762.. 12. 
 
OR, 
 
 AN OPERA, IN THREE ACTS. 
 
 AS PERFOEMED BY TEE 
 
 mCHINGS ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA: 
 LEDGER JOB PRINTING OFFICE. 
 1867. 
 
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DRAMATIS PERSONS 
 
 PRINOE. , 
 BAROK. ' 
 ALIDORO. 
 DANDINI. 
 PEDRO. 
 
 Hunters, Attendants, Pages, Grandees, &c. 
 CINDERELLA. 
 CLORINDA. 
 THISBE. 
 FAIRY QUEEN. 
 
 Sylphs, Fairies and Ladies, &c. 
 SCENE— In tHe Principality op Salermo. 
 
V 
 
 CINDERELLA. 
 
 Act the Fiest. 
 SCENE THE FIRST. 
 
 The Fairies^ Haunt. A romantic vieiv, surrounded by botvers of roses, in the midst 
 of ivhich rises a bubbling fountain. Fairies forming a dance to the following 
 
 CHOEUS. - 
 
 While sunbeams are glancing, 
 O'er meadow and mountain. 
 By grot and cool fountain. 
 
 Our revels we keep. 
 Thus lightly still dancing, 
 Our own magic measure, 
 The sweeter our pleasure 
 When mortals do sleep. 
 
 {Fairy Queen suddenly appears. They kneel.) 
 
 Our mistress hail. 
 A From distant regions flying, ' A ' "> ■ ' ' ' 
 I come to claim your duty ; 
 For innocence and beauty, 
 
 Now let your spells be wove. 
 In grief a maid is sighing, 
 Whose heart must cease to sorrow, 
 , Who shall before to-morrow 
 I ... Eejoice in happy love. 
 ^ [ We're here to yield our duty. 
 We're here our faith to prove. 
 Obedient to my wishes ye have been, 
 . And soon your queen will recompense your faith ! 
 Go ye, and look adown the distant vale, 
 And give us warning when a mortal's near. 
 
 [ One of the Fairies ascends a point, Bock U. E. E., the rest surround the Queen.'] 
 
 Fairy. Speak, mistress, we give ear. 
 
 Queen. To all unknown, 
 
 I've been the guardian spirit of a maid. 
 Whose happiness I vow'd, if she proved worthy. 
 E'en from the time when, at her mother's prayer, 
 I held the new-born infant at the font. 
 . The goodness of her nature hath been tried 
 By much of ill, yet hath she borne long years 
 Of undeserved grief with sweetest patience ; 
 A cruel father and two heartless sisters 
 Have still embitter'd all her youthful days ; 
 But now the period of her bliss is nigh. 
 And with your aid full happiness shall crown her. 
 
 Qiceen. 
 
 AIL 
 Queen. 
 
4 
 
 CINDERELLA. 
 
 [Act L 
 
 Fairy. Command, bright mistress; wo will all obey. {Horn.) 
 
 Queen. Ye hear the music of yon distant sounds, 
 
 Now wafted hither by the morning breeze; 
 The youtliful prince, from distant lands return'd, 
 Pursues the chase along the diamond forest. 
 A parent's will, besides his subjects' good, 
 Binds him to choose a partner of his throne 
 Before to-morrow's sun crimsons the west. 
 As yet unscathed by love, heart-whole and free, 
 He reunites the beauties of a court 
 At this night's entertainments, and his choice 
 He leaves to chance, a seeming chance, alone; 
 For I have fixed on her whom he must wed, 
 The mortal daughter whom your queen befriends. 
 
 {Horn again.) 
 
 Fairy. The chase comes nigh. 
 
 Queen. Let two of lightest wing. 
 
 Like floating gossamer that sports in air, 
 
 Fly swift, invisible to human eyes ; 
 
 Withdraw the prince from all and guide him here, 
 
 [Two little Sylphs ascend and go offlR. U. E.] 
 
 Where to his sight her image shall be shown. 
 Who shall to-morrow share his heart and throne. 
 
 '^^T^mrock''^' | ^o^^al's heavy step doth shake the ground. 
 
 Queen. Then like your queen be all invisible. 
 
 Although your agile forms may frolic round him, 
 And chain his senses with harmonious spell. 
 
 [They retire a little, when the two Sylphs return, conducting the Prince by a 
 chain of flowers, which they unclose and join their companions.'] 
 
 Prince. Morning its sweets is flinging 
 
 Over each bower and spray j 
 Flowers to life are springing. 
 To greet the opening day. 
 Soft floats around 
 The water's murmuring sound : 
 Zephyr is gently winging 
 Round his sportive way, 
 Birds on each branch are singing, 
 While echo repeats their lay, 
 " 'Tis an enchanted grove, 
 Sacred to peace and love," 
 
 Throughout my pilgrimage of foreign travels, ne'er did I see a spot of such 
 romantic beauty, and yet did my steed refuse to enter it, but rearing back, with ears 
 erect and eyes of fire, he seemed as if some fearful sight had crossed him. If ever 
 there was charmed spot of fairy hauut, this is one, and as my willing steps ad- 
 vanced a strain of melody sighed on my ear and drew me on to follow. The 
 ardor of the chase has robbed me of my companions. If they be not too distant, 
 this will call them to my sid^. {Blows horn.) 
 
 CONCEETED PIECE. 
 
 5 Music floats on the ai?. 
 
 What spell hath bound me? 
 In a spot so fair. 
 Can ill surround me ? 
 
 Fairies. Hail to thee, stranger. 
 
 Seek not to fly ; 
 Here fear and danger 
 Ne'er can come nigh. 
 
Scene I.] 
 
 CINDEEELLA. 
 
 5 
 
 Kind friends shall guard thee, 
 True love reward thee, 
 And scenes of pleasure 
 
 Banish each sigh. 
 Queen, Bliss now attends thee. 
 
 Fortune befriends thee. 
 Earth's fairest treasure 
 
 Here wait thine eye. 
 Prince. Hark ! around, above, 
 
 Throughout the grove 
 In harmonious measure, 
 
 Voices float by. 
 
 {Listens and repeats the words.) 
 
 Kind friends — "true love" — 
 What magic's nigh? 
 What fate attends me ? 
 What power befriends me? 
 With pain and pleasure 
 My heart beats high. 
 
