PR 5499 .S45 C3 Copy 1 PRICE 1^ CE1NTS9*. GathGrinG Howard. AN HISTORICAL PLAY, IN THREE ACTS. [From the celebrated Play of that name by Alexander Du- mas,] adapted BY ^^r. E>. sitter, Esq.. Author of " The Prisoner of FigneroUes" etc. AS FIRST PERFOBMED AT THE SURREY THEATRE, LONDON, IN 1858. TO WHICH AUG ADDED A (lescriptiou of Itie Costiiine— Ciist of tlie Characters — Entrances and Eslts — Relative Posi(ioii« of t)ie Peifonnei-s on the Stage, and the wttole of the Stage Business. [eto-iJoifft : ROBERT M. DE WITT, PUBLISHER, ijU^'^V '^'^' "^'^ E<^sf* street. AOir f ^^p'jfJe'?5"(?n?s'.^ MONEY BOX. A Farce. By Harry Len.on.., BEADT. 1 THE YOUNG COLLECIAN. (The Cantab.) A Farce. By T. I W. EobertBon. Price 15 Cents. ■' " ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DRAMA. Nothing so thorough aud complete in the way of Ethiopian and Comic Dramas has ever been printed a« those that appear in the following list/ Not only are the plots excellent, the characters droll, the incidents funny, tlie language humorous, but all the situations, by -play, positions, pantomimic business, scenery, and tricks are so plainly set down and clearly explained that the merest novice could jKit any of them on the stage. Included in this Catalogue are all the most laughable and effective pieces of their class ever produced. *:j.* In ordering please cop3-the figures at 'the commencement of each piece, which indicate the number of the jiiece iu " De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic Drama." j6®= Aay of the following Plays sent, postage free, on receipt of price — Fifteen Cen is each. f^S" The figure following the name of the Play denotes the number of Acts. The figures in the columns indicate the number of characters — 'SI. male; F. female. 141. Absent Minded, Ethiopian farce. 1 act 3 1 7.3. African Box, burlesque, 2 scenes. . . 5 107. African as Bluel)eard, musical Ethi- opian burlesque, 1 scene 6 2 113. Ambition, farce, 2 scenes 7 1.33. Awful Plot (An) Ethiopian farce, la. 3 1 43. Baby Elephant, sketch, 2 scenes... 7 1 42. Bad" Whiskey, Irish sketch, 1 scen^ *} I 79. Barney's Courtship, musical inter- lude, lact 1 2 40. Big Mistake, sketch, 1 scene 4 6. Black Chap from Whitechapel, Ne- gro piece 4 10. Black Chemist, sketch, 1 scene 3 11. Black-Ey'd William, sketch, 2 scenes 4 1 146. Black Forrest (The), Ethiopian farce, 1 act 2 1 110. Black Magician (De), Ethiopian com- icality 4 2 126 Black Statue (The). Negro farce 4 2 127. Blinks and Jniks, Ethiopian sketch. 3 1. 128. Bobolino, the Black Bandit, Ethio- pian musical farce, 1 act 2 1 120. Body Suatchers (The),Negro sketch, 2 scenes 3 1 78. Bogus Indian, .sketch, 4 scenes 5 2 89. Bogus Talking Machine (The), farce, 1 scene 4 24. Bruised aud Cured, sketch, 1 scene. 2 1U8. Charge of the Hash Brigade, comic Irish ravi.sical sketch 2 2 148. Christmas Eve in the South, Ethio- l^ian farce, 1 act 6 2 35. Coal Heaver's Revenge, Negro sketch. 1 scene 6 112. Coming Man (The), Ethiopian sketch, 2 scenes 3 1 41. Cremation, sketch, 2. scenes 8 1 144. Crowded Hotel (The), sketch, 1 sc. 4 1 140. Cupid's Frolics, sketch. 1 scene 5 1 12 Daguerreotypes, sketch, 1 scene 3 .53. Damon aud Pythijis, burlesque, 2 ."SC. 5 1 63. Darkey's Stratagem, sketch. 1 scene 3 1 131. Darkey Sleep Walker (The), Ethio- jiian sketch, 1 scene 3 1 83. 77. 17. .58. 31. 20. 82. 130. 86. 70. 61. 142. 23. 118. 3. 48. 68. 1.50. 71. 123 Deaf as a Post, Ethiopian sketch.. . 2 Deeds of Darkness, Ethiopian ex- travaganza, 1 act 6 1 Desperate Situation (A), farce, 1 sc. 5 2 Draft (The ). sketch, 2 scenes 6 Dutchman's Ghost, 1 scene 4 1 Dutch Justice, laughable sketch. 1 scene 11 Editor's Troubles, farce, 1 scene. . . 6 Eh ? What is it ? sketch 4 1 Election Day, Ethiojiian farce. 2 sc. 6 1 Elopement (The), fai'ce. 2 scenes. . . 4 1 Excise Trials, sketch, 1 scene 10 1 Fellow that Looks like Me, inter- lude, 1 scene 2 1 First Night (The~i, Dutch farce, 1 act 4 2 Fisherman's Luck, sketch, 1 scene. 2 Fuu in a Cooiier's Shop. Ethiopian sketch 6 Gambi'inus, King of Lager Beer, Ethiopian burlesque, 2 scenes — 8 1 German Emigrant (The), sketch, Isc. 2 2 Getting Square on the Call Boy, sketch, 1 scene 3 Ghost (The). Sketch, 1 act 2 Ghost in a Pawn Shop, sketch, 1 sc. 4 Glycerine Oil, sketch, 2 scenes 3 Going for ths Cup. interlude 4 Good Night's Best, sketch, 1 scene. 3 Go aud get Tight, Ethiopian sketch, 1 scene 6 Gripsack, sketch. 1 scene 3 Guide to the Stage, sketch 3 Happy Couple. 1 scene 2 1 Happy Uncle Kufus, Ethiopian mu- sical sketch, 1 scene 1 1 Hard Times, extravaganza. 1 scene. 5 1 Helen's Funny Babies, burlesque. 1 act 6 Hemmed In. s'cetch 3 '■ High Jack, the Heeler, sketch, 1 sc. 6 Hippotheatron, sketch 9 How to Pay the Rent, force. 1 scene 6 In and Out, sket<-h. 1 scenp 2 IiiteUigence Office (The), Ethiopian sketch, 1 scene 2 1 CATIIEKIAE HOWARD; OB, THE THRONE, THE TOMB, AND THE SCAFFOLD. %\x fislancal flaw, IN THKEE ACTS. FROM THE CELEBRATED PLAY OF THAT NAME ST ALEXAISTDKE DUMAS. ADAPTED B^ W. D. SUTEE, Author of "The Prisoner of Pignn-nHes," " Tlie Quirt Famihj," ^^ Brother Bill and Me^-^ " Gin me my Wife" etc., etc. AS FIRST PERFORMED AT THE SURREY THEATRE, LONDON, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. CRESWICK, 1858. TO WHICH IS ADDED A rVESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES — CAST OF THE CHARACTERS EN- TRANCES AXD EXITS RELATIVE rOSITIONS OF THE PER- FORMERS ON THE STA(iE, AND THE WHOLE OF THE STAOK BUSINESS. NEW YOUK: ROBERT M. DE WITT, PUBLISHER, No. 33 'jRosE Stkret, CAIUEKIXE IIOWAUD. FRS?;^ rA CAST OF CHARACTERS. Surrey Tlieairt, Ldiidon, 1858. Henry VIII:, King of Eng-land (Tragedian) Mr. B. Potter. Athelwold, Duke ot Northumberland (Tragedy Lead) Mr. Ckeswicb Archbishop Cranmor (Old Man) Mr. Vollaire. Duke of Sussex ( Walking: Gentleman) Mr. W. Veunos Duke of Norfolk " Mr. Wkioht. Orand Chamberlain (Utility) Mr. Jones. Lieutenant of the Tower (Utility) Mr. Stuetton. Fleming, an Alchemist (1st Utility) Mr. Perfit. Page to Athelwold (Walking Lady) Miss Henzell. Martin Krinkly, a Cordwainer (1st Low Comedian) Sim-on Kreetnnr, a Weaver (2d Low Comedian) Captain of Guard (Utility) Mr. David. Executioner (Utility) Mr. Butler. Lords, Pages, etc. Princess Margaret, Sister to the King (Walking Lady) Miss E. Webster. Catherine Howard, his Fifth Wife (Tragedy Lead) Mrs. Hudson Kibbv Dame Kennedy, her Nurse (t)ld Woman) Mrs. Atkins. Winifred Krinkly, Wife to Martin (Chambermaid) Ladies of Honor, etc., etc. COSTUMES.— Keign of Henry VIII, 1942. ILL USTRA TIVE NO TES. The events of this play extend over a period of some twenty months, comraeneing •with King Henry VIII.'s divorcement from Anne of Cleves, June, 1540, and termi- nating with the beheadal of the heroine, 1512. Portraits of tlie principal persons represented, were painted by Hans Holbein, and are engraved in Holbein's Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII., by Chamberlain, with Memoirs by Lodge, seventy Portraits tinted in inuta- tion of the orignials, folio, 1828 ; Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Englishmen ; Har- ding's Shakspeare Illustrated, and in many otlier works ; also in Knight's Pictorial Shaksijeare, which contains wood engravings of many of the localities from contem- poraneous or early authorities with some portraits, ivhich see. King Henry, the second son of Henry VII., was born at Greenwich, 28th June, 1491— married the widow of his brother Arthur, Katharine of Aragon, June 25, 1503 —became king April 22, 150^. In 1527 it is supposed that he first saw Anne Boleyn, whom he privately married in Januarv, 153"? (Burnet says the November previous). Elizabeth was born in September of the same year. He was divorced from Anne Boleyn May, ISSfi— married Jane Seymour the same month, the day after Anne's execution. Jane Seymour died in October, 153"; he then (January, 1540), married Annie of Cleves, who was his wife but one night— in six month? the proceedings for a divorce terminated; and on the 8th of August he married his fifth wife. Lady Catherine Howard, whom he beheaded in February, 1542. In July, 1543, he married CATIIEEINE UOWAKD. d Catherine Parr, and died 27tli of January, 1547. There ia a fine portrait by Holbeia repeatedly engraved. Cardinal Campf.ics. — Lawrence Campcjus, l«rii at Bologna, was auditor of the Rota and Bishop o( Feltiia, then created t'ardin;il, was sent legate to England in 3 jl8, to prevail ou t.ie king to enter upon a war against the Turks, which Henry was dissuaded Itoia by Wolscy ; lie was LowvL'ver well received, and made Bishop of Salisbury ; he then i«turned to Rome. His last visit to England was upon account of the divorce of KatliiU-ine, in which pcoceediug, by yielding io the queen's appeal to Rome, and iiis unwillingness to pi^eeed to the extremities desired by Henry, he greatly disptea-sed tlie king, who deprived him of his see of Salisbury. He was an eKcelleiit -schular, and a benefcietor to men of learning ; and died ia Rome, August, 1339. See a curious print taken from a medal, engraved in Harding. Capvcws. — iiustaekio Chapuys, ajnbas.sadoi' f roja Charles V., Eaaperor of Spain. Ckanmec— Tiioiaas Crancicr, the second son of Thomas Cranmer and Agnes Hatfield his wife, wis Iwrn at AslactoR, Northamptonshire, July 2, 1489. In 1 J03 3ie was plaefd by Ji:s mother, theji a widfl'W, at Jesus College, Cambridge, of which 3ie became a. fellow in 1510-11. Before twenty-throe years of age he maiTied a woman of hujiible station hut good character, who ^licd in childlved about a year after. In 1523 be toot the degree 3dispnte openly against the validity of his juarriiigc, but his ■ehallenge w as not aeoepted. At this time the Rope constitwteii him " Supreme Penitcntiaiy thi^onglioat England, Ireland and Wales," not so much fiwre kindness as to tjuiet his active and inquiring spirit, and prevent his Joining the ranks of the Refoi-mers. In 1532, during his residence abroad, he maiTied the niece of his friend, Osiander, Pastor of Nureniberg, butthe marriage was for the tiiae concealed. Upon the death of Warham, Archhishop of Canterbury, Cranmer was nominated his successor, fent he refused to accept the dignity, unless 3ie received it direct from the king, without the intervention of the Pope. He pro- nounced the sentence of e St. Mary's Church, where he was desired publicly to repeat his belief in popery ; this Cranmev steadily refused, ci-ying aloud, " As for the Pope, I refuse liiin as Christ's enemy and anti-Christ, with aU his false doctrines." Upon which he wa.s k'd to ! Jic tf ako, and iii'ij being applied to l!ie faggots he stretched out his right 4 CATHKltliSE HOWAED. hand (with which he had signed his recantatiou) and held it in the fiaiuos until it •was consumed, repeatedly exclaimiug, " This unworthy liand ! " He suitVred with the most exemplary patience and fortitude, being in the sixty-seventh year of his age. An original portiait m the Picture Gallery at Oxford, engraved in Harding, Lodge, &c. IJUKE ur Noi; FOLK.