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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

    IMMORTALS.

  • Mars (God of War, a very angry Planet, and a Field-Marshal in the Army) ... Mr. Webster
  • Saturn, alias Time (a very cool Planet, and a most Slippery Character) ... Mr. W. Vining
  • Mercury (a Musical Planet, all Glee and Quicksilver) ... Mr. Tully
  • Esculapius (Demi-God of Physic and Doctor of Medicine; a Mixture as before) ... Mr. Wyman
  • Momus (God of Mirth and Partaker in the Glee of Mercury) ... Mr. Dowsing
  • Cupid (God of Love) ... Miss Pettifer (Her First Appearance)
  • Hymen (God of Marriage) ... Miss Greener
  • Venus (Goddess of Beauty, a lovely Planet, the most heavenly body of all the heavenly bodies) Madame Vestris
  • Diana or Luna (Goddess of Hunting and Queen of the Planets) ... Miss Gliddon
  • Até (Goddess of Vengeance, “red hot from” Shakespeare) ... Miss Land
  • The Furies, Mrs. Norman, Miss Webster, and Miss C. Webster.
  • Their Graces, the Graces, Miss Crawford, Miss Fitzwalter, and Miss Norman.

    (The Tuneful Nine)

  • Clio (Muse of History) Miss Ireland
  • Euterpe (Muse of Harmony) Mrs. Cooper
  • Thalia (Muse of Comedy) Miss Pincott
  • Melpomene (Muse of Tragedy) Mrs. Knight
  • Terpsichore (Muse of Dancing) Miss Minna
  • Polyhymnia (Muse of Song) Miss H. Ireland
  • Erato (Muse of Poetry) Miss Harrington
  • Calliope (Muse of Eloquence) Miss Melbourne
  • Urania (Muse of Astronomy) Miss S. Ireland
  • Loves and Doves, by the juvenile portion of the Company, in full feather.

    MORTALS.

  • Adonis (an-ice Young Man, “I do think”) by Mr. J. Bland.
  • Members of the Paphian Hunt, by Messrs. Jones, Giffin, Tully, Dowsing, Franklin, Sheriff, Hitchinson, Barland, Miller, and Alexander.
  • A very great Boar ... By Himself.
  • The Dogs of War and their Wives ... By a Pack of Invisibles.