 Am I truly on enchanted ground, or does my imagination, slave to my deliglit, 
 lose itself in wild delusions? The cool waters of that flowing fountain will dis- 
 sipate the vapor of my brain and cool my healed fancy. 
 
 [Music. Approaches the fountain. The Fairy Queen extends her wand, when 
 the fountain disappearing leaves to view the form of Cinderella, splendidly 
 attired. Prince starts amazed.'] 
 
 Ha ! what beautiful vision enchants my sight ! Mortal or goddess, receive my 
 homage ! Let me but know that thou art reality. Let me gaze ever on those 
 celestial features, and with my daring hand remove the mist. 
 
 Queen. Hold ! 
 
 Prince. What being art thou breaking thus suddenly upon my sight? 
 Queen. One that will prove thy friend, if thou deserve it ; 
 
 For her whom thou would'st now approach, go seek her 
 
 Where thou mayst do so openly and free ; 
 
 If thou preferrest virtue unto wealth. 
 
 Goodness and modesty to heartless grandeur, 
 
 Thou may'st e'en this day find her j till then lose her, 
 
 {She touches the figure; it sinks.) 
 
 But bear her features living in thy heart. 
 
 {Horn is heard nearer.) 
 Thy friends now seek thee and approach this spot; 
 Their eyes must not behold it. Prince, farewell! 
 As thus I touch thee with my rod of might. 
 Let thine eyes close awhile upon the light ; 
 Let all that's past to thy remembrance seem. 
 On thy awaking, as thy fancy's dream. 
 
 [^She touches him vHth her wand; he crosses, and reclines to sleep upon a bank 
 of flowers L. Fairies retire. Scene closes.l 
 
 SCENE THE SECOND. 
 
 A forest glade. Music of hunters grows louder till they enter. The Prince discovered 
 sleeping on bank. Enter Alidoro, Dandini and Chorus E. H. 
 
 CHOEUS. ft fiw^f^irT 
 
 What wild sounds, the hunters attending. 
 With the notes of the horns are blending ? 
 
6 
 
 CINDERELLA. 
 
 [Act L 
 
 H.ark ! the clamorous dying call 
 Mixing with the torrent's fall, 
 Wliilst echo, the sound back sending, 
 Delights to repeat it all. 
 Loudly now through copse and dell 
 Let our woodland music swell; 
 Till our noble Prince be found, 
 Glade and wood be search'd around. 
 
 Dandini, {seeing 
 Frince.) 
 
 J 
 
 Soft, behold ! o'ercome with sleep, 
 
 ex.- . 
 
 CHORUS ' h"'* 
 He tranquil rests in slumber deep. 
 
 Prince, {awaking.) 
 
 Ha ! Alidoro ! Friends ! {Starts wildly up.) 
 Was it then but a dream ? 
 
 Alidoro. Seized with terror. at your absence, we turned on our steps, and 
 
 Prince, {crosses C, not heeding him.) Tell me, friends, as you came, saw you 
 
 none leave this place ? 
 
 Dandini. Nothing, my lord, except a few beasts of prey, of which we have 
 
 made fair havoc' 
 
 Prince. Then farewell happiness ! I henceforth bear a rankling dart within 
 my breast that may fill my life with sorrow. 
 
 Alid. What thus disturbs my Prince? If we have rudely broken your repose — 
 
 Prince. Ah ! that repose may prove my curse for ever ! Come hither, Alidoro ! 
 Friends, retire. Alidoro, my peace of mind is all destroyed, and, I almost shame 
 to tell it, by a dream. 
 
 Alid. Of horror? 
 
 Prince. No, of pure delight, while it lasted, though, like the bright sun of 
 nature, it left naught on its departure but clouds and darkness. Oh, I have seen 
 in the mirror of my fancy a being of such surpassing excellence that nothing of 
 earthly mould can equal her ! 
 
 Alid. Has my prince not seen features that, though forgotten for a time 
 
 Prince. None like to hers ; the eye that saw them once would stamp them on 
 the heart for ever ! Oh, if I thought that such a being lived, I would search the 
 world and give up my throne to obtain her. 
 
 Alid. Nay, Prince, that were more likely to mar your chance than mend it. 
 Your Grace's vision now recalls to my remembrance a dream that hath some touch 
 of coincidence with your present situation, though I had nigh forgotten it. 
 
 Prince. Tell me of it. I'll snatch at every hope, however wild, that will soothe 
 my present torture. 
 
 Alid. On the first night of our return from Pachia methought a female form 
 of fairy mould and dazzling brightness, in her small hand a rod of snowy white 
 gemmed with the semblance of a blazing star, appeared before me 
 
 Prince, {impetuously.) I saw her in my dream. Go on ! 
 
 Alid. And commanded me, as I valued the happiness of this realm, to guide 
 my sovereign to the old castle of the Baron of Montifiesco, where virtue, youth, 
 and beauty awaited him worthy of a throne. 
 
 Prince. The Baron's family is one of those invited to the palace to-night, and 
 his daughters, whom, however, I never saw, are reported fair and accomplished, 
 though he himself, they say, is but a pompous fool. 
 
 Alid. I would suggest to you, gracious prince, to call at the castle on thy way 
 homeward, and as a cover to the real cause of your visit let the ladies of Monti- 
 fiesco be invited to the tourney that precedes the evening's feast, and we will con- 
 duct them to the palace as we return. 
 
 Prince. 'Tis well — be it so. 
 
 Alid. Go on, friends, towards that castle yonder {points L. H.), and announce 
 the Prince's approach. 
 Prince. Dandini, stay you with me and Alidoro. Go, friends. 
 
Scene III.] 
 
 CINDEEELLA. 
 
 7 
 
 CHOEUS. 
 
 Our noble prince is found ; 
 
 Let the wood with joy abound. • 
 
 ^Hunters how, and exit L. H. 
 
 Prince. I would observe, yet be myself unnoticed ; and I have bethought me 
 of a way to escape the importunities of folly and avoid the fatigue of ceremony. 
 I will divest myself of my pomp awhile, and lay the dull weight of royalty even 
 on thee, Dandini. 
 
 Dand. On me, Prince! 
 
 Prince. On thy very self. Thou hast often aped the manners of the great for 
 others' entertainment, I've been told. Thou shalt do so again for mine, and be as 
 ridiculous as it may please thee. 
 