— Thomas Howard, the third duke. Although an unscniptt- lous servant, his devotion was forgotten by the king in his fears that lie might dis- tiu'b the succession ; he was therefore accused, and of coursecanvicted, \>y his peers, of high treason, a hill of attainder also i^assing the House of Lords. Be wiis or- dered for execution on the 28th January, 15i7, but the death of the regal ghoul at two in the morning of that day saved him. He died in 1554. His poitrait at Wind- sor is engi-avcd in Harding and Lodg-e. Lord Chamberlain. — Sir William, created Lord Sands, 1523, succeeded Loi'ck Worcester as Chamberlain, 1526. THE SG'ENEBT AND LOCALITIES. ACT I. — The action of the first scene takes place at the King's Palace at Bride- •w«ll, a pile of considerable magnitiaxie, a.nd passessed of rauch arehiteetural elegance. The Thames front, with its itapoeing castelliited aspect — (see Pictcn-ial Sh&hsjMai-e, Henry VIII., Act III.) —reached) the rivet hanks, and extended northwiud as far asSt. Bride's Clhurch ; it h«»d alsa a miagiiificent pxteriw faeing Fleet Hiver, |)le — she must be young that 1 may love iier, beautiful tliat she may gratify my pride, and wise that I may feailessly confide in iier discietion. Athel. Where will your majesty seel; tliis i)aragon— this treasure? Hen, Slie is aU'eady found, cousin, and resides on the banks of the Tliauies within a few miles of my palace — an aged nurse has reared her — since almost from her infancy she 1ms been an oiphan. Athel. Iier naniR is. doubtless, as yet a secret. Hex. No, coz, tliat you may render me tiie service I am about to ask of you, it is eron necessary that you should know i: — her name is Cath- erine Howard, {rises,) Athel. {clinging to chair for support) Catherine Howard ! Hen. Yes, my lord, (smiling) "i'is an obscure name, is it not? — so ob.scure that only the eye of Fleming, my Alcliemist eould have discov- ered it. Athel Fleming ! so it was, he tiiat Hen. Yes, in a manner most simple, and (smiling) without having re- course to sorcery or enchantment. He was seeking in the neigliborhood of London liie lierbs necessary for his chemical operations, when, sur- prised by a shower of rain, he sought shelter in the isolated mansion inhabited by that girl; so marvellous a tieasure astounded him — he knew my iMter)tions, and, on his return, told me of her. Athel .\nd on his mere word your majesty has decided 1 Hen. Oh, no. Ye-sterday. guided by otu* old Alchemist, and per- fectly disguised, a boat conveyed us (o the spot where dwells the lady who has so occupied our thoughts. Athel. And tlier-; ■ Hejj. We beheld her — wandering on the banks of the river — and in a profound reverie, as if she already felt a presentiment of the high des- tiny that awaits h^^r. Athel. {quicklg). And — and Fleming had exaggerated ! Hen. No — she far e.xcelled all that he had said of her, my lord — -th* beauty of Anne Boleyn, the grace of Jane Seymour Athel. And you spoke to her? Hen. No, my lord, she modestly retired, as she perceived our boat approaching her. I intended to have seen her again this day, or, at furthest, to-morrow, but tliis sudden war with Scotland has deprived me of all leisure ; 1 have, therefore, formed a fresli resolution. You, my lord, will to-morrow seek her, with a befitting escort chosen from the people of thy palace, and j^ou will bring the young lady hither, and confide her to the care of the Princess Margaret, to wiiom, on luy re- commendation, she will become a Maid of Honor, And now 1 may no longer linger with you, for I aiu stayed for at the council board. Adieu, and remember that 1 rely on your devotion to your king. [Exit, h. 1 e. Athelwold sinks into chair, for a moment overpowered ; then suddenly startmcf up hurries to door, L. c. , at which he knocks violently, and calls. Athel. Fleming, Fleming. Fleming {ivithout, l c). Who calls 7 Athel. Forth from your burrow, old fox — to the broad daylight, dis- ciple of hell — a Christian would speak with you Enter Fleming, d. l. c. Flem. How can I serve your lordship ? Athel. The king has this instant left me. Flem. Heaven preserve his majesty. Athel. Amen, {raising his hat) Su, old calculator, you have chosen a fifth wife for Henry 1 Flem. Yes, and one, as my science tells me, will make him happy. Athel. Your science, then, has lied, most learned Fleming, for tliis marriage can never be. Flem. Wherefoie 1 Athel. For this leason — the whom you would cause the king to espouse — Catherine Howard, is it not? Flem. Yes, well ? Athel. Wei!, she is my wife. Flem. Mercj' — I am lost. Athel. Yes, Fleming, thou art lost; for thou know'st the law which after Aiuie Boleyn's death was passed by Henry's orders. Flem. Yes, yes. Athel. This law condemns to the same scaffold the Queen who, not being a maiden, wedded tiie king, without avowing first tiie truth, and nil others, male and female, who shall have counselled or aided in llie marriage. Solio ! you promised him a wife, young, beautiful, and vir- tuous; Catherine is all these — but tiiink you that such virtue woiil.l content the judge of Catherine of Aragon, the executioner of Anne Boleyn ? Flem. Confess all to him, my lord, and he will pardon you, for me , Athel. Pardon I oh yes — and would make of my wife a Maid of Honor to Princess Margaret— would send me to do battle in the High- lands ! no, Fleming, no, no ! Flem. Oh, my lord, have pity on me. Athel. Pity for thee ! whose y)andering search has crushed my every hope in life — who over my bright a-nd golden days has cast a pall-like shadow ! who 1 prithee is to pity me? Flem. Oli, is there no way by which your happiness and my life may be preserved ? Athel. Yes, one wav. 10 CA.THE11INK HOWARD. Flem. Ah! Athel. Dangerous. Flem. No matier. Athel. Desf)erate! Flem. Speak ! Athel. It is I, who am commissioned by the king to seek Catherine, and conduct her to the court. Flem. When 1 Athel. To-morrow Flem. Oh, Heaven Athel. The king must not again behold her. Flem. No, or we are lo.st, for he ah-eady loves her. Athel. Then is it necessary that this night she die. Flem. My lord, 1 have the most subtle poisons. Athel. {seizing him). Miscreant. Flem. Mercy ! Athel. She must die to the king, and all the ivorld, but she must live for me, for me nhne. Flem- What would my lord that I should do 1 Atael. Is there not a di.stillalion which can suddenly arrest the blood wilhiii liie veins, stay tlie beatings of the heart, and for a while suspend the course of life ] may not this s'.eej) resemble death so closely as to deceive the most misliusiful eye ? Flem. Yes, my lord, and I possess the secret of that liquid. Athel. And can answer for its eftect \ Flem. With my life. Athel. Well, for that liquid, I will give you more gold than durmg an entire year your furnace could produce. Flem. Descend with nie, my lord, to my laboratory. Athel. And in an hour 1 Flem. You will leave it with the philtre that you need. Athel. {slaying him). A moment, Fleming— you have well understood me — this is for you an affair of life or death ! Flem. My life is in your lordship's hands! Athel. Lead on. [Exeunt l. c. — clear stage, SCENE II. — Catherine's Chamber— r/oop* in p. r. c, looking on to open country — doors K. and L. — small table, covered icith fruit and flowers, L. — toilet table, glass, ^-c, R., chairs, couch, ^c. Cathrine enters, D. r. p., leaning on the arm o/ Dame Kennedy. Kennedy. We have had but a short walk, my child. Cath. Yes, good nurse, for it grows late. Ken. The sim has scarcely set, and at this hour, seen from yonder height, the horizon is so beautiful. Cath (smiling). Yes, magniflcant ; but it is the same sun and the same horizon that I saw yesterday, {sits, L.) Ken. There, now, you are sad again. Cath. Nay, nurse, not sad but wearied. Ken. And can you pine amidst the lovely country that surrounds you 1 Catk. Yes ; if I saw it for the first time, I should no doubt think it very beautiful ; but for eighteen years I have gazed upon the same pros- pect. Ken. And how long, then, have /looked upon it and have not wearied yet? I tliank Heaven that has enabled me to limit my de.sires to things ACT I. 11 within ray reach, and has never inspired me with thought of happiness in aught beyond. Cath. And yet, nurse, all tliat is beyond our power of attainment must be, indeed, deli.ked together in eacii other's arms we migiit sbep calmly on until Ihe day of everylasung re-awakeniiig ] Fur who but Heaven cm say, whether in this world joy or calamity is in store for us? Who bat Heaven knows whether hereafter, thou wilt bfess or curse me for sulFering thee again to live; for Lheie is nothing certain in ihe future, save ihtT grave ; and wher^^-fore sh )iild we wait death's slo.v appi-oach, since so easily we can reach it. Oh, Kate i {beitd^ over her mil kmsss her on the forehead) Heavens ! surely her frame did quiver then ! My voico even through this lethargy has penetrated to her soul. Oh! Catlierine, Catherine, "revive, revive 1 Hence all thought of deatli— live, live! With thee happiness or wo?