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The Rightful Heir

A Drama In Five Acts
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873)
  
THE RIGHTFUL HEIR.
  
[dedication]
  
PREFACE.
  
[castlist]
  
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    DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

    Lord Beaufort, Son to Lady Montreville

  • Mr. Neville.

    • Sir Grey de Malpas, the poor cousin, distantly connected to Lady Montreville, but next in succession to the earldom, on failure of the direct line

  • Mr. Hermann Vezin.

    • Wrecklyffe, a disinherited and ruined gentleman—who, after a vicious and lawless career on land, has turned pirate

  • Mr. Lawlor.

    • Sir Godfrey Seymour, a justice of the peace

  • Mr. George Peel.

    • Vyvyan, the captain of the Dreadnought, a privateer

  • Mr. Bandmann.

    • Falkner, Vyvyan's first lieutenant and friend

  • Mr. Lin Rayne.

    • Harding, Vyvyan's second lieutenant

  • Mr. T. Anderson.

    • Marsden, seneschal to Lady Montreville

  • Mr. David Evans.

    • Alton, a village priest

  • Mr. Basil Potter.

    • A Sub-Officer on board the Dreadnought

  • Mr. Everard.

    • Servants, Sailors, Clerk, and Halberdiers attendant on Sir Godfrey.

  • Lady Montreville, a countess in her own right

  • Mrs. H. Vezin.

    • Eveline, her ward—distantly related to her, and betrothed to Vyvyan

  • Miss M. Palmer.
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