 Dand. Nay, then, only let me become prince for a time, and you shall see the 
 learned will wonder at my knowledge, the fashion-mongers extoll my manners, and 
 the women will swear I'm a most ravishing creature. 
 
 Prince. Here take my insignia. {Giving hat and cloak, with star on it.) It is 
 to these baubles, and not to myself, that the world's honor is shown. 'Tis but for 
 a time thou shalt possess them. I will become the wearer again shortly, and 
 nothing will have been lost. Come, let us haste. 
 
 Pand. Stay, Alidoro ; help me on with my new toilet. I am a great man now, 
 and must do nothing. 
 
 Prince. What, sir, is that one of your privileges? 
 
 Dand. Certainly ; if we great ones were to work for ourselves, some of us would 
 grow little enough. 
 
 Prince. Well, well, come let us on. You, Alidoro, join the train gone forward, 
 while I, unobserved and at liberty, will indulge in my own humor. Come, let 
 us on. 
 
 Dand. Stay ! If I am to be a great man, my dignity must not be olFended. I 
 must go first, and you may follow. {Exeunt, L. H. 
 
 lEnd of Scene the Second.} 
 
 SCENE THE THIRD. 
 
 A Gothic room in the Baron^s castle, opening into garden. On each side of stage a 
 full-length mirror ; on E. U. E. an antique high fire-place ; Cinderella dis- 
 covered seated by fire-place, on a low stool ; Clorinda and Thisbe stand before 
 mirrors L. H. — Clorinda practising a dancing step ; Thisbe trying a flower 
 on her head. 
 
 TEIO. ^ 
 
 Clor. ^ No, no, no, no — with step so light, 
 
 With such grace and easy air, 
 
 None will dance this joyful night. 
 This. Yes, yes, yes, yes — this flower Til wear 
 
 Better here — no, better there, 
 
 Fastened thus within my hair. 
 Both. With such beauty and such skill, 
 
 Every heart I'll gain at will. 
 Cind. Once there chanced a king to be, 
 
 Who to marry had a mind ; 
 So he sought a wife to find, 
 
 And he'd his choice of fair ones three. 
 
CINDERELLA. 
 
 [Act L 
 
 Thus 'tis said, 
 Scorning wealth and charms alonC; 
 Virtue's call his heart obey'd, 
 And he chose a lowly maid 
 To share his love and throne. 
 
 Fal, lal, lal, la. 
 Clor. and This. \ Cinderella, pray how long 
 
 {angrily.) J Must that ditty be repeated ? 
 
 Oind. In my chimney corner seated, 
 
 Let me sing my own old song : 
 Once there chanced a king to be — 
 Clor. and This. ) Once there chanced — did ever any one see? 
 {beating her.) j Wilt give over — yes or no ? 
 
 Or I'll stop thee with a blow. 
 * ( They return to mirrors.) 
 
 With such beauty and such skill, 
 Every heart we'll gain at Will. 
 Oind. Once there chanced, &c. 
 
 Clor. And so, Madam Cinderella, after having done nothing but dress our heads, 
 you think you may sit there singing your old melancholy ballad as if you were 
 in your kitchen, do you? Have you done the work we ordered you last night? 
 
 Cind. All is finished. I didn't go to bed till two this morning. 
 
 Clor. Dear me ! great cause of complaint, to be sure ! What should we say, who 
 danced the other night till three o'clock and yet were up before twelve? 
 
 Cind. Nay, dancing doesn't tire. 
 
 This. You think so? 
 
 Cind. I'm sure of it. Oh ! I could dance twenty-four hours running! 
 Clor. What a pity you're not invited to the ball! You'd like to go, I dare 
 say? 
 
 and. Oh! that I should! 
 
 Clor. Ha! ha! ha! You'd be a pretty figure at a ball ! 
 This. Ha! ha! ha! Especially in that tasty dress ! 
 
 Clor. Go, and put such idle thoughts out of your head, and be grateful to us 
 for keeping you employed ; for, depend upon it, my dear, work is pleasure ! 
 Cind. Is it? I'm very sorry to hear it. 
 Clor. and This. Why? 
 
 Cind. Because then you never have any pleasure. 
 
 Clor. Get you gone into the kitchen again till we call you. {As Cinderella is 
 going, a knock is heard C. D.) Stay ! some one knocks. See who it is. 
 
 [Cinderella opens door— Fairy Queen enters disguised as a beggar-woman.'] 
 
 QUAETETTE. 
 
 Queen. Grant me charity, I pray.* 
 
 Clor. and This. Idle crone! hence, away! 
 
 [They turn their backs, and arrange their persons at their mirrors. CINDERELLA 
 goes kindly to Fairy, makes her sit by fire, gives her food, and hides her from 
 Clorinda and Thisbe.] 
 
 Cind. Don't ye go away in sorrow ; 
 
 This your hunger will allay* * 
 Queen. Happiness before to-morrow 
 
 May thy charity repay. 
 Cind. May I still relieve the sorrow 
 
 Of the needy on their way. 
 Clor. and This. Every art and grace I'll borrow, 
 
 My attractions to display. 
 
 Clor. {turns round.) What! that ragged pauper still here! What insolence! 
 Hence, or we'll have you dragged through the horsepond ; and as for you, you 
 little slut — — ! (Goes to Cinderella, who shrinks behind Queen.) 
 
Scene III.] 
 
 CINDEEELLA. 
 
 9 
 
 Queen, (interposing.) Hold! haraa her not for having been charitable. I am 
 going; your unfeeling hearts will yet be punished. As for you, gentle maid, fear 
 them not; their power to hurt you is past, and your humanity ere long will meet 
 reward. lExit C. D, 
 
 Clor. Who ever heard such impudence? I would have punished her myself, 
 but for a dreadful pain that just then came into my arm. I declare, owing to this 
 girl's folly, ourS is become a regular house of call for all the vagabonds in the 
 country. 
 
 Oind. There are so many unfortunate wretches in the world ! 
 Tjfiis, But we are not unfortunate wretches : we shall be robbed some day or 
 other. 
 
 C/or. You shall go without your dinner for this. 
 
 This. Aye, and your supper, too; I will take care of that. Go back to your 
 kitchen. 
 
 Cind. (crosses E. Aside.) Well, no matter, I have relieved the distressed, and 
 will eat my dry crust with the more satisfaction. [Exit R. H. 
 