— joy or despair ! Oli, Heaven ! yes, live, Kate, darling, live ! {turning tow trds door at back, vs.. c, ivhich at this mo- mo/t' opens) "Ha! who cone^ here ? Oh, imprudence ! Why did I not secure that door ! {ndu mces towards it, then retreats terrified) The King — tJie King here! (retaruf to tomb and bends over Catherine) Powers of dai kness, weigh her eyelids down with a leadaii slumber; rather let her never awaken than awaken now. Enter Henrt, door at back, r. c. Henry (dosing door, perplexed by the darkness). Athelwold, where art thou 1 Athel. {going towm-ds hiin). Here, sire, here. Hen. {descending steps, ani lnytncf his hand, on Athelwold's ami). You a e. indeed, a faithful friend. Wliere is she ? Athel. {pointing to tmnb). There. Hen. Thanks, your grace, for having placed her in your family vaul ; a week later and she should have slept in ours of Westminster. Athel. Sire, the woman on whom, during her life, your majesty had desiiTtied to cast your eyes, could no", hnt be for me, even after her death, an object of respect and venerntion. But, how comes it tiiat your ma- jesty has descended here alone ! Hen. 1 desired once more to behold her ere the tomb was for ever closeil upon her. When those of my palace who yesterday accompaiied you returned, and told me that you had found her dead, and that you had remained to render her the last rites— oh, scarcely could I credit the afflicting tidings ; my eyes filled with tears — my heart did scarcely tlii()b. Oh, I loved her, 1 loved her, and must behold her once again. Acr II. 15 Athelworlu diaws his dagger, and with the other hand raises the veil which covers Cathekine, and taking the lamp, approaches and holds it over her. on her h. Athel. Then, look upon her, sire ! Hen. {regarding her fixfdli/,^,, c). Dead ! dead ! dead! {raising his eyes to heaveii) Have i offended heaven 1 a star was about to shed its iustie o'er England, and o'er England's king ; a breeze passes, laden with death, and it is extinguislied. Oil, paltry human authority, so niigiity to destroy life — so utterly powerless to restore it. {taking her r. hand) Oh, that I could but give warm 111 to this hand which 1 now press within mine own. Athel. (aside, touching her l. hand). I permit you, king, to Hold that hand, for it is still cold. Hen. Catherine, my beautiful — my affianced ! {placing ring on her fin- ger) Carry with thee in to the grave, this ring, vvliich thou sliouldst liave worn, upon the throne. Oh, how royal should be the ransom I would pay, could I restore thee again to life, my Catherine. Athel. (aside). Malediction ! her heart renews its throbbings ! Hen. Oh, Heaven ! it is then true that sovereign and subject alike are equal to liiee — and that a king within iiis palace is no more prized by thee than a poor clown uiihin his sorry hut. Catherine, Catherine ! Athel. {aside, lisienu/g). She brenthes ! Sire, you must no longer remain ; such unholy exclamations are a profanation. Come, sire — come I Hen. No, no — I cannot — cannot yet quit her tomb. Athel. (asi'/e\. Danmaiion ! she awakes! (aloud) Sire — sire! sutler the dead quietly to sleep on -or Ireuible, lest tliey rise and curse you for h.iviiig dared to trouble their last rest ! {^dragging him away) Come —come ! He drags HenrY off, who exclaims, as he leaves the vault — " Catherine, oh, Catherine, thou biide of deaih ! farewell — farewell for ever!'' — closing door, r. c. , nfler hi/)> — a short pause. 31usio. Cath. (raising ho- arm, it falls again to her side). Oh, Heaven ! how profound is my sleep ! Meseems that I am fastened to this bed — I have no power to raise myself (rises on her hands) My eyes will not unclos>j ! (pressing her hand over her forehead) There is a weight upon my brow. (touching her white crown) Ah. I have sli^pl with my crown on. Dame ! Dame Kennedy ! Siill niuht? I thonsht it had been daylight. I am very cold — and frightened loo! {descends from the tomb, and almost falls ttpon the step!~) Oh, how my limbs aclie ! steps ! a lamp ! (toxches monu- ment) Maible ! (rising terrified) A tomb ! (walking, and dragging wrap- pings with her) A sliroud ! Oh, great Heaven! where am l1 In a funeral vault, sun ounded by the dead, (shuddering) Horror— horror ! What has hapi)en8d to me ? Let me reflect;— ail is calm— all traiKjuil here— why then should I fear ? L"t me think— let me think! Athel- v>'oid, as usual, came yesterday— or the day before — for I no longer know the days ; —then I experienced frishtful torture— believed that I should die~tlien my senses left me — and— then — 'hen -ah! {suddenly ond despariiigbj) I have been thought dead— and was entombed here — livinjT — living — and no escai)e ! This door ! (goes to door, r. c , t

let us leave this funeral vault. Oath, {going to him, aside). 1 fear, Athelwold, thy most sumptuous mansion will never so greatly ciiarm me as this gloomy vault, bright- ened by the presence of the king, {with her foot on the bottom step, she turns and looks toivards tomb — Athelwold at door.) Scene closes in. SCENE 11.—^ Street. Enter Martin Krinkly and Simon Kreetnob, h, Krink. I consider myself a man ; ay, and by the king's beard, a8 good a man as he. Simon. Don't talk treason, Martin. Krink. What I is it treason to be a man 1 then have our liberties come to a pretty pass. As well say 'tis treason to be married. Simon. No, certainly, that is not, treason, yet 'tis not reason ! Krink. You are right — there is no reason in it, 'tis very stupid, Simon. If to be man — a superior specimen of human nature, a householder to ])ay taxes — if all this be treason, then denounce me to Royal Harry, for 1 am a traitor. Simon. Well, no, but you talk Krink. Of course I do, for I have the organ of speech— a mouth oi'san— do you mark me 1 Simon. But you talk in a wa)^ Krink. Well, it's my way ; and I say here, before everybody—— Simon. There is nobody but me. Krink. And you are nobody, so I shall postpone my burst of elo- quence till I get a betler audience. Simon. You causf a riot in every tavern that we enter. Krink. Tlien you should not lead me into such dens of Iniquity. Simon. II Krink. Certaiily ! the jingle of coin Is never heard in my pouch, and if you were not so infamous as to pay for the spiced sack that I imbibe, I should be too virtuous ever to enter a tavern. Simon. There's gratitude ! 'tis I that would avoid every hostelry, but you force every stiver from my pocket. Krink. And is it not a horrible country, Simon, where a man has to pav for another's luxuries, whether he likes it or not ? Simon. You should have a private purse, Martin. Krink. Impossible! Simon. Why so ? ACT II. 19 KniNK. Because I am nianied, Simon ; and there is another instanco of fiiglilfiil trj-anny. I am nes'er allowed a coin. Is it not atrocious Ihat a man — I may, without vanity, say a fine man— should be the slave of a woman, and that woman, loo, his »vife 1 Simon. 1 know she governs you. Krink. She does ; and never blushes at her abominable delinquency. Talk of liberty ! where, in England, is one to look for the commodity, when even one's wife is allowed to gallop rough-shod over her husband's rights. Harry the Eighth's government is hoirible to endure — but petti- coat government — oh, that is someilxng awful. Simon. What nonsense you do talk. Krink. Nonsense! depend upon it, Simon, lliere will be no liberty in this country till every woman is made a prisoner for life. Where is our freedom — whe the liberty of the subjeci 1 when, at this very moment, I, with the courage of a lion, am trembling lest my spouse, Wiuifred Krinkly, should suddenly pounce upon me. WisiPKED ctiten, L. — Krinkly goes over to b. WiNip. And no wonder, lazy ale-bibber that thou art. Thy business is going to rack and ruin. Krisk. I bave no time to attend to business — I am engaged in the pursuit of libeity. WiNiF. (crossiiiff c). Yes, liberty to lounge about the streets talking rubbish, and haunt taverns, {celvaiiemg) Listen to me, Wasier Martin, or Krixk. {retreat big^. Beware what, you do — I am a man — I pay taxes. WiNiF Dost thou ? not lately then, for the collector has just called for the arrears, and was about to take jJO.SNessioii of our chattels. Kkink. Simon, you hear that — more tryanny. WiNip. And the vintner who was besoliett enough to give thee credit, has threatened law. Krink. He has? bloated tyrant! take my word for it, Simon, there can be no hope of liberty in this country so long as a man is compelled 10 pay his debts. WiNiF. And thou, Master Kreelnur, why dost thou entice my husband from his dwelling, and trot at his heels like a spaniel dog ? Krink. (r.). Simon, remember you aie a man. WixiF, Silence ! KuiNK. (aside). Disgusting tyi-anny ! Simon, (l.) He seeks me out, Mistress Winified — he clings to me. WiNiF. I shall, in future, endeavor to keep him from thee. Krink. And this is the land of liberty, where you may not have a friend — must basely desert the man who has money to discbarge on ale- house reckoning. Simon. He talks treasons, and brings me into danger, for when people tlireaten lo call the guard, he nlways sweais 'twas 1 who f-poke. WiNiF. Shameful, Martin, slinmefiil Krink. lean no longer doubt ii—libf>rtr is extinct — for cow a man is not allowed to sacrifice his fiie .d to save In'tnself. WiNiF. Get to thy home, Simon Kreelnur. Simon. Gladly, {crossing, h ). For my loom is idle, and my pockets empty. Krink. (c , nside). And I shall need more spiced ale, WiNiF. (l.). And thou, Martin, come with me. Krink. Winifred Krinkly, I am a man— I pay taxes. Simon Kreetnnr, 20 CATHEUINE HoWAKD. liberty is a precious prerogative — therefoie resolve, as I do, to maintain your rights, and never to yield to any tyrant breatliing. WiNiF. {with authority). Are you coming, Martini Krink. {humbly). Certainly, luy love. [Martin /(?^('ow« Winifred off, l. — Exit Simon, r. Scene changes to SCENE III. — Chamber in 3rd grooves, handsomely furnished— door covered with tapesty, k. — window c — door, L, of flat. Catherine enters, E. D , goes to Athelwold, discovered seated on a sofa, c, and gives him her hand. Cath. My lord ! Athel. Ah, 'tis you! my heart \celcomes you I And how did you sleep last night in your new dwelling ? Cath. I did not sleep an instant. Athel. And yet your eyes are brilliant — your complexion rose-like, as if sleep bad shaken over you all her nightly flowers. Cath. Waking hours iiave, sometimes, dreams as sweet as those which I'allow us to our si >ep. Happiness and Hope can also freshen the complexion, and nnike the eye sparkle. Athel. So. you're happy ? Cath. Surely, since you have promised me that we shall not leave England, {sirs hy his L. side.) Athel. Bat if we (juit not England, my beautiful duche.ss, you will be compelled to renounce that title — to forego the plea.sures of the Court of France — the joy of hearing tweutj' times a day that your are fair. Cath. You will tell me so — will you not ? Atuhl. -My darling Kate! Cath. Bui prithee, why have you lodged me in the most remote cham- bei-s of this mansion 1 the view, metliinks, from this apartment is far more beautiful, and during you.r absence — lor you have said that occa- sionally you must leave, to attend the court — 1 should find pleasure in gazing from this window. Athel. Catherine, this chamber lias always been mine ov.'n — to change would be to arouse suspicion. All who seek me come to this apartment. You see, hence, that I have foi-e.seen everything, and how im[)osKib!e it is that I should grant what now you ask. Cath. But I may somelinu^s approach this window to watch for your re- tuin— to wave my handkercliief, and say by signs, that which you would not iiave uttered from my lijjs, " Come quickly, for 1 love thee — 1 tliiuk of, and expect thee 1 '" Athel. Is not the entire mansion thine own, love ? Yes ! come hither — but never without the greate.sl caution, never without closing, as I do now, this door, {secures d. l. c.) Cath. Tell me — is it London that we behold from this casement 1 Athel. Yes. Cath. And the palace of Whitehall! cannot that be distinguished? Athel. Aye, {pointing, r.) 