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Cymon and Iphigenia

Planché, J. R. (1796-1880)
  
CYMON & IPHIGENIA;
  
[note]
  
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
  
PROGRAMME OF SCENERY, &c.

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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

    Characters out of the Piece.

  • Spring (a delicacy, just in season, drawn ethereally mild) ... Miss Martindale
  • March (going out like a Lamb) ... Mr. Gale
  • April the First (King of Tomfoolery) ... Mr. Chas. Mathews

    Characters in the Piece—Supernaturals.

  • Merlin (an ancient British Conjuror, pressed into the service of Cymon by Garrick, and retained in it by the Adapter, for want of a better) ... Mr. F. Cooke
  • Urganda (an Enchantress of the Old School of Garrick—Queen of Arcadia) ... Miss Isabel Dickinson
  • Revenge (a Passion, unfortunately too common to need description) Mr. Russel
  • Jealousy (a Passion, unfortunately too common to need description) Mr. Franks
  • Hatred (a Passion, unfortunately too common to need description Mr. Frith
  • Despair (a Passion, unfortunately too common to need description) Mr. Whitten
  • Love (as he appeared to our Grandmothers) ... Miss Ranoe
  • Nymphs (who “come with a hoop and come at a call”) ... Mesdames Burbidge, Clare, Mars, Hunt, J. Hunt, Honey, Wadham, Cushnie, A. Cushnie, Maile, Forde, &c.

    Naturals.

  • Cymon (the “Fool of Nature,” according to Dryden) ... Miss Julia St. George
  • Dorus (a Justice of the Piece written by Garrick) Mr. Harley
  • Linco (a Neat-herd) ... Mr. Robert Roxby
  • Damon (Simple Arcadian) Mr. Charles
  • Alexis (Simple Arcadian) Mr. Burt
  • Strephon (Simple Arcadian) Mr. De Courcy
  • Dorilas (Simple Arcadian) Mr. Kerridge
  • Iphigenia, alias Sylvia (a noble Maiden of Cyprus, according to Boccaccio and Dryden, but brought up as an Arcadian Shepherdess, according to Garrick) ... Miss Manners (Her First Appearance here)
  • Dorcas (the Old Woman who did her that favour) ... Mr. Frank Matthews
  • Fatima (so called by Garrick, in the confusion of the moment—Urganda's Femme de Chambre) ... Mrs. Humby (Her First Appearance here)
  • Daphne (innocent Maiden) Miss Kenworthy
  • Phœbe (innocent Maiden) Miss M. Oliver
  • Gentle Shepherds and Shepherdesses, with “as many Sheep as can be put in for the money,” by the rest of the Company.
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