 Clor, But where can that lazy fellow, Pedro, be delaying all this while? It's 
 more than two hours since he went to town for our new dresses, I hope mine 
 will be well made ; it's to be all trimmed with gold. 
 
 This. And mine is to be pink satin, trimmed with silver. 
 
 dor. Yes, but I'm to wear, because I'm the eldest, a beautiful Spanish hat and 
 feathers. I hope Pedro will take every care of it ; I wouldn't have it spoiled for 
 the world. 
 
 [Enter Pedro C. D., loith a large bandbox containing robes, hats, &c., with other pack- 
 ages under his arms and in his pockets.'] 
 
 Ped. Here I am at last! Ugh! what a trot I've had of it, to be sure ! 
 Clor. and This. Now for it! Now for it! 
 Clor. Have yqu brought everything? 
 
 Ped. Yes, miss, everything I was told, except I forgot something, (Places 
 bandbox in C. of stage.) 
 
 Clor. Well, Pedro, but where have you been all this while ? 
 
 Ped. Been? Bless you, I've been everywhere. First to the mantuamakers, 
 then to the staymakers, then to the shoemakers ; in fact, to all sorts of makers, 
 (gives parcels.) There are the gloves ; there are the shoes ; there are the wigs — 
 I mean the curls : the hair-dresser says there won't be such fronts as yours at the 
 ball — there are the flowers, and there is the rouge. 
 
 Clo7\ And have you brought my beautiful Spanish hat and feathers ? 
 
 Ped. Yes, miss, it's in the bandbox. 
 
 Clor. Oh, I must try it on directly! Now, Pedro, run and tell Cinderella to 
 take the things out of the bandbox for us; do you hear? (Turns glass round to 
 her.) 
 
 Ped. Yes, miss, (running E.) Ha! ha! 
 
 [Clorinda and Thisbe hurry him backwards — he falls in the bandbox — they raise 
 and beat him off C. D. Clorinda takes out hat flattened and broken.] 
 
 Clor. Here's a head-dress for the ball ! Oh, my beautiful hat ! I must now go 
 without it. I'll have that wretch turned away, I'm determined ; he does nothing 
 but mischief. 
 
 [E. enter Cinderella E. H.] 
 
 Cind. Do you want me, sisters ? I mean 
 
 Clor. Why didn't you come sooner ? 
 Cind. I didn't know that you 
 
 Clor. Silence! Eemove those things directly; and (horn) what's that? Cinde- 
 rella, run to the front, and 
 
 [Enter Pedro hastily, C. D.] 
 
 Ped. Where's ray master ? Where's the baron ? Here's a grand to-do ; here's 
 a 
 
 2 
 
10 
 
 CINDERELLA. 
 
 [Act L 
 
 jBo<A. What's the matter? ^ 
 
 Fed. Oh ! such a boar ! 
 
 Clor. A boar ! 
 
 Pcd. Yes, a wild boar ! 
 
 Both, {screaming.) Ah 1 
 
 Fed. Yes, but he's dead though. I had just gone to the gate when a great 
 cavalcade of hunters carrying dead game, enough to stock our pantry for a twelve- 
 month, came up. Oh, here they come ! \_Exil E. H. 
 [Enter Alidoro, with hunters and Prince's attendants.'] 
 
 . QUAETETTE AND CHOEUS. 
 
 Back from his morning chase our noble Prince doth ride, 
 
 And to this mansion now doth bend his way, 
 Unto his palace your steps to guide, 
 
 Where joy will reign this happy dayj 
 "Where soon some envied bride, 
 Of this whole realm the pride, 
 Our hearts will sway. 
 Clor. and This, {eagerly.) 
 
 The Prince himself, you say ? 
 Alid. and Hunt. Now comes this way; 
 
 Clor. and This. , And soon some envied bride ? 
 Alid. and Hunt. Will all obey. 
 
 Clor. and This, {calling Cinderella from each other.) 
 fi^ . ^. Cinderella, quick, come here ! 
 
 ^ N k Bring my things unto my room; 
 
 Cinderella, do you hear? 
 
 Get my necklace and my plume, — 
 What confusion's in my brain! 
 
 Now my triumph is at hand ; 
 Who knows yet but I may reign 
 Chosen queen o'er all the land ? 
 Cind. {having run from one to the other, stops.) 
 
 Cinderella, now run here ; 
 Cinderella, now run there ; 
 Cinderella, come this way J 
 Cinderella night and day. 
 'Tis enough to rive one's brain 
 
 Thus to slave at their command. 
 Treated ever with disdain. 
 And abused on every hand. 
 Alid. and Cho. What confusion's in their brain! 
 
 {Aside.) Now the contest is at hand; 
 
 Each is hoping yet to reign 
 Chosen queen o'er all the land ! 
 
 Clor. Here, Cinderella, lead the attendants to get refreshments. Thanks, good 
 friends ; we feel honored by the Prince's condescension, and deem his visit a most 
 signal favor. \_Fkeunt Alidoro, Cinderella, and Hunters, C. D. 
 
 {Embraces Thisbe.) Oh, my dear Thisbe, what happiness ! We shall see the 
 Prince 1 
 
 This. He will hand us out. 
 
 Clor. How we shall be stared at ! What an honor ! but, bless me, the Prince 
 coming and our father not yet up ! I must run and inform him. 
 This. No ; I must be the first to tell him the news. 
 
 Clor. Indeed you shan't, though. I am the eldest and must be the principal 
 agent in all family matters. 
 
 This. Well, then, I'll go with you. 
 
 {They go ofL,, and return, pulling the Baron on, and both speaking.) 
 
 Father ! father I oh, such news ! such an honor I such ! 
 
 {He casts them off; they affect sorrow.) 
 
Scene III.] 
 
 CINDERELLA. 
 
 11 
 
 10- SONG.— Baron. 
 
 ^ Ye tormentors, wherefore came ye ? 
 I disown you — I disclaim ye ; 
 Such a glorious dream just dreaming, 
 And to wake me with your screaming. 
 
 ■ [TAe Baron refuses them his hand to hiss ; they affect grief when he looks at 
 them, but laugh aside ; he observes only their pretended mortification.'] 
 
 See with sorrow how they're swelling ; 
 Pretty ci'eatures, how they fear me ! 
 