'tis there. Cath. It was to that palace, that, when raised to the throne, Anne Boleyii was conducted 1 Athel. Yes ! C.\Tii. Tell me, is it true that when she left her splendid barge upon ti'.r Th.THic.'^; and placed her foot on shore, the queenly robe was thrown ACT ir. 21 across her shoulders — that the while salin litter hi which she was borne, and on all sides open, tiial the [Mople initiht gaze on her who was to reign over Lhein. It was Nurse Kennedy who relaied this to rue. Oath. She told you truly. Cath. Ambassadors and nohlein^ii, wiiiia hundred gentleman mounted on splendid steeds, acC')in[)aini'd lier. {observing Atiielwold's fixed looked of astonishment). Is it not true tiiat, tiuis splendidly attired, and with tiiat brilliant train, Anne Boleyn arrived at Whitehall, to join tlia monarch who there most eagerly awaited her 1 Athel. And three years after, slie left Whitehall, clothed in black, and, accompanied but by a single priest, repaired to the Towei', where the headsman awaited her. Cath. iihe merited her fate, for she deceived the king. Athel. You are admirably informed in all these *niatters, my sweet historian— it is a new accomplishment, for which I have never given you credit, [raises Iter hand to kiss it — his lips touch the ring that the Kisa hen put upon her Jingcr — lie starts.) Catu. Why do you start "? Athel. 'Tis nothing. Cath. But tell me. Athel. I dare not. Cath. Ob, yes. Athel. Wbat if it is a sacrifice that I would ask of youl Cath. Speak, nevertheless ; and we will see if we love you sufficienU ly to make that sacrifice. Athel. That ring ! Cath. Weil Athel. My lips encountered it but now, on kissing your hand, and it was given yen not by me, but by another. Are you an.Kious to ivuia that ringl Catu. [holding it icp). Do yon not think that it becouies my haiid — tiiat it is a foil to its whiteness ? Athel- But, dear love, thy hand is sufficiently white — sulficlenLly beautiful without it — so let roe have it? Cath. A ling given by a king is rare and curious, and surely worth preserving. Athel. Yes, but when that king has given it as a token of love Catu. Art jealous 1 Athel. Yes, Kale, I confe.ss I am jealous. I should be jealous even of him whom thy robe ha'l touched in passing. Oh, Catherine, Catha- rine, [throwing h mself at her feet) pity me, for I am mad with love for lliee. Thou wilt have mercy on me, and wilt not, by retaining tiiat ring, crush my heart ! Cath. Qnsing, and looking from window). Athelwold, look; do you not behold a troop of horse approaching yonder, on the London Road % Lo ! ihey wind their way towards tliis mansion, [pointing off, hut not leaving the sofa.) Athel. [bending out of the windoiv). Yes — who are these men — and what their errand 1 Cath. [aside). He will forget the ripg ! Athel. Heavens ! I cannot be mistaken! — 'tis, he — what would he now I Cath. He 1 whom ? Athel. Harry of England ? Cath. [advancing hintili/ low inls winJou-). The King ! Athel. [restraining her) Ves. yes, tii-^ King! [drawing her back) Fly tlii'- iiijtan'., Catherine— leiuiM lo your own aparUiienU*, I implore you ; /r 22 CATniCUINE nOWAKD. and ill the name of Heaven — in tlio namo of our love— of my life- Oil, conceal my li-eiisnre fioin every eye. {.s/u/dciili/ atuppiiig, as a truinpet sounds wiOioitL) Do you not liear his tiiniii)el ? he is liiere — even now at yonder door- away, away ! (hicrrics her off, R. D. — draws the tapestry over the door by which she goes.) Athel. Wliy comes he here? lias he learned that I have deceived bim 1 {goes to and opens d. l. c.) Yet, no, uo, for, then Enter Page, l. c. Page {announcing). His Majesty the King I [Exit, L. c. » Enter Henry, d. l. c. Athel. (.bowing). Sire Hen. Good-morning, your grace. Athel. Tiii;) honor, sire Hen. 1 must e'en seek you, Athelwold, in your own mansion, since you will not visit mo in my palace I Athel. Your majesty liad but to express'the wish, and Hen. Yes, yes, 1 know — but 1 had need to converse with you, and in- stantly, of important matters, and the walls of my palace have ears; so 1 preferred to come heie and speak, surrounded but by this old tapes- try. (Catherine ts seen to raise the tapestry of her eloor, r., and listen for a short time.) AifiEL. Thanks! {H eh ry sits on the sofa — Athelwold remains siatid- iiig, R ) And now, Athelwold, hearken to me. For the last year you have 1 know, been dreaming of an honor you thought unattainable. Athel I, sire ! Hkn. Your lips, 'tis true, have not given utterance to a word that con'ilicate, ap- pointing you Regent in my absence ; King, on my death. Atuel. Sire I Hen. Well! Atuel. Oh, I am unworthy of such favor. Hen WhereTore ? Athel. I can accept nothing of all that your majesty has offered. Hkn. All ! what means your grace ! methinUs that you are distraught! Atuel. Sire ! 1 can umlerstand why you should deem me so — or most ungi-auMiil ; but, si.e, I cannot accept ACT 11. 20 Hen. {threat ingly). My lord, you will. Athel. (>aisiii(/ his head) I ii.ive retiecLed, sire. Hen. You refuse llie realaci' gates. Athel. You co\ild. Hen. I could drag you before the peers and charge you with high treason for the crime which you have just committed. Athel. I should not deny it. Hen. I could drag you to the scaffold. Atukl. I should not fear to climb its steps ! Hen. This is too much, my lord ; and we shall see who first will yield. {goinry — Athelwold is following) Remain ! Athel Sire, you are now within my mmsion— I am, till declared otherwise by my peers, still a loyal subject it is my duty, therefore, to attend your majesty to the entrance gale :;i.d bencl my knee, that you may mount your steed Hen. Come then, my lord ; but, by our royal word, it is the last time such honor shall be accorded to you. [E.rcunt, d. l. c. Cath. {comes forward slowlg). He is very liandsome. So that's the king, who descended to my to.nb to place this ring u])on my finger, and would have placed a crown upon my head. How great and powerful he appears amidst the courtiers who surround him —{at ivindow) Behold them bare-headed and l)owing lowly where he alone is covered and bearr^ head erect — what is't I see.' Athelwold leading to him the horse, nnd holding for him the stirrup, that the king may tread upon him in rising to the saddle — what degradation ! and Athelwold is noble too — my hus- band ! Oh, 'tis most humiliating! Go, mighty king, the lower thou shall tread men beneath thy feel, the greater wilt thou be, and the more envied that woman whom thou shalt place be.side thee on thy throce. Should I become a widow Snter Athelwold, d. l. c , pale and agitated. Athel. Kate ! 24 CATHEIUNE HOWARD. -^ Cath. {follotving Henry with Iter eyes). I am here. Athel. 'Tis well — hasten, a pen and parchment, instantly. Cath. What would you do 1 Athel. {siltincf at table and writing). Where were you whilst the king was here? Cath. Behind yon tapestry. Athel. {still wyiting). Ah ! then you've heard Cath. Every word ! Athel. You heard, ray wealth is confiscated ? Cath. Yes. Athel. That even my life is menaced ? Cath. Yes, yes, but the king will be softened. Athel. {rising, and looking at her). And you know for whom I thus lose all ? Cath. {throiving herself into his arms). Oh, yes, yes. Athel. Well, the moment I have expected has now arrived. Cath. What mean you ? Athel. AVhen you recovered from your lethargy I showed you this vial, still half full of the narcotic liquid. Cath. Oh, Heaven ! Athel. Catherine, my beloved, 'lis now my turn to do that for your happiness which I caused you to perform for mine. I must now descend as you di 1, into the crypt — die to the world that I may live again for only you. {drinks.) Cath Oh, no, no ! you mnst of om- land. Piiix N); till- iKMft whcli has loved Athelwold, henceforth can wor- 26 CATliElCiKE JIOWAKD. .ship only Heaven; and of all like world can offer I ask but this — {aside, proilticinrj key) — the key whiclj unlocks the vault where be lies buried, (aside) Farewell, Harry, farewell. Hen. My heart, too, is now bereft of all it loved. Ob, Catherine I Catherine I ^ier Page, d. l. 1 b. ^' Paob. Sire, a yoan^ lady who comes, she says, from the neighborhood of Riclimoiid, is in the adjoining oliamber, and most eari>eslly solicits an interview with your Majesty. Ue.v. Oil, 'Lwas near RichraoDd tliat Catherine resided. Bid the lady approach. [^it Page, d. i>. 1 e. Some companion, some one who knew her, and vvbo now aboub to wed, peradventure, coiues to ask a dowry at my bands. Cathebik B appears at d. l. 1 b., closely veiled. He:*. What would you, young lady ? (Catugbinb adomces slowly to the iiiiff, knech, ani presents the ring that lie has given her) The ring ! who, then, are you ? {Jie k'lstihj reirtovi's the veil — (Jathekihk remains on her knee, pi-.e,h".r eyes cast doion) Catberiiie Howard! great heaven! what can this mean ! do L ga/ie upon a shadow, or reality? {takirty her in his arms and riii.unj kv) Living! oh, it can.vol br? I for did I not behold yon ex- tendel oi tiie la'tlet, enveloped in a shroud, and ]>ale and frozen as a marble si.atiie ? Has Ileiven permitted yon to rise from the funeral bier 1 Oh, speak, speak ! your voica alone can prove to me that yon are jiot a plianlom. C'atu. Sire, am I th^ ff:'sl maid deemed dead, when only in a trance, who his aw.ikened in tin? ofBi wherein siie had been placed. He.v. Kii\g of Kings, Ki ig Harry thank thee! Knew you that I loved you ! Cath. I had been told so, sire. He.v. Knew you tliat, rendered desperate, I descended lo j'otjr torab ? Cath. That too, I was lold Hbv. And kiiew you that it W3.s this hand which placed that ring upon your finger 1 Catii. The ring I haved restored to you, sire. Hen. And was your trance so deep, that you remember naught of all that passed wliile you so slept 1 Cath. Nothing. Hb^j. And your previous life? Catu. [ have forgotLon it, He.v. Entirely 1 Oath. I live only since the moment that I issaed from mj' grave — I have no memory fo;' aught beyond. He.v. But, tell me, dearest Catherine, how got yoo from the vault? Cath. {Inokirty at n key, zirhich she holds prcised in her hand). Every Tault has a key which closes and which o{>ens it. He.v Oil, I K-Iiudder at the thought that yon might have remainp(J enclosed v/ithin that sepnlcUre, living an^ongst the dead — and none have k'lown that you were there. ■ Catis. Horror ! {»tirrliwi) that wrvitld hmve Iwen uiost awful I Hen. To awake within a coffin, aloot^, in darkness — rainiy to »hriek for succor, and to l>e answered only by tlie dreary echoes ; at last ti> feel appro I ch the jwn^s of hunger Cath. No nrore, no more ! {in yreat agony, earrying her hand tv her head) Oh, atrocious, most atrocious! ACT 111. 