John Hyde, a Play
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To corrupt his depressed country’s currency, anti-hero President John Hyde schemes with Dr. La Brea, his satanic backer, to foster a Faustian program of spending 3-dollar bills called "The Modern Deal.’’ Hyde kills an opposed Court Justice, and to fill his vacancy names a former friend Frances Harkins, a judge in a local case against Helen Scopes, Hyde’s promised amour. Helen is charged for teaching school children his doctrine of "monkey spending’’ in violation of a local ordinance. The plot starts going wrong—or right. Frances, Helen, and Mrs. Hyde welcome news of economic reco...
To corrupt his depressed country’s currency, anti-hero President John Hyde schemes with Dr. La Brea, his satanic backer, to foster a Faustian program of spending 3-dollar bills called "The Modern Deal.’’ Hyde kills an opposed Court Justice, and to fill his vacancy names a former friend Frances Harkins, a judge in a local case against Helen Scopes, Hyde’s promised amour. Helen is charged for teaching school children his doctrine of "monkey spending’’ in violation of a local ordinance. The plot starts going wrong—or right. Frances, Helen, and Mrs. Hyde welcome news of economic recovery, and credit Hyde. Before midnight tolls La Brea’s deadline, Hyde tries planting counterfeit and arson to reverse the reversal.
