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A Greek Revival parlour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner parlour" was used for necessary conversation between resident members.
Under house parlour maid: the general deputy to the house parlour maid in a small establishment that had only two upstairs maids. Nursery maid: also an "upstairs maid", but one who worked in the children's nursery, maintaining fires, cleanliness, and good order. Reported to the nanny rather than the housekeeper.
The characters change accordingly, the soldier becomes a cab driver, the parlour maid becomes an au pair, etc... Hare's major difference from the original piece is the idea of performing it as a two-person show. Hare states that he was not the first person to do so.
Tom Freeman (Mr. Robert Loraine), the Colonist farmer, in search of a wife, tells his much-shocked sister Rose that he has asked Smith, the parlour-maid, to marry him. Emily Chapman, who lives by bridge-playing, now artfully succeeds in getting an offer of marriage from Tom. Smith (Miss Marie Lohr) confesses her love for Tom.
The Sailor and the Gardner (the Parlor Maid, originally the third partner in La Ronde, has her day off) The Gardner and the Young Gentleman; The Young Gentleman and the Professor; The Professor and His Partner; The Partner and the Dim-Witted Teen; The Dim-Witted Teen and the Playwright; The Playwright and the Actor; The Actor and the Movie Producer
Articles about women who worked as maids, female domestic workers.In the Victorian era domestic service was the second largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. [1]
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The Parlor-maid – Miss Mabel Hardinge Jo, another waiter – Mr. Edward Knoblauch The Cook – Mr. Leopold Profeit