27 Hen. Forgive lue for Uiiis rociilliii:^ to your llionglits siinli horrors, r.iid — stay — receive aj^aiii iliis riiij^. {■piactngit on her finger) Nevermore to l>e plucked from your finiier. Catii. Soyoureuew to Catlierine, liie living;, the promises made to Cailierine the dead 1 Hen. All— my palace and my throne, — thou slialt shaie with nie ; thy most golden dreams shall he realized; thou shalt level in every delight which this woild can afford ; where'er my [)ower extends, thou shalt, conunand ; thou shall be happy. Cath. {lookiwj id kvij in her hand). Do you tliink sol Hen. By my faith, yes ! vvhe.ef(ire should st thou not 1 Art thou not young, beautiful, beloved Cath. And queen ^ Hkn. We will be united, snns delay, in our private chapel; and to- morrow I will publicly proclaim Catherine Howard the Queen of Hemy the Eighth. Catu. {going rnpidly to window). Sire, the water flowing beneath this window — is it very deep? Hen. Yes. {seeing her extend the hand which holds the key). What is't you dol Cath. {dropping key). Nothing! {tisde) I make myself queen, {aloud) S;re, your affianced bride is ready. Hkn. {embracing her). Ah, beloved Kate, await me here; speedily I tihiill leturn. [Hurries off, d. r. c. Cath. Am I really now awake, oi- is all dial's jiassitig round me but a dream. 1 feel impelled by an invisible brealh, which ui'ges ine forward, like the dust of the earth, or the clouds of heaven. But the past .' The past is annihilaled ; the present only is somethinii, the future everything. 1 e.xist, I live! all thai is occurring to me now is real; what mailers to me, then, the rest. This is the i)alace, this the throne; my foot is on 1 he hrst step. {)ftnces it) I ascend, {docs so) I sit. {sits in throne clinir) 0!i, to assure me that all this is true, lei some one approac'i and how before me ; let them acknowledge my power, and salute me as the Queen. Enter Athelwold, pole nnd haggard, from door, L. C. — he advances slowly, and pliicts lis foot on the first stip of the throne. Athel. {lowing). Hail Catherine Howard, Queen of England ! Cath. {aghnst, fulliug back in chair). Honor, horror! A'ruEL. Scarcely a moment are you Queen, but yet, already, Cathe- riie, you see, that as soon as they're expressed, your wishes are accom- plished. Cath. Athelwold ! Athel. Do you indeed recognize me ; the grave is treacherous, is it iioi ? you deemed 'twas more seciu'e and more profound. Cath. Meicy ! awaken me, t)h. Heaven I no longer let me writhe a pvey to this most hellish dieani. .Athel. How gladly would you hear 'twas but a dream; but, no, Calheiine, no, you do not sleep. , Cath. Art thou a spectre — a phantom shade ! Atuel. Yes — to all but thee ; to thee I live — am still thy husband ; to all the rest, as lliou sayc^st I am a shadow ! Cath Whnt devil has evoked thee from lliy close-shut n)ail)le honi^ % Athul Tliou didst, forget, fair ('aiheiine, that there were two keys ; that I save thee one, and that the kin: received the other. Thou didst foiset that there weie two women - one- whom 1 d.d not love, but wh) loved mo (she is the Princess Maiynreij, the othc whom I loved, but 28 CM11EK1M-; IIOWAKD. wlio loved me not, and she is Catlieiine Howard. These women have chaii<»ed characleis ; who should liave remembered has forgotten; who should have forgotten has remembered ; so that on my awakening, I be- lield the one instead of the oihei', beside ray tomb. Catu Oil, I crave your mercy, Athelwold ! ingoing to him) Forgive me, mill let us fly! let us depart together, as you at first did wish. 1 am ready !— conceal me within your cloak, bear me in your own dear arms, hide me in some remote and desolate corner of the earth ; but let us fly ^let us fly ! Athel. (^repulsing her). No, lady, the destiny of all on earth must be liccomplished, mine, eijually with your own. Oath. Athelwold ! Athkl. You were of humble birth, but not content to be a Duke.s wife — you thirsted to be Queen. Well, your wish will be gratified — you have not feared the passion of Henry the Eighth — yet his love will de- slroy you. Cath. Oh, have pity on me. Athel. Vou have desired a crown and you will rest iton your brow, but it will whiten your hair ; you have sighed for a sceptre — you will grasp it, but it, will wither your hand ; you have sought a thione — you have mounted it, but in descending you will stumble against Anne Bolyen's block. Cath. {dnppivn tier hands to her neck). Oh, f-aints in heaven ! Athel. Hm, hidy ! — that your sleep may 1 ave golden dreams, you need a bed whereon already four queens have repced ! Dare to close your eyes there, Catherine, and on the moriow you s-lall tell me what those queens said when they came to you, at ihe hour when ghosts steal from their tombs. Cath. Am 1 to see you, then, again'? Athel. Canst ihou doubt it, Catherine ? Have we not stood together at the altar 7 and death alone can separate those whun? Heaven hath united. Yes,, thou wilt again behold nie, for (he most secret pas.'^aaes of the palace are familiar to me ; aid Fit Uiine, and the Pr.nce.'-s Mai- gaiet will lend me their aid, and will be silent. C.'itheiine How aid, though the Queen of England, is none Ihe less Countess of Nolliunihei- land. Tlie Nolhumbei land's rights are more ancient, madam, than those of the Ti.dor; and. faithful subject though 1 am, I can consent to yield to him but a portion of them. Cath. What is that you would do ? Athkl. Your ascenion to the throne has been but slow and tortuous ; f njoy without delay, the liai)piness of having reached it, for straight and rai)id will be your fall therefrom. Cath. But to crush me, you must also destroy yourself. Athel. [ have told you, Catherine, that in life and death my destiny is your own. We have reposed in the same bed — we will mount the same scaffold — will lie within the self-same grave. Cath. The king approaches — fly, my lord, fly ! Athelwold dur/s fo small door, l. c, a>id holding it open is concealed be- hind it. n. c doors are thrown open and Lords, Pages, &c., enier — Henkv cdiiiis forivard and takes Cathehine's hand. , Hen. My loids and gentleman, l)eliold the Queen. (Two or Three Voices exdaim " Loll^ Live tiie Queen " — All how.) Kate, I have kept my woid — the aichbisho]) stands in readiness. Athel. {aside). Let me now fulfill mine. Catherine, I go to prepare the executioner. ACT iir. 29 Flourish - oil go up c. — Catherine, at bm/c, funis and sees Athelwolp, ivho is gazing menacingly on her — slie shudders, utters a subdued erg, iniil clings to Henry — ull turn towards her — Athelwold disappears, clus'ug L. C. Scene closes in. SCENE U.— Street in \st grooves. Enter the Ddke oi'" Norfolk, attended, l. — Dctke of Sussex, attended, r. Sps. Slill ill England, my lord ! I believed ere this, you had renewed acquaintance witli tlie Scots on llie Banks of Tweed. Nor. Within the next foiir-and-twenty iiours I certainly shall depart; but have you heard the news at Court, ray lord! Sas. No ; 1 have this instant returned to London. Has aught of im- portance Nor. Then you do not know that Athelwold is dead? Sus. De.i 1 ! Iit'aven forefend ! how very sudden. Nor. And .sonielliing even moie important still has happene 1 ; but I have no time to tell you now, unless, indeed, you mak3 mv way ; there- by Sos. Oh, I have no momentous matter on my hands, and am most anxious to learn Nor. Coma, tiien, my lord. [Exeunt, e. Martin Kkinicly enters, l. dragging on Simon bg the collar. Krink. Do not ha ridiculous, Simon, but come along. Simon. 1 object to iliis proceeding — it is a liberty. Krink. 1 am very glad of it, for liberty is a scarce commodity now- a-days. Simon. You have ilragged me from my home. Krink. And not without sufficient reason — I am thirsty. Simon. This is tyranny ! Krink. Of course it is. I tell you, Simon, the country is full of tyrants — tliere is no such ihinij as f e^ lom U)V a living mortal. Look at ras, Siiuon, I pay taxes — well. {jvnnUng) the owner of yonder tavern, not an hour since, forcibly ejected nie from his premises, because, after I ha 1 drunk a tl ig )n of his vile home-brewed, he suddenly discovered tint [ lia I n > ni )ney wherewith to pay for it. Simon. And served yo;i right, Martin. Krink. Simon, you are unworthy the blesssings of freedom. I [lant for that liberty, whether I have money or not, I may help myself to wliatever I think jtroper. Si.MON. If your wife knew Krink. Mention not the f.'uial > here. Simon, do you know that one of our tyrants is defunct — the Dake of Northumberland is no more ? Simon. Poor gentleman, he had a good heart— he was kind to the pool-. Krink. Yes, and now observe how basely he has acted — evidently weary of these donations, he has poisoned himself, that he might hence- forth save his mon^y, and be rid of their importunilies. Simon. P.>iso?i'^d himself! oh. dear, that was very wiong. Krink. Simon, 1 see it plainly— you carry about with you the germs of tyranny, and if you had had th'^ power would no doubt Iiave taken froMi liiin I'le libe:ty to destroy himself. SiMjN. Certainly, I am a Christian. 30 C.VIUKUINK HOWARD. Krink. Pooli, Simon, a Cllli^tiall is noiliiiig; buL I am a man — I pay taxes — man should b^' a f.ee agent, socoine along, Snuon, {grasping him) yoii have money, and my lliioat is remarkably dry. {shout without, k.) Ell ? wiial is liial ? have ilie people risen for llieir Jiberlies? llien Isliall {40 home iind pray tor Lheii- success. Simon (going to k.). Rise? ridiculous! what for? [looking off, it.) No — I see — 'lis the brave Duke of Susse.K ; as he passes along llie i)eopla recognize him. Makm'i.n'. Oh, miserable slaves! to shout because tliey seea loril— and that is liberty. StMoN. Certainly — the liberty, to shout. Kkink. Simon, tlianic Heaven I still have the liberty to say that yoii are a tool, {turns from him.) Simon. Ah, but that is making rather too free. Dl'IvE of Sussex ww^ Attendants niter r — Simon boivs and draivs hide — Ddke pusses over to l. Krixk. {not seeing Sussex). And would 1 shout —would I humble myself before a lord '/ never ! Sussex {close to Martin). Suffer me to jvass, good fellow. KiiiNK {starling, tarnnig, onl seeing Duke). Certainly, my lord — [ crave pardon — I was wl awai'e — {bowing hmiihlg mil profoandtg, and dniu'ing hack as DuiCK and h s .