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Richelieu ; Or The Conspiracy

A Play In Five Acts
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873)
  
RICHELIEU;
  
[epigraph]
  
TO THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, K. G., &c. &c.
  
PREFACE TO RICHELIEU.
  
PERSONS OF THE DRAMA, AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1839.
  
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PERSONS OF THE DRAMA, AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1839.

    Men.

    Louis the Thirteenth

  • Mr. Elton.

    • Gaston, Duke of Orleans, brother to Louis XIII.

  • Mr. Diddear.

    • Baradas, Favourite of the King, first gentleman of the Chamber, Premier Ecuyer, &c.

  • Mr. Warde.

    • Cardinal Richelieu

  • Mr. Macready.

    • The Chevalier de Mauprat

  • Mr. Anderson.

    • The Sieur de Beringhen (in attendance on the King, one of the Conspirators)

  • Mr. Vining.

    • Joseph, a Capuchin, Richelieu's confidant

  • Mr. Phelps.

    • Huguet, an officer of Richelieu's household guard—a Spy

  • Mr. George Bennett.

    • François, first Page to Richelieu

  • Mr. Howe.

    • First Courtier

  • Mr. Roberts.

    • Captain of the Archers

  • Mr. Matthews.

    • First Secretary of State

  • Mr. Tilbury.

    • Second Secretary of State

  • Mr. Yarnold.

    • Third Secretary of State

  • Mr. Payne.

    • Governor of the Bastile

  • Mr. Waldron.

    • Gaoler

  • Mr. Ayliffe.

    • Courtiers, Pages, Conspirators, Officers, Soldiers, &c.

    Women.

    Julie de Mortemar, an Orphan, Ward to Richelieu

  • Miss Helen Faucit.

    • Marion de Lorme, Mistress to Orleans, but in Richelieu's pay

  • Miss Charles.
 

Properly speaking, the King's First Valet de Chambre, a post of great importance at that time.

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