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Riquet With The Tuft ; Or Harlequin & Old Mother Shipton

Blanchard, E. L. (1820-1889)
  
RIQUET WITH THE TUFT;
  
[dedication]
  
SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, AND CHARACTERS.
  
[note]

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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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SCENE VI.
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SCENE VII.
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SCENE VIII.

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SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, AND CHARACTERS.

‘There was once upon a time a Queen who had a little son, but he had a hunch upon his back, and was, besides, so hideously ugly, that it was for some time doubted if he had the form of a human creature.’—Mother Bunch's Fairy Tales.

    DROPPING WELL OF KNARESBOROUGH, AND ABODE OF OLD MOTHER SHIPTON, BY MOONLIGHT.

    Mother Shipton,

  • Mr. Cockrill;

    • Mother Bunch,

  • Miss Florence Gray.

    • Villagers,

  • Messrs. and Mesdames Eessir, Noasur, Lawzer, Hoyzur, and Sumfoaks.

Demoniacal Dance of Bewitched Broomsticks—The Witch, the Whim, and the Wager—Night Flight of the Witches and Petrifying of the Peasantry.

    MUSHROOM MARSH ON A MISTY MORNING.

    Chief Fungus,

  • Miss Hart;

    • Fungi,

  • Masters Puffball, Powdernob, Yellowskin, Pinktop, Littlebutton, &c.—

Mother Shipton's Penetration, and Mother Bunch's Incantation—Mystic Marvels.

    LAKE OF THE LILIES.

    Water Lily,

  • Miss Alice Lee;

    • the Gossamer Geni,

  • Miss Annie Collinson.

Grand Ballet, by the attendant Gossamers.

    PRESENCE CHAMBER IN THE KING'S PALACE.

    Rumbustical, surnamed the Rampageous (King of Little Brittany),

  • Mr. G. Belmore;

    • the Princess Amouretta (his Daughter),

  • Miss Hudspeth;

    • Satinetta and Velveteena (her Maids of Honour),

  • Misses Mumps and Dumps;

    • Grand Chamberlain,

  • Mr. Rumphiz;

    • Court Physician,

  • Mr. Longphiz;

    • Groom of the Bedchamber,

  • Mr. Catchit;

    • First Lord in Waiting,

  • Mr. Matchit.

    • Courtiers, Guards, and Lords in Waiting,

  • Messrs. Cringe, Fawn, Crookshank, Bowlow, &c.

    • Royal Herald,

  • Signor Tantarara.

    • Prince Mannakin, of the Principality of High-Ho-Slackenbach,

  • Mr. Moreland;

    • Gogmagog (Chief of Petty Tartary),

  • Mr. Collett;

    • Prince Riqeut with the Tuft,

  • Mr. Charles Seyton.

Arrival of the suitors for the hand of the Princess, ‘Who was as silly and stupid as she was handsome,’ and of the strange things that befel the Court of King Rumbustical in consequence.

    THE ENCHANTED WOOD.

    Gunter the Great,

  • Master Kitchener.

How the wedding breakfast is prepared, and how Prince Riquet astonishes the lady of his choice.

PLEASURE GARDENS OF THE ROYAL PALACE.

‘Some people were of opinion that this surprising change in the Prince was not occasioned by the gift of the Fairy, but that the love the Princess conceived for him was the only cause.’—Mother Bunch's Fairy Tales.

How the Prince woos and wins the Fair Princess, and how the wager is decided —Disappearance of the hump lower, and appearance of the Umpire in

DESCENT OF THE AERIAL SYLPHS TO THE BRIGHT HOME OF THE GOSSAMER FAIRY.

    THE TRANSFORMATION.

    Harlequin

  • M. MILANO.

    • Columbine

  • Miss ANNIE COLLINSON.

    • Pantaloon

  • Mr. HALFORD.

    • Clown

  • Mr. R. POWER
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