\ttendants go off') KiuNK. There ^oes one of the foes to iiberlj'. Simon. Tne 1 why did yoii bow so lowly to him ? KniNK. To hide fromjiim the indiiiiiatiou in my con itenance. Simon. Pooh ! yon are a coiniterfeit. Krink. Counterfeit ! how do you mean ? I am a man —I pay taxes— and I pant for froeitom — and I say that lords are foes to liberty — and while those lords aie at liberty there can be no liberty. Captain of Guard and Two Soldiers pass behind from j,. to r. {not seeing them) And if it needed a hand to e.Kterminate every lord in the kingdom — even the king — I Captain {saddcnlg stopping). Treason! {advancing quicklg, l) Which uf you uttered that ? Simon It was Krink. (quicklg). Certainly, it was he— he is for ever talking treason. I am a man —1 pay ta.xes. Capt. ( pointing to Simon). Secure him ! Simon {ns (hey seize him). No, no— 1 .nssnre you — Oh, Martin ! Krink. Simon, 'lis my duty to sacritice you — liberty demands it. Simon {in great alarm). Suffer me to speak Capt. You have already said too much. Martin. Certainly ! much too much— away with him. f Simon is taken off, r Capt Worthy fellow, we shall need your evidence— follow to tlie guard-iiouse. [Exit Captain, r. Krink. At, ]iresent 'tis not convenient. Simon will be no loss to soci- ety ; I only sh.ill regret him ; for, he gone, wlience will come the spied aie so necessary to inspire my patiiolic aidor ? Now, I will ao home to my dom"sii(>, tyrant, with the sweei coiisolniion that I nm a miin-l ])ay taxes — thnt 1 am not unworthv to be fiee; for I have this instant sacri- ficed my friend lo preserve my own libeity. [ With Roman firmness, exit, L. ACT ]ri. 31 Sceuc c/io?if/es to. SCENE III. — Tlic Queen's Chamber in ilh grooves. Boor, L. p., covered with tapestry — dojr, k. 3 e. Catherine di^overed geated l. 2 n. — //l of the loves of Richard and Elfrida the fair, yo\i ;ms\\(-M^i ilial ynn ili I not know ii — shall I relate it to you i* Cath. To \Uiat [uuitose'! 32 CATHElilNE HOWARD. Athel. Because tLe sloiy may interest yon, since it bears a close ro- se iil)lance to our own. (places his hat on couch.) Oath. Say and do whatever you will — yoii are the master. Athel. Well, Elfrida answered " Yes,'' and became queen. Oath. Unhappy woman! to be a queen ! Athel. But si»e had foigotlen one thing — which was, to confess her amour with Richard to her royal husband. 'Tis very strange, but there w.as at that ume a law exactly similar to that which Henry of England lias passed, which condeu>ned to death any female who, after a like af- fection, should, without informing him of it, espouse the king. Oath. To death % Athel. 'Tis true that this secret was known only to Richard — Richard her accomplice. Oath. And that law condemned the acconaplice to the same death that it inflicted on the guilty woman. Athel. Yes ; bui. what is death to a man who has been jealous ; es- pecially when that deati* brings him revenge upon the woman that caused kim to suffer all the tortures of hell. Oath. Mercy \ Athel. Richard found means to gain entrance into the Palace; pen- etrating even to the apartments of the queen, who, no doubt, was study- ing by what way she could be rid of that man. Oath, {(fuickliy). Oli, yon cannot think thai ? Athel. 01), no ! Perhaps she would only have immured him within some vault, of which she alone possessed the key ; she might tliere have left him to die of hunger and thirst j or have hiui stricken with a dagger Oath. Oh, never, never ! Athel. However, that he might be prepared for every hazard: he wore beneath his vestments a ooat of mail — like this, {draws aside hii tnnie, and displa;/iH a coat of mail) For though Richard feared not death, he greatly dreaded the loss of vengeance ! Well, as I said, h'^ i>eiietrated to the queen's clianvber where she was alone; he sealed himself at her back, as I am now at yours. Then he took the liaiuls witii wjiich she would have concealed lier face — {dragrfing her hands down, as she is about io hide her face, and ho'din^ them):—?i\\A forcing her to look into his eyes, he said to her, " Catlterine," — no, I mistake, Elfrida — " never was woman loved by man as I loved thee!" Speak. Cath. Never ! Athel. " Never man sacriSced so much for woman, as I for thee I " Speak. Cath. Never, rtever! Athel. " And never was man so atrociously rewarded as I have been." {rising) Speak, will you, speak 1 Cath. {rising from couch, and bending before him). Mercy, mercy ! Athel. {desparingly). Oh, he would have pardoned everything in that woman, her forgetful ness, her ingratitude, even his death, everything, except having passed into the arms of another ; he could not forgive her that — it was impossible that he could ever pardon her, and so they perished both ! Cath. Perished! {fnimprfs heard.) • Athel. Yes ; for wi,«;ist the queen's lover was locked with her, in her chamber, the king returned from the council board. Oath. My lord, my lord ! those trumpets announce that the king is comins hither ! fly, oh, fly ! Athel. {immovable). And as he would not leav e Cath. Ah I ACT III. 33 Atdel, When the kins reached the door of the queen's apartments — {knocking at D. K.) — lie found it firinly sealed ! « Hen. (^without). Open, Iv:Ue, il is 1. Cath. {imploringly). My lord, my lord ! {clinging to Athelwold.) Atuel. {raising his voice). And heard two voices together speaking. Hex. Catherine, you are not alone ! Open. Athel. {thrusting Catherine f/om him, who falls). Ha. Ha! 'tis now thy turn to feel the pangs of jealously. Catu. {kneeling). Be merciful, and slay me ! Hen. (without). Aid me, "gentlemen — guards force the door ! {the door IS struck violently without, r.) Catu. {pointing to door, xohich is yielding). See — see! Atuel. Ves, it is time that I should quit thee, but, Catherine, we shall meet again ! Hurries off behind the tapestry, h. C, as v>. H. 3 E. is forced open, and Henry enters, sword in hand, accompanied by Lords, 6;c. — Soldikus appear in the doorway. Hen. {looking round): No one ! how is this ? Who, madam, has been with you ? {grasping her arm) Look at me, and answer ! Catu. No one sire— no one; you see that I am alone. (Henuy searches, and suddeidy sees Athel wold's hat.) Hen. (holding hat towards her). And ihis Cath. Oh, heaven ! Hen. (going to tapestry door, l. c). He to whom it belongs can only have left by this portal ! Am I not right? Cath. (running to him.^. Sire I Hen. (trying door). AL'ide fast! Cath. (reassured). You see Hen. The key ! Catu. The key -I — I know nothing of it, sire. Hen. Search, and you will find it. Search, I say ! Cath. Impossible — I cannot remember Hen. Will you swear you have it not about vou ? Cath. (producing key, and offering it). 'Tis here. sire. Hen. {endeavoring to open v. f"). 'Sdeatli ! is it so? — the point of a dagger broken in the lock ! Ah ! your accomplice has contrived his measures admirably to prevent pursuit ; but he forgot that he would leave you within my power. Tiie name, madam, of that man ? Cath. Sire, 1 implore you Hen. His name 1 Cath. (entreatingly). No One, sire ! -• Hen. His name ? Cath. Oh, I cannot, sire — T cannot ! Hen. Ah, you cannot!— so said Anne Boleyn too, but we found meantnin of the Guard, secure your prisoner! Cath. Oh, sire — sire! Hen. Catherine! be ready to appear before the judges who con« C\ 1 IIKUINK llwWAUU. Iho StMllnM ' (Ca-I IIEIM.N!': ' I'Irrs.f ,!e^>, rtiiiih: — IIi,.m;y i B^ileyn Id !lio stMllnM ' (Ca-i iieim.n !■: n'/ns .i Jc/mri (/cry, ami /(/llx sennek's^ to tlie (jrt SCENE IV. — Rooin in Mauti.n Ki;im;lkv's House, n, \.\l ijiaa-es. Enter Martin, Jolhicd by Winifkkd, k. WiNiF. Stir from the liouse at tliy j)eril ! Keink. Oh, giaraercy ! and 1 am a iiinn^I ])av laxps WiNiF. If I were not more thrifty than thou — lazy variel !— riuih'.nji; ■would be paid. Krink. And must I suffer my patiiotic nature to be siibdiird by a woman? — must I be pent up wiliiin four walls, while my hcari, is struii- gling for a nation's liberty ? Woman, know'st thou the value of fie(>- doni 1 WiNiF. Yes, but thou shalt not, for at least a week to come. I v\ ar- rant me, thou wonldst g« to Simon Kreetnur 1 Krink. No, decidedly, I have no inclination thereto — it would not harmonize with the liberty 1 contend for. Enter Simon Kkeetkuk, n. Simon! and free 1 Let me embrace (hee, thou martyr to liberi y ! Simon. Keep off! Your turn will come Oh, Mistress Krinkly I l.nst thou heard the dreadful tidings'] Catherine Howard, so lately become queen, is sentenced to be belieaded. WiNiF. Oh, dear, dear ! anoliier poor croalu'e doomed to tliO bluck ! My heart foreboded ihat Anne Boleyn would not be the last. Wl.at a lime for us lovely women ! Krink. And there again — why should a king arrogate to himself a liberty that he denies his subjects 1 WiNiF. What dost thou mean, dolt? Krink. The king has hnd five wives — I but one. When he wearies of them, he makes them shorter by the head. I am a man— 1 pay ta.xes —wherefore, then, should 1 not enjoy the same precious liberty 1 WiNiF. 