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Modus Operandi; Or, The Automaton Chess-Player: A Play In Three Acts, With Prefatory Remarks, And Extracts From Original Letters On De Kempelin's Automaton Chess-Player, Published In 1784 by J. Walker. This edition presents a dramatic work inspired by M. de Kempelin's celebrated automaton chess-player, combining prefatory historical notes, translated letters describing the machine's inner workings, and a three-act play set in 18th-century Europe and New York. The drama follows a conspiratorial scheme using the automaton to influence a fortune and courtship, featuring characters such as Doctor Philidorus, Gambit, Captain Check, the Squire, Caroline, and Lucy. Through fast-paced dialogue, the piece blends chess philosophy (including Philidor) with stage comedy, disguises, and public demonstrations of the machine's mechanisms. As the plot unfolds, rival schemes unravel, romances ensue, and the automaton is ultimately displayed as a marvel for spectators, while the human players seek their fates. The work fuses historical curiosity with theatrical satire of science and society.
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