DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
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As Performed Monday, April 9, 1849.
NATIVES.
ADELPATES—(Classically known as Creon, King of Thebes, in Bœotia—a very limited Monarchy as regards the national intellect)
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Mr. J. Bland.
STUPIDITES—(An Officer of the Royal Household, but in consequence of the Civil List of the period having been mislaid, his exact position is uncertain)
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Mr. Caulfield.
DULLUS Theban, i.e., Thickhead
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Mr. Clarke.
NOIDEAS Theban, i.e., Thickhead
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Mr. A. Brindal.
IGNORAMOS Theban, i.e., Thickhead
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Mr. Ennis.
SCYLLEON Theban, i.e., Thickhead
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Mr. Sapio.
SOPHTUS Theban, i.e., Thickhead
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Mr. Pritchard.
COCHOS—(Driver of the Hackney Chariot, No. 1753)
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Mr. Coe.
THEMYSSIS—(Every inch—of the few she measures—a Queen)
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Mrs. Caulfield.
JOCASTA—(Daughter of Adelpates, offered as the reward of merit on certain conditions—a handsome offer on the face of it)
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Miss Reynolds.
VERENYSIS—(Her Schoolfellow and Confidante, a classic and feminine version of “Charles—his friend”)
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Miss E. Messent.
Senators, Guards, Peasants, Dolts, Blockheads, &c., &c.
IMMIGRANTS.
MERCURY—(From the Olympic, by the kind permission of Jupiter, who has on this occasion obligingly consented to make himself generally and particularly useful)
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Mrs. Keeley.
ŒDIPUS—(Reputed Son of Polybus, King of Corinth, now in quest of adventures in Bœotia, and living by his wits—a means of living not much in vogue amongst the inhabitants)
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Miss P. Horton.
SETTLER.
THE SPHINX—(The “perfectly” original Billy Black—a singular being, curious in more ways than one—of an enquiring mind and an obliging disposition)
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Mr. Keeley.