01:, thou Bluebeard ! Krink. Why should not I, at the present moment, be about to rid myself of my fifth wife ? Nay, I would not complain if I were even now allowed thus pleasantly to put away my first. The smallest dona- tion to liberty would be thankfully received, WiNiF. {in a rnge). Thou wretch ! Krink. But, gimon, there is no hope for liberty. WiNiF. {strikinej him rn the slwulder). Thou monster! Krink. {roaring). Oh ! Simon, liberty has received a heavy blow. Simon. Martin. I despise you — you are a traitor to yonr friend. Krink. Friend! I reject the term— you are my instrument — my victim. Simon. Very well, then, we shall presently change places, for I very soon found witnesses to prove that it was you who always talked treason. WiNiF. What is ail this ? % S'.MON. He caused me to be locked in prison for his faults. Mistress Winifred. WiNiF. Oh, tliou mnninkin ! Kuink. What so sacred as our liberty 1 Simon. And soldieis will be here to convey him to the Tower. ACT III. 35 WiNiF. I am very glad to hear it. KniNK. Wliat? then, I am lost. Oh, Simon, you surely could not! — fltisay your words. Oil, I implore you, by our long-tried friendship — surely you will not basely sacrifice me to save your own worthless life ? Simon, by the many cups of sack that we have drunk together — and vou have always paid for — I implore you, save me. Simon. You know, Martin, 'lis my duty to sacrifice yon — liberty de- jnnds it. Kkink. No, Simon, my liberty does not demand anything of the sort. "iiMON turns from him) The tyrant is inexorable. You, Winifred, my iond, my doaling wife — you will save me — hide me — think of liberty, ai/d lock me in the ale-cellar. WiMF. No, Martin, thou dost deserve thy punishment, and the law must take its course. Kruvk. Take its course! Oh, that means that my blockhead must go to the block. Oh, how loose my head does feel. Winifred Kriiikly, now I understand yoar atrocious nature— you are a disciple of the King's liberty— you are a female Harry the Eighth, Mistress Winifred; and you are about to repudiate your first Imsband. Oil, 'tis all very well to be a patriot^-^bal I never intended to be a martyr, {going l.) Captain of Guard cntcru, l. Capt. Halt! Marun Krinkly Simon, {pointing). I'li.it is the illustrious individual. Capt. Good 1 Krink. Mercy, your li.ghness, I am a man — I paj'' taxes. Capt. Mariiii Krinkly, my soldiers are without, au I 1 arrest thee for seditious speech — come. KuixK No, no; mercy! have you no regard for the liberty of the subject ? Capt. Thou art d iMgenuis to the king's welfare. Kkink. Me? iliere never wus a more harmless mortal — ^T appeal to my wife — she has known me a great many years — even before I was married. Capt. {suddenly dr<,iving his sxvord). Come ! Krink. {fulling on his knees). No, no, do not kill me here — not before my wife— respect her feelings, if you have no regard f )r mine. Lei me have liberiy lo kneel at youi' feet — I love the king — admiie his policy — ■ particularly his matrimonial arrangements. Henry the Eighth for ever — long live the king ! hurrah! WiNiF. Captain, thou may'st spare him, for he is but a silly goose, and his cackle very harmless. Krink. {stdl on his knees). There, I told your worship that she knew me. Capt. It is the character that I before have heard of him ; but so much license cannot be peiuiiiied to his tongue. If, however, you, who appear a prudent woman, will umiertake to control him Krink. Of course she will — 'tis her constant custom. WiNiF. Trust me that, for the future ; I shall hold him with a tight rein. Simon. And take my advice, Mistress Winifred, sometimes apply the lash. Krink. {looking repronchfidly at Simon). And that is the friend whose spiced ale I have so often drunk ! Capt. Then, Martin Krinkly, I spare thee for the present; but re- member, thou will be strictly watched. [Exit, l. 36 CATHERINE UOWAUD. Krink. (o)t his k)ifes). I am a man — t pay taxes — and (/ okm^ il L.> s'ay. A f 1 1 1 1 . O I ExE. r innsL piMfoiiii my iliity, madam. Cath. {luokiwj lit duunond. irliiiit she has placed on her finger'). Think you not thai yours is a honib.i' ii;iilo \ ExK. (^risi)ig). Horrible ! Cath. Why, ih^-n, not f'iil(i;i my oalli — tliiil on llie instant I re- ceive Liuit liiiii, 1 will (juil Ldiulon, and never again leluni. Catu. {givuig ruig). Talis it, tiien, and fl}'. (Executioner hurries off, D. K. u. E. Catherine * nkmg on her htecs) Oh, Heaven, I tliank thee, for I believe thou hast at last had [)ily on me. Enter AKCiiiiiyiiop Cka.nmer, d. r. u. e. Cran. I am glad, ray child, to find you in that humble posture, since you have now but half an houf to live. Catu. {rising). Ah ! {aside) but he knows not — no, no — {smiling) he does not know. Cran. My child, what strange t'loughts occupy your mind, that they at sucii a fearful moment can cause you lo smile ] Cath. Father, you mu^t procure me acces.s to the king. Cran. Impossible, madim ! the e.Kecution is fixed for six o'clock, and it is now so near the li >ur that Cath But if that execution shouUi not take place ! Cran. {shaking hi^ head). My child ! Cath. You will never leveal what now I am about to utter 1 Cran. Oli, never ! Cath. {leaning on his shoulder and speaking in a subdued tone). There can be no execuiion without an executioner — and he has fled ! {in a still lower tone) even while now we speak, he has quilted London. Cran. How very strange ! Cath. Hark ! {murmurs without.) Cran. It is the crowd assembled before the scaffold. Cath. .4!i! they will lose theii- expected sport. I will now write to the king! you promi.se tiiat you will deliver him my letter? Lieutenant of Tower enters d r, v. e- — several Persons look anxiously it. What would you ! » Lieut. Pardon, ni dnm, bui — {U.o/.ii/g clout) — he is not heie ! Catu. {nsidr). They will not (inl him — he lias kept his word. Cran. [to Catiikiuxej. Heaven pioleci you, my child, (to Lied tenant) You seek Lieut. The exi-^cuiion,^r, for I could not believe that he had fled, {train. p kinsf. {sits "t t 'Iili) Tell me, my lord, what I mu.st say io him, for my brain is wanderiiiL'. Cran. Wi-ittMhe langn.ige of truth, iuid heiiveii jieMu'Lit lo soften the king's heart ! Cath. Oh, no onei will offer — no one wou'd peii' .vu the horrible task ■ — 'twould be a hideous nssassiiial 'on. Cram. (c). Wriie, ma tains, supported iy Craxmer — the clock continues striking, and af/rr the last stroke of six, a short pause — then a dull heavy sound, as of the axe falling — confused murmurs — the black curtains are su^ldcnlg drawn aside, and discover a raised scaffold, irs V. E. ivith steps leading to it from the stage — on each side of the steps, GrARDS, with halbcris and torches — on scaffold, the body o/Catiierixe covered tnth a pall — Cra.nmer kneeling, and Atiielwold upright, his hand upon the handle of the axe — in the distance, painted on a drot). Tower Hdl and Spectators. Tlie Lieutenant and Officer? advance slowly on each side from the back — pause. Athel. The law condenincil alike tlm guilty woman and her accom- plice, and — that the sentence may bo fully executed — to your hands I now liive (hat acco!ii]»li(-e. (casting aside axe, and tearing mask from his face) Ceiiold him I arrest him ; kill Iliii! H'.s mission in life is done 40 CATHERINE HOWARD. — liis outraged love and honor are revenaed, and now — welcome ! oh, welcome death to the last Nothumberland ! Two Officers rush on to scaffold and secure Athelwold — at same time general exclaimatxon of " Atlielwold ! " Grand tableau and CURTAIN. PROGRAMME OF SCENERY AND INCIDENTS. (For Small Bills, etc.) ACT 1.— Scene 1st.— The old palace of Blackfriars. The king reveals his passion for the obscure beauty, and confides to Athelwold his design ot taking a fifth wife - the alchemist and the noble— the philtre. 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Gojd lor Nothiug.- comic drama, la. 5 1 W6. Gn at Success (A), comedy, 3 acts. . 8 5 277. Griaishivw, Bagsliaw and Bradsbaw, farce, 1 act ■* 2 206. Heir Apparent (The), farce, 1 act... 5 1 24 1 . Haudy Audy, drama, 2 acts 10 3 28. Ha; py Pair, comedietta, 1 act 1 1 151. Hal d Case (A), farce, 1 act 2 8. Hei ry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts 10 3 180. Heur'y the Fifth, hist, play, 5 acts. . 38 5 03. Hei Only Fault, comedietta, 1 act.. 2 2 19. He'„ a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 2 30. Hiddei Hand, drama, 4 acts 5 5 ,yi. High C, comedietta, 1 act 3 3 AG. High Life Below Stairs, farce, 2 acts. 9 5 301. Hii.ko, romantic drama, 6 acts 12 7 ;24. Hit Last Legs, farce, 2 acts 5 3 iH7. Hit Own Enemy, farce, 1 act 5 1 174. Home, comedy. 3 acts 4 3 211. Honesty is tbe Best Policy, play, 1. 2 64. HJiisehold Fairy, oketch, 1 act 1 1 190. Hunting; the Slippers, farce, lact.. 4 1 197. Hunchljack (The), play, 5 acts 13 2 223. Ici on Parle Francais, farce, iact... 3 4 '52. Idiot Witness, melodrama, 3 acts. . . 6 1 18. If I had a Thousand a Year, farce, 14 3 116. I'm not Mesilf at all, Irish stew, la. 3 2 129. In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act 2 3 159. In the Wrong House, farce, 1 act.. . 4 2 m. Irish Attorney (The), farce, 2 acts.. 8 2 *M. Irish Broom Maker, farce. 1 act. ... 9 3 J73. Irishman in London, farce, 1 acts. . 3 'tri^. Irish Lion (The), farce, 1 act 8 3 ^1. Irish Post (Tbe), drama. 1 act 9 3 -:i4. Irish Tutor (The), farce, 1 act 5 2 70. Irish Tiger (The), farce, 1 act 5 1 .j74. Irish Widow (The), farce, 2 acts 7 1 122. Isabella Orsiui, drama, 4 acts 11 4 177. I Shall Invite the Major, comedy, 14 1 TOO. Jack Long, drama, 2 acts 9 2 299. Joan of Arc, hist, play, 5 acts 26 139. Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts.. 3 3 17. Kind to a Fault, comedv, 2 acts. ... 6 4 333. Kiss in tbe Dark (A), farce, 1 act.... 2 3 309. Ladies' Battle (The), comndy, 3 acts 7 2 86. Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts 12 5 137. L' Article 47, dratha, 3 acts 11 5 72. Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act 4 2 114. Lancashire Lass, melodrama, 4 acts. 12 3 i 34. Larkins' Love Letters, fnrce, 1 act.. 3 2i 189. Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act — 1 1' £53. Lend Me Five Shillings, farce, 1 act 5 3 111. Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts 7 2 1 19. Life Chase, drama, 5 acts 14 5 !39. Limerick Boy (The), farce, 1 act 5 2 48. Little Annie's Birthday, farce, 1 act..2 4 32. Little llfbel, farce, 1 act 4 3 264. Little R'.iby, drama, 3 acts 6 6 195. Little Eni'l V, drama, 4 acts 8 8 16,5. Living Statue (The), farce, 1 act 3 2 fZS. Loan of a Lover'The^> v-^ixdeville,!. 4 1 109. 85. 87. 143. 212. 291. 210. 103. 154. 63. 249. 208. 39 7 49 15 46 51 302. 184. 250. 312. 234. 108. 188. 169. 216. 236. 193. 267. 130. 92. 218. 140. 115. 2. 57. 104. 112. 298. 185. 84. 117. 171. 14. 300. 269. 268. 173. 227. 176! 2.)4. ••<3. S. 40. 170. 289. 97. 66. 209. 172. 94. 45. 1.55. 178. Locked in, comedietta, 1 act .1 I Locked in with a Lady, sketch 1 i Locked Out, comic scene l\ Lodgers and Dodgers, farce, 1 act.. 4 i Loudon Assurance, comedy, 6 acts. 10 3 M. P.. comedy, 4 acts 7 2 Mabel's WaucEUvre, interlude, 1 act 1 3 Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts 10 3 Maria and Jlagdaleua, play, 4 acts ..86 Marriage at any Price, farce, 1 act. . 