness fade into a faint self awareness. He describes hearing an hourglass sand drop and a lamb’s bleating while a stranger measures him for a coffin, with Rae and Cautley absent from memory.
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Peter
Judas
Cautley
Wayling
Rao Singh
Rae
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