 {He embraces them, and takes their hands.) 
 
 Come, then ; silence now and hear me 
 Whilst my wondrous dream I'm telling : 
 To the garden as I hied me, 
 Methought a jackass rose beside mej 
 
 Yes, a jackass, but such a love ! 
 When of a sudden, portentous wonder ! 
 From his shoulders, broad asunder, 
 
 Two large wings shot out above, 
 
 And in the air up he flew ; 
 And atop a neighboring belfry, 
 
 Fast he stuck before my view ; 
 Then the bells began a-sounding. 
 
 Right from under where he sat, 
 When chi, chi, chu, chu, in bounding, 
 
 You awoke me with your chat. 
 Of this dream now, so astounding. 
 Hear me thus the sense expounding : 
 Bells at festivals are sounded — 
 That means joy to us unbounded ; 
 Then the wings, too, they mean you, 
 And the flight — plebeians, adieu ! 
 Now the ass remains, and he. 
 Rest assured, means plainly me. 
 Whoe'er beholds you at once may gather 
 That the jackass is your father. 
 You are fated each, believe me, 
 
 To become a fruitful queen, ' 
 And grand-children, by the dozen, 
 
 Soon around me will be seen ; 
 A young king in embryo here. 
 
 Servant, servant, mighty poppet ,* 
 A young queen about me there; 
 
 Servant, servant, royal moppet ; 
 
 And as I'm the parent vine. 
 
 All this glory will be mine. 
 
 Baron. Yes, my wonderful dream portends something, and if your tongues liadn't 
 drowned the bells, there's no knowing what I should have made of it. 
 
 Clor. and This, {having been impatient to speak.) Oh ! father 
 
 Clor. I've such news to tell you. 
 This. Do you know that ? 
 
 Baron. What ! I suppose your dresses have come home. 
 Clor. Oh ! as to that, yes, and beautiful they are, too. 
 This. Mine is trimmed with silv^. 
 Clor. And mine with gold. 
 
 Baron. Yes, and the silver and gold trimmed out of my pocket. But no mat- 
 ter, so long as we support the dignity of our house ! No later than yesterday I 
 fell asleep over the family tree, tracing our noble line. There have been princes 
 among the blood of the Pumpolinos, and I find that we descend perpendicularly 
 in the male line from Peter the Foolish, and horizontally in the female line from 
 Barbara the Cruel, and neither males nor females have degenerated. 
 
 Clor. He'll never stop. Didn't you hear the horns sound a little while back ? 
 
12 
 
 CINDEEELLA. 
 
 [Act I. 
 
 Baron. The liorna 1 What, then, are horns a novelty to tlie house of Purapo- 
 Imo? {Crosses to L.) 
 
 This. But the Prince has been hunting in the forest. 
 
 Baron. Hunting ! ha 1 ha ! ha I By my ancestors, but he's a rare prince ! 
 Scarcely returned a week from his travels he hunts in the morning, gives a ball 
 at night, and yet married next day. 
 
 Clor. and This. Married I 
 
 Baron. Yes, he's bound by a special clause in his father's will to marry in a 
 month after its date, and to-morrow the fatal period arrives. ( Crosses C.) Tliat's 
 the reason why he this night gives a grand entertainment, and has invited all the 
 noble families of his principality — us, of course. 
 
 Clor. Well, then, he's now coming here. 
 
 Baron. Eh! what? coming here? 
 
 Clor. Yes, in a few minutes. {They speak quickly, one after the other ; Baron 
 turns to each other alternately.) 
 
 This. He has sent to say 
 
 Clor. Attended by his followers. 
 
 This. We're to be conducted to the pal 
 
 Baron. Zounds ! one at a time, or I can hear neither. 
 
 Clor. and This, (together, quickly.) Well, then, the Prince, who has been hunting 
 in the forest the whole morning 
 
 Baron. There again ! {Putting his hand over Clorindd's mouth, and turning to 
 Thisbe.) Now, my dear, while she's silent do you go on. 
 
 This, Well, then, in one word, the Prince is coming here himself to conduct us 
 with all honor to his palace. 
 
 Baron. The prince is coming here? Pm all amazement and stupefaction. Oh ! 
 my daughters, what an honor for the Pumpolinos ! One of ye is certainly des- 
 tined ! Eemember the feathers, the flight, the ass. It's all coming true. Take 
 care how you speak, look, and move. Now's the time for you to display all the 
 natural graces you inherit from your father. ( Crosses E.) 
 
 This. But I mustn't be seen in this horrible disguise. 
 
 Clor. Oh, if the Prince catches me undressed, I shall faint. 
 
 Baron. Zounds ! and I, too, in this old gown and night-cap ! Cinderella, fetch 
 me my wig. {Calls E.) 
 
 This. Cinderella, come and lace me. 
 
 Clor. Cinderella, bring my new sash. \_Exeunt omnes L. D. 
 
 [Enter Peince, disguised as Dandini, C. D., during symphony.'] 
 
 EECITATIVE. 
 
 All around is silent; this mansion a desert seems j 
 
 I know not wherefore thus I have consented 
 
 To yield me the sport of chance; 
 
 The words my friend imparted 
 
 Were that within this mansion 
 
 Heside virtue, youth, and beauty, 
 
 Worthy to grace a throne and make me happy. 
 
 To marry, yet not to love ! Oh, law tyrannic, 
 
 That in youth's blooming season, 
 
 Harshly my heart to barter thus condemns me ! 
 
 What means this silence ? 
 
 [Enter Cindekella, singing, plate of bread in her hand.'\ 
 
 Cind. Once there chanced a king to be 
 
 {Buns against Prince— screams.) 
 
 Ah ! oh, mercy ! 
 
 Prince. What is it? 
 
 Cind. You alarmed me so, sir. 
 
 Prince. Did you think me some monster? 
 
 Cind. Yes ! I — I — mean no, sir. 
 
 {A pause; each observes the other in amazement.) 
 
Scene III.] 
 
 CINDEKELLA. 
 
 13 
 
 //. DUET. 
 
 Prince. Whence this soft and pleasing flame 
 
 That within my breast hath passed ? 
 Cind. Wherefore thus within my frame 
 
 Does my heart now beat so fast ? 
 Prince. What resemblance her features bear ! 
 
 Cind. I would speak, yet I scarcely dare. 
 