5 3 Marriage a Lottery, comedy, 2 acts. 3 4 Married Bachelors, comedietta, la.. 3 2 Master Jones' Birthday, farce, 1 act 4 2 Maud's Peril, drama, 4 acts 5 C Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act 8 S Milky White, drama, 2 acts 4 2 Miriam's Crime, drama, 3 acts 5 2 Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act 3 2 Model Pair (A), comedy, 1 act 2 2 Money, comedy, 5 acts 17 3 More Blunders than One, farce, la. 4 ' More Sinned against than Sinning, original Irish drama, 4 acts 11 Morning C.all (A), comedietta, 1 act. 1 t Mr. Scroggins, farce, 1 act 3 ', Ml X., farce, 1 act 3 3 My Uncle's Suit, farce, 1 act 4 I Mj Neighbor's Wife, farce, J act 3 8 My Turn Next, farce, 1 act 4 3 My Walking Photograph, musical duality, 1 act 1 1 My Wife's Bonnet, farce, 1 act 3 t My W.'fe's Diary, farce, 1 act 3 ) Mj Wife's Out, farce, 1 act 2 Naral Engagements, farce, 2 acts. . . 4 ^ Never Beckon your Chickens, etc., farce. ? act 3 i New Mer and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 B Nobody's Child, drama, 3 acts 18 3 Noemie, drama, 2 acts.. 4 4 No Name, f'rama, 5 acts 7 6 Not a b't J jaJous, larce, 1 act 3 3 Not if I Know it, larce, 1 act 4 4 Not so bad as we Seem, play, 5 acts.lS 3 Not Guilty, di'ama. 4 acts 10 t Not such a Fool as he Looks, drama, 3 acts 5 4 Nothing liVe Pftfte, farce, 1 act 3 1 No Thoroug'ifarfc, drama, 5 acts. . . .13 6 Notre Dame, dran^a, 3 acts 11 8 Object of Intorest ^ An), farce, 1 act. 4 3 Obstinate Family ('Ibe). farce, 1 act. 3 3 Off the Stags, comer'ietta, 1 act 3 8 Omnibus (The), farcO, 1 act 8 4 On Bread and Water, farce, 1 act. . . 1 2 One Too Many, fa'-ce, T act 4 2 One Too Many for Him farce, 1 act 2 3 £100,000, comedy, 3 actf 8 4 Only a Hallpenny, farce, 1 act 2 3 Only Somebody, farce, 1 act 4 i On the Jury, drama, 4 acts 5 J Orange Blossoms, comcdi<^tf». 1 act 3 l Orange Girl, drama. 4 acts 18 4 Othello, tragedy, 5 acts 16 J Ours, comedy, 3 acts (i « Our Clerks, farce, 1 act ''•X Our Domestics, comedy-farce ?9'^s ft \\^ Our Heroes, military play, 5 nets .24 5 Out at Sea, drama, S acts , . • ' 7 6 DE WITT'S AOTma PLAYS-CoDtbued, l47. Ovprland Koiite, comedy, 3 acts 11 5 oOo. lair of Shoes (A), farce, 1 act ...4 3 285. Piirtners fur Life, comedy, a acts. ... 7 4 156. Peace at any Price, force, 1 act 1 1 H'2. Peep o' l>ay, drama, 4 acts 12 4 tn. I'eggy Green, farce, 1 act 3 10 23. Petticoat Parliament, extravagauza, lact 15 24 "93. Pliilomel, romautic drama, 3 acts... C 4 C2. Pliotograpliic I'ix, farce, 1 act 3 2 61. Plot aud Passion, drama, 3 acts. ... 7 2 J38. Poll and Partner Joe, burlesqe, la.. 10 3 ;'17. Fooi- Pillicoddy, farce, 1 act 2 3 JIO. Poppleton's Predicaments, farce, la. 3 6 60. Porter's Knot, drama, 2 acts 8 2 59. Post Boy, drama. 2 acts 5 3 95. Pretty Horse-Brealjer, farce 3 10 tSO. Pretty Piece of Business (A), come- dy, 1 act 2 3 181. 182. Queen Mary, drajia, 4 acts 37 9 ;96. Queerest Courtehip (The), comic operetta, 1 act 1 I 355. Quiet Family, farce, 1 act 4 4 157. Quite at Home, comedietta, 1 act... 5 2 132. Baee for a Dinner, farce, 1 act 10 •237. Regular Fix (A), farce, 1 act 6 4 183. llichelieu, play, 5 acta 12 2 38. Riglitful Heir, drama, 5 acts 10 2 77. Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts .... 8 4 816. Romeo on the Gridiron (A), mono- logue, for a lady 1 19.'). Rosemi Shell, burlesque, 4 scenes.. 6 3 247. Rough Diamond (The), farce, 1 act. 6 3 194. Rum, drama, 3 acts 7 4 13. Ruy Bias, drama, 4 acts» 12 4 229. Sarah's Young Man, farce, 1 act. ... 3 3 158. School, comedy, 4 acts, 6 C 201. School for Scandal, comedy, 5 acts. .13 4 264. Scrap of Paper (A), comic drama, 3a. 6 79. Sheep iuWolf's Clothing, drama, la 7 5 ^03. She Stoops to Conquer, comedy, 5a.l5 4 37. Silent Protector, farce, 1 act , 3 2 35. Silent Woman, farce, 1 act 2 1 J13. Single Married Man (A), comic ope- retta, 1 act 6 2 43. Sisterly Service, comedietta, 1 act. . 7 2 6. Six Mouths Ago, comedietta, 1 act.. 2 1 221. Slasher aud Crasher, farce. 1 act... 5 2 10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act. . .1 1 26. Society, comedy, 3 acts 16 5 iiil. Sold Again, comic operetta, 1 act... 3 1 304. Sparking, comedietta, 1 act 1 2 78. Special Performances, farce, 1 act. . 7 3 215. Still Waters Run Deep, comedy, 3a. 9 2 1.'56. Sweethearts, dramatic contrast, 2a.. 2 2 232. Tail (Tale) of a Shark, musical mon- ologue, 1 scene ,^., 1 31. Taming a Tiger, farce, 1 act 3 150. Tell-Tale Heart, comedietta, 1 act.. 1 2 120. Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act 2 1 U. 1 257. Ten Nights in a Bar Eoom, drama, 5 acts 8 ^ 146. There's no Smoke without Fire, comedietta, 1 act 1 3 83. Thrice Married, personation piece, 1 act fl 1 245. Thumping Legacy (A), 1 act 1 1 251. Ticket of Leave Man, drama, 4 acts. 9 3 42. Time anil the Hour, drama, 3 acts. 7 3 27. Time aud Tide, drama, 4 acts 7 3 133. Timothy to the Rescue, farce, 1 act 4 3 15a. 'Xis Better to Live than to Die, farce, 1 act 2 1 134. Tompkins the Troubadour, farce. 1. 3 i 272. Toodles (The), drama, 2 acts 10 3 235, To Oblige Benson, comedietta, 1 act 3 2 238. Trying It On, farce, 1 act 3 3 29 Turning the Tables, farce, 1 act. ... 5 3 214. Turn Him Out, farce, 1 act 3 2 ICt^. T\ve€die's Eights, comedy, 2 acts.. 4 2 126. Twice Killed, farce, 1 act 6 3 231. 'Twixt Axe aud Crown, play, 5 acts.24 13 198. Twin Sisters, comic operetta. 1 act. 2 2 265. Two Bounycastlcs, farce, 1 act 3 3 220. Two Buzzards (The), farce, 1 act. ... 3 T 66. Two Gav Deceivers, face, 1 act 3 123. Two Polts, farce, 1 act 4 4 288. Two Roses (The), comedy. 3 acts. ..74 292. Two Thorns (The), comedy, 4 acts.. 9 4 294. Uncle Dick's Darling, drama, 3 acts 6 5 1G2. Uncle's Will, comedietta, 1 act 2 1 106. Up for the Cattle Show, farce, 1 act 6 2 81. Vandyke Brown, farce, 1 act 3 3 317. Veteran of 1812 (The), romantic mil- itary drama, 5 acts 12 2 124. Volunteer Review, farce. 1 act 6 6 91. Walpole, comedy in rhyme 7 2 118. Wanted, a Young Lady, farce, 1 act. 2 1 2S1. Wanted, One Thousand Spirited Young Milliners for the Gold Re- gions, farce, 1 act 3 V 44. War to to the Knife, comedy, 3 acts 5 4 311. What Tears can do, comedietta, la.. 3 ^ 105. Which of the Two? comedietta, la.. 2 10 266. Who Killed Cock Robin? farce, 2a.. 2 2 98. Who is Who? farce 3 2 12. Widow Hunt, comedy, 3 acts 4 4 213. AVidow (The), comedy, 3 acts 7 6 5. William Tell with a Vengeance, bur- lesque S ^' „.. (Window Curtain, monologue.... \\ \ Circumstantial Evidence " 1 136. 'Woman mi Red, drama, 4 acts 6 8 161. Woman's Vows and Masons' Oaths, drama, 4 acts 10 4 11, Woodcock's Little Game, farce, 2a.. 4 4 290. Wrong Man in the Eight Place (A), farce, 1 act 2 3 54. Young Collegian, farce, 1 act 3 2 ( A COMPLETE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OP DE 'WITT'S ACT- 'ING PLAYS AND DE WITT'S ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DRAMAS, containing Plot, Costume, Scenery, Time of Representation, and all other informa.' tion, inailed free and post paid on application. Address DE ^ ITT, gj3 Rose Sf-^et, Nev York. OE WITT'S DRAWING-ROOM OPERETTAS. J^" TO MUSICAL AMATEURS. .^J The number of Musical Amateurs, both ladies and gentlemen, is not only vtry large, but is constantly increasing, and very naturally, for there is no more re-' fined and pleasant mode of spending leisure hours than in singing and inlaying the choice productions of the best Composers. Hitherto there has been an almost total iick of suitable pieces adapted to an evening's entertainment in Parlors by Amateurs. ax course whole Operas, or even parts of Operas, require orchestral accompani- Inents and full choruses to give them effect, and are therefore clearly unfit for Amateur performance, while a succession of songs lacks the interest given by a 5)lot and a contrast of characters. In this series (a list of which is given below) v^ 'havo endeavored to supply this want. The best Music of popular Composers is wed- ded to appropriate words, and the whole dovetailed into plots that are effective as mere petite plays, but are rendered doubly interesting by the appropriate and heaiur H/vl Music, specially arranged for tliem. LIST OF DE WITT'S MUSICAL PLAYS. PRICE 15 CENTS EACH. CEAP TEAK— A Musical Dual- ity, By Alfred B. Sedgwick. Mu Bic selected and .adapted from Of-. FENBACU's celebrated Opera, " Oene- vieve de Brabant." One Male, one Female Character. THE TWIN SISTEES-Comic Operetta, in One Act. The Music selected from the most popular num- bers in Le Cocq's celebrated Opera Bouffe, " Girojle Girofla,'' and the Libretto written by Alfred B. Sedg- wick. Two Male, Two Female Characters. SJLD AGAIN AND GOT THE MONEY.— Comic Operetta, m One Act. The Music composed and the Libretto written by Alfred B. Sedg- wick. Three Male, One Female Character. THE QUEEREST OOUETSHIP. — Coinic Operetta, iu One Act. The Music arranged from Offenbach's cekbrated Opera, " La Princesse de Trebizonde" and the Libretto writ- teus by Alfred B. Sedgwick. One Male, One Female Character. ESTEANGED— An Operetta, in One Act, The Musi* arranged from Verdi's celebrated Opera, '■II Trov- atore."'' and the feibretto adapted b.f Alfred B. Sedgwick. Two Male, One Female Character. OIEOTJMSTANOES ALTEH CASES. — Comic Operetta, in One Act. The music composed and th© Libretto written by Alfred B. Sedg- wick. One Male, One Female Chatv MY WALKING PHOTOGEAPE — Musical Duality, in One Act. The Music arranged from Le Cocq's. Opera, 'La Fille de Madame Angot," and the Libretto written by Aifued B. Sedgwick. One Male, One Fe- male Character. A SINGLE MAEEIED MAN.- Comic Operetta, In One Act. Tho Music arransed from Offenbach's celebrated Opera Bouffe, " Madame r Archiduc,'''' and the Libretto writ- ten by Alfred B. Sedgwick. Six Male, Two Female Characters. kOLLT MOEIAETY.--An Irish * Musical Sketch, in One Act. The Music composed and the Dialogue written by Alfred B. Sedgwick. One Male, one Female Character. Suitable for the Variety Stage. THE OHAEGE OF THE HASH BRIGADE.— A Comic Irish Musical Sketch. The Music composed and the Libretto written by Joseph P. Skellv. Two Male, two Female Character^ Suitable for the Fawiy Stage. _ GAMBEINTJg. KING OF LAGER BEER.— A Musical Ethiopian Bur- lesque, in One Act. Music and Dia- logue by Frank Dumont. Eight Male, one Female Character. Suita- ble for the Ethiopian Stage. AEEIOANUS BLUEBEAED.-A Musical Ethiopian Burlesque, in Ono Act. Music and Dialogue by Frank Dumont. Four Male, four FemaU Characters. Suitable for the Ethio- pian Stage. I)E WITT'S ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DRAMA.-Contiuued. 94. 1U3. 1. 36. 18. 60. 37. !I0. 10',!. 19. Ii9, 1.51 90, U7 117, 44, 8, 119. 49, 132, 14.5, 22. 27, 123, 30 111 76, 91, Joalnus Husband, sl