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The Rival Sisters

A Tragedy

Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)

THE RIVAL SISTERS.

Dramatis Personæ.

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ACT the SECOND.

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ACT the FOURTH.

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PROLOGUE, Occasioned by the death of Mr. Henderson, For Mrs. HENDERSON's Night, At the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, on Saturday, February 25, 1786. Spoken by Mrs. SIDDONS.

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Dramatis Personæ.

MEN.

Periander, King of Naxos.
Theseus,
Pirithous,
Archon, an officer of Periander,
Aletes, Ambassador from Minos, King of Crete.

WOMEN.

Ariadne,
Phædra,
Virgins, attending on Ariadne, &c.

Scene, the Isle of Naxos.