 Together. Mildly beaming, brightly gleaming, 
 
 In those eyes beauty sits smiling, 
 
 And my heart e'en now beguiling, 
 
 O'er me throws it's magic snare. 
 Prince. Of the Baron the lovely daughters 
 
 I fain would see, if here they dwell. 
 Cind. They are yonder in their chambers ; 
 
 Soon they'll come ; then, hope, farewell I 
 Prince. Who are you, then, may I know ? 
 
 Cind. That, alas ! I scarce can tell. 
 
 Prince. How ! not tell ? , 
 
 . Cind. Truly so! 
 
 By my father disregarded, 
 
 From my family discarded; 
 
 Having early lost my mother, 
 
 Without sister, without brother, 
 
 Then my father, in conclusion : 
 
 Nay, I'm lost in strange confusion j 
 
 I scarce know what I have said. 
 
 Oh, forgive and judge with mildness 
 
 Of a poor and simple maid ! 
 Prince. How enchanting is her wildness 
 
 Thus with innocence arrayed ! 
 
 Clor. and This, {calling without L. H.) Cinderella, come here to me. 
 
 Baron. Cinderella! 
 
 Prince. What can all that outcry be ? 
 
 Cind. (crosses L.) Farewell, Sir Stranger, my duties call me ; 
 
 Ah, whate'er may now befall me. 
 
 This poor heart no more is mine ! 
 Prince. To my reason pride recall me ! 
 
 Though her beauty may enthrall me, 
 Thoughts so wild I must resign. 
 
 [Exit CiNDEEELLA L. 
 
 Prince. What innocence ! what simplicity ! and her features so resembling . 
 
 Yet her mean attire ! My thoughts seem to wander strangely. Is she dependent? 
 —some humble friend of the family, perhaps. I would give much that her station 
 were such as would allow her being invited to the feast. 
 
 [Enter Alidoro C. Comes down K.] 
 
 Well, Alidoro, are all my train instructed to treat Dandini as my represent- 
 ative? 
 
 Alid. All, Prince; though his ridiculous airs somewhat discompose the neces- 
 sary gravity of his companions. Has your highness yet beheld the daughters of 
 the Baron ? 
 
 Prince. No, I have hitherto seen none but a young girl in poor attire, whose 
 beauty, however, would merit admiration even in a court. 
 
 Alid. {crosses L.) See, here comes the Baron with his daughters. Observe all, 
 and be careful not to betray yourself. 
 
 [Enter Baron in an old-fashioned court suit, Clorinda and Thisbe richly hc&ited.'] 
 
 Have we the honor of seeing the Baron Pumpolino ? 
 
 Baron. Yes, gentlemen, you have. May I know in return who you are ? 
 
14 
 
 CINDERELLA. 
 
 [Act I. 
 
 Alid. My name, sir, is Alidoro. 
 
 Baron. Alidoro ! How ! are you that wise and illustrious sage whose learning, 
 
 whose flaming lights, whose ? I have the honor to present my daughters to 
 
 you. 
 
 [Peince and Alidoro boiv — Clorinda and Thisbe endeavor to attract the notice 
 of the Prince.] 
 
 . Baron, (bows and crosses to Prince.) I have the honor, no doubt, of seeing one 
 of the principal lords of the court. 
 
 Alid. No, Baron, only a simple squire of the Prince. 
 
 Baron, (changing to condescending familiarity.) How do ye do, friend ? 
 
 {Crosses C.) 
 
 Clor. (having looked graciously at Prince, turns away disdainfully.) Only a squire ! 
 I guessed he was something of the kind. 
 This. Yes, he has the air of a commoner. 
 
 Prince, (aside to Alidoro.) If these be his only daughters 
 
 Alid. (aside to Prince.) Patience, and decide not hastily. 
 
 Baron, (to Alidoro.) Learned sir, may I inquire to what I owe the flattering 
 honor of your visit ? 
 
 Alid. The Prince is in your neighborhood. Having heard a fair report of 
 your daughters, he is desirous of beholding them. (Horn.) But hold ! that horn 
 announces the Prince's arrival. 
 
 Baron, (aside to his daughters.) Call up your sweetest smiles. 
 
 Alid. The Prince is here ! 
 
 [Music. Enter Dandini, pompously, and attendants, C. D.] 
 
 Band. By all our princely ancestors, but we've had noble sport, Baron. You 
 may kiss our hand. We are informed that fate has made you father of fascinating 
 daughters. 
 
 Baron. Fate has smiled on me, and aided my paternal endeavors to continue 
 the line of my noble house. The fruit, noble Prince, is before you. 
 
 Band. We do congratulate you, Baron. May I be permitted the honor of a 
 chaste salute? Virgin No. 1 ! (Crosses to Clorinda.) 
 
 Clor. What touching goodness ! 
 
 Band. Virgin No. 2 ! 
 
 This. What considerate attention! 
 
 Band. I rather like this, though. Baron, these are two charming Venuses. 
 They are papa all over. (Crosses C. between ladies.) 
 
 Clor. Oh, Prince! 
 This. Oh, Sire ! 
 
 Baron. He is caught ! The descendants of Peter the Foolish will still be mixed 
 with royal blood. Your highness then does incontinently marry to-morrow? 
 
 Band. Most incontinently ! I'm tired of the world's pleasures. I must marry ! 
 
 Baron. And may I ask what are the qualifications your highness expects to 
 find in the lady you take to wife ? 
 
 Band. Why, I am moderate ; only let her possess youth, modesty, beauty, grace, 
 wit, and talent, and I'm content. 
 
 Baron. Your highness then has popped into the right place. 
 
 Band. And now, fair ladies, if you will honor our learned tutor, the wise Ali- 
 doro, with your delicate hands, he will prepare all for your departure. 
 
 (Alidoro crosses to ladies.) 
 
 Baron. I'll but get my cane, and tread upon your royal heels in a moment, and 
 will follow you directly. [Exit L. IT. E. 
 
 [Exeunt Clorinda, Thisbe, Alidoro, and attendants, C. D. 
 
 Band. Now, Prince, have I not done bravely ? 
 
 Paince. Out upon thee ! thou hast libeled gentility most grossly. 
 
 Band. Consider my short notice. 
 
 Prince. What made thee speak such big words ? 
 
Scene III.] 
 
 CINDEEELLA. 
 
