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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- 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.
IMMORTALS.
- 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.
(The Tuneful Nine)
- 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.
MORTALS.
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