MASKS AND FACES;
OR,
BEFORE AND BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
A Comedy
IN TWO ACTS.
BY
TOM TAYLOR AND CHARLES READE.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
1854
[_The Authors reserve the right of Translating this work._]
PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS,
LONDON GAZETTE OFFICE, ST. MARTIN'S LANE.
"MASKS AND FACES" was produced by Mr. Webster in November, 1852; and
played 103 nights at the Haymarket and Adelphi Theatres.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. HAYMARKET. ADELPHI.
_Sir Charles Pomander_ Mr. Leigh Murray Mr. Leigh Murray.
_Mr. Ernest Vane_ Mr. Parselle Mr. Parselle.
_Colly Cibber_ Mr. Lambert Mr. G. Honey.
_Quin_ Mr. James Bland Mr. Paul Bedford.
_Triplet_ Mr. Benjamin Webster Mr. Benjamin Webster.
_Lysimachus Triplet_ Master Caulfield Master Caulfield.
_Mr. Snarl_ Mr. Stuart Mr. O. Smith.
_Mr. Soaper_ Mr. Braid Mr. C. J. Smith.
_James Burdock_ Mr. Rogers Mr. R. Romer.
_Colander_ Mr. Clark Mr. Hastings.
_Hundsdon_ Mr. Coe Mr. Lindon.
_Call Boy_ Mr. Edwards Mr. Waye.
_Pompey_ Master C. J. Smith Master C. J. Smith.
_Mrs. Vane_ Miss Rosa Bennett Miss Woolgar.
_Peg Woffington_ Mrs. Stirling Madame Celeste.
_Kitty Clive_ Miss Maskell Miss Maskell.
_Mrs. Triplet_ Mrs. Leigh Murray Mrs. Leigh Murray.
_Roxalana_ Miss Caulfield Miss Caulfield.
_Maid_ Miss E. Woulds Miss Mitchenson.
MASKS AND FACES,
OR,
BEFORE AND BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
ACT I.