 15 
 
 Band. 'Tis but fitting, Prince, since I am great myself, that my words should 
 be so too. My Prince, with your permission 
 
 Prince. Hush ! be silent! what is he saying? 
 
 Band. Well, but go we? why are we staying? 
 
 Prince. My doubts I must allay. 
 
 GM. But one half hour — do, pray ! 
 
 Baron. Hence, to thy work betake thee ! 
 
 Begone, or this shall make you ! 
 Prince and Band. Forbear, sir! 
 
 {Enter Alidoro. Ooes to Prince L. H.] 
 
 ^ Baron. Please your eminence — 
 
 Begone, I say— royal excellence ! 
 'Tis this vile servant's insolence. 
 Prince^ Land., and Alid. 
 
 Servant? 
 
 Oind. Nay, sure 
 
 Baron. Hence, impudence! 
 
 Behave with proper reverence. 
 Begone from here ; 
 Again appear, 
 I'll punish thee, I swear. 
 Prince and Alid. What feelings rise 
 
 I (you) must disguise, 
 I (you) still the mask must wear. 
 Band. Good Baron, nay. 
 
 Your wrath allay ; 
 
 I must protect the fair ! 
 Ci'Ml. A slave, alas ! 
 
 My life to pass, — 
 
 Hard fate beyond compare ! 
 Persuade him, kind sirs, to let me 
 To this grand ball repair. 
 
 Baron, {without L.) Leave me, I say, this moment, or else 
 
 Cind. {without.) Only one word, sir. 
 Baron, {without.) Begone, I tell you. 
 Prince. Hark ! what noise ! 
 Cind. {without.) Do but hear me, sir! 
 
 {Enter Baron in anger, followed by Cinderella, L. L. E.] 
 
 Baron. I won't ; Pve no time. Now, Prince, I attend you. 
 Prince, {aside.) 'Tis she again. {As they are going Cinderella pulls the skirt of 
 Baron's coat.) 
 
 Baron, {turns round angrily.) How now ! What want you? 
 
 ■ FINALE. '^^^^ ^ e*»,r<f.^- 
 
 Cind. My lord, deign but to hear me. 
 
 To ask a favor, may I dare ? 
 To dance but one hour ; oh, let me 
 To this grand ball repair. 
 Baron. Hi — hi ! A pretty Venus, I must say, 
 
 A charming exhibition,- 
 To thy cinders hence away j 
 Stop me not, I must not stay. 
 
 {Enter Fairy Queen, disguised. She gives an open book to Alidoro, with an 
 injunction to silence, and goes off. Alidoro reads, surprised, and advances 
 to Baron.] a«Ud*to 
 Alid. Here 'tis set down, my lord — 
 
 Behold ! and see — 
 That you're the parent 
 Of daughters three j 
 
16 
 
 CINDERELLA. 
 
 [Act I. 
 
 Aye, daughters three. 
 Now ere the Prince bestows his hand, 
 I your third daughter hereby demand. 
 I a third daughter 7 You've been misled. 
 Her name's Angelina. 
 She, sir, is dead ! 
 Yet in this book 'tis not so said. 
 Sure, 'tis of me they speak. No, she's not dead. 
 Baron, {driving Cinderella into L ; apart to her with repressed violmce.) 
 Another word, my fury dread. 
 That you are dead but dare deny, 
 And, by my life, e'en here you die. 
 Dead, sir, you said ? 
 Your highness, quite dead ! {Pause.) 
 
 Baron. 
 
 Alid. 
 
 Baron. 
 
 Alid. 
 
 Cind. 
 
 Prince and Alidoro. 
 Baron. 
 
 Baron. 
 
 Cind. 
 
 AM. 
 
 Prince. 
 
 Dand. 
 
 Hunters, &c. 
 
 if. QUINTETTE. 
 
 Midst doubts confusing, 
 Uncertain musing, 
 Their mind's commotion, 
 Like waves of the ocean, 
 Still rolling wide, 
 Will not subside. 
 
 Dare but to breathe again 
 One single syllable, 
 And on this very spot 
 
 You surely die. 
 Oh, sirs, protect me, 
 Do not forsake me ; 
 Your kind assistance 
 
 Do not deny. 
 
 [Enter Attendants C. D.] 
 
 End this dissension, 
 Longer delay not ; 
 For our departure 
 The hour is nigh. 
 
 No more of violence, 
 Poor maiden, fear not ; 
 On our protection 
 You may rely. 
 
 Shall my authority 
 Be disregarded ? 
 Be silent, all ye ; 
 Oh, fie ! oh, fie ! 
 
 All now is ready, 
 Time quick doth fly ; 
 
 Over the mountains 
 The sun is high. 
 
 [Exeunt Dandini, Baeon, Pbince, &c., C. D. 
 lately L. H. 
 
 Cinderella retires discon- 
 
 [End op Act the First.] 
 
Scene L] CINDEEELLA. 17 
 
 Act the Second. 
 SCENE THE FIRST. 
 
 A Chamber in the Palace. Enter Pkince and Dandini E. H. 
 
 QUAETETTE. 
 
 Softly, softly, in a whisper, 
 So that none may overhear us. 
 Now that nobody is near us, 
 Say, what think you of the fair? 
 Why, then, softly and in a whisper, 
 Without any hesitation 
 Of caprice and affectation. 
 They're a compound, I declare. 
 Vfithout any more debating. 
 
 Neither shall be mine, I swear. 
 Ever flirting, ever prating. 
 They're, in truth, a precious pair ! 
 
 lEnter Clorii^da L.] 
 Tell me why, Prince, you're so cruel ? 
 
 [Enter Thisbe E. H.] 
 
 Why, alas ! Prince, do you fly me? 
 I must have you ever near me. 
 Or you'll drive me to despair. 
 Softly, ladies, soft, and hear me : 
 Wed two sisters — that, I fear me, 
 Would all proper bounds outgo : 
 One I'll marry and the other 
 On my squire here I'll bestow. 
 No, no, no, no, no, no; 
 Wed a squire ? not so, not so. 
 Prince. Lovely fair, do not refuse me. 
 
 You'll repent not if you choose me. 
 £oth. Wed a squire ? good sir, excuse me ; 
 
 No, no, no; it will not do; 
 Wed a low-born creature. 
 Coarse in manners and in feature? 
 Oh, the idea is so horrid 
 It is more than I can bear. 
 Prince and Band. So much candor in a woman 
 Is a virtue somewhat rare. 
 
 Prince. May I be permitted to entertain the hopes, fair lady, with which his 
 highness, the Prince, has flattered me ? 
 
 Clor. Weil, I'm sure, for a man like you to address a woman of my conse- 
 quence ! ' No, sir, you may address my sister, if you please. (Crosses to Dandini.) 
 
 Prince. I must then turn my fond hopes to you, sweet lady. 
 
 This. Then you are a very bold man. (Crosses.) The impudence and igno- 
 rance of some people is quite laughable. 
 
 Band. The Prince's hat and cloak carry it all hollow. 
 
 Prince, (aside.) Well, Vm sure, never prince was so candidly treated. 'Tis not 
 the Prince but the squire they repulse ; and now that my unfavorable opinion of 
 them is confirmed, their arrogance shall be fitly mortified. Hark ! Dandini, the 
 frolic must now end. I must strip thee of thy peacock's feathers, and leave thee 
 the jay thou wert before. 
 
 Dand. What ! must I abdicate so soon ? 
 
 Prince. 
 
 Dand. 
 
 Prince. 
 Band. 
 
 Clor, 
 
 This. 
 Both. 
 
 Band. 
 Both. 
 
 3 
 
18 
 
 CINDERELLA. 
 
 [Act II. 
 
 Prince. Aye, and thou must not only descend from thy throne, but confess thy- 
 self to their father. 
 
 Dand. Why, he'll break my head. 
 
 Prince. That's of little consequence. But see that he quits not the palace. His 
 folly is amusing, and I should miss him in our evening revels. [Exit R. H. 
 
 Panel. And so ends all Dandini's greatness. Before, however, I descend into 
 private life, I'll see if I can't retire with a like advantage! Roseate beauties, I 
 am rather a romantic kind of monarch, and am weak enough to desire being be- 
 loved for myself. Tell me, then, is it not rather my throne and my crown ? 
 
 Both. Oh, Prince, would you attack our punctilious honor? 
 
 Pand. Not even in my dreams. 
 
 This. As for me, were your highness the lowest of your subjects, I would still 
 prefer you to all others. 
 
 Clor. A cottage and your heart is all I desire. 
 
 Pand. You enchant me ! But see, your noble father comes this way. So, 
 sweetest charmers, deign to retire for a few minutes. 
 
 [Exit Cloeinda and Thisbe R. H. 
 
 And now for the poor Baron. 
 
 [Enter Baron L. H.] 
 
 Baron. Ah, Prince, excuse my intrusion ; pardon a father's eagerness if I crave 
 to know which of my two daughters is your honored choice? 
 Pand. My choice is already made, but you must be silent. 
 Baron. I'll be dumb. 
 Pand. It's in confidence, mind. 
 Baron. I'm upon thorns. 
 
 Panel. Well, then, bring a seat. Baron. {They sit.) 
 
 I b DUET. 
 
 Land. Sir, a secret most important, 
 
 Most peculiar, nay, most confounding. 
 
 You must hear me now declare; 
 'Tis a matter so astounding 
 
 It may chance to make you stare. 
 From the lips of men of wisdom, 
 Counsel, sir, comes ever wiser. 
 How to treat her be my adviser, 
 If I wed your daughter fair. 
 
 Baron. I'm made chancellor already. 
 
 Since your royal condescension 
 Such a matter deigns to mention, 
 My advice to you I'll dare : 
 Ever ready in the hall 
 Be twenty servants at her call ; 
 A hundred horses in her stable, 
 Fifty covers at her table, 
 Choicest fruit and rarest wine, 
 "Whene'er her majesty shall dine; 
 And when to ride she hath a mind, 
 A guard of honor march behind. 
 
 .Dand. Then 'tis time to tell you, plainly. 
 
 For all this she must hope vainly ; 
 Horses, wine, and sumptuous table 
 To afford her I'm not able. 
 To great folks, sir, I've no call. 
 But keep with servants in the hall. 
 
 Baron. Are you serious ? 
 
 Dand. The farce is o'er, sir ? 
 
 Baron. All has been, then — 
 
 Dand. A jest; no more, sir. 
 
Scene II.] 
 
 CINDERELLA. 
 
 19 
 
 All my grandeur's but a joke, 
 And my princedom ends in smoke ; 
 For the real Prince arriving, 
 Of the mask my face depriving, 
 Lays me under the obligation 
 To resume my situation. 
 I'm a valet, sir, by station, 
 Brushing clothes my occupation ; 
 Of the wardrobe I take care, 
 Shave my master and dress his hair, 
 Barm. Shave his master and dress his hair ! 
 
 t^^ON L. H. ; Dandini E. H. 
 
 \_End of Scene the First.} 
 
 SCENE THE SECOND. 
 
 The Kitchen. Cinderella discovered. 
 
 Cind. The image of that stranger seems always before me ; how kind his looks ! 
 I'm sure the Prince that I saw afterwards was nothing to compare to him. Ah, 
 me ! I wish I could see him again. My sisters are now enjoying themselves, 
 while I am not allowed to share in the smallest pleasure, but am left, after toiling 
 hard every day, to pass my nights in solitude and sorrow. 
 
 \_Enter Pedro L. H.] 
 
 Fed. Well, Miss Cinderella, you are as solitary as an old hermit. Those 
 amiable sisters of yours are off to the Prince's ball. I hope they won't keep us 
 up all night. I've done all my work, miss ; and now, if you'll give me leave, I'll 
 do yours also. 
 
 Cind. I thank you, Pedro ; you are ever good-natured, but I will finish my task 
 myself. 
 
 Ped. Why, you're scarcely able. Here have you been on your legs ever since 
 five o'clock this morning — 
 
 Cind. I am accustomed to that every morning. 
 
 Ped. Whilst your lady sisters never get up before eleven or twelve. 
 
 Cind. My father says that sleep is necessary for their health. 
 
 Ped. Well, it's pretty treatment, and for what reason, I should like to know? 
 Is it because you're of the second bed ? What then ? Wasn't nature nature in both 
 cases ? It's barbarous usage, I say, though you do bear it like a holy martyr. You 
 are moping here in the kitchen ; your sisters are gone to jig it at the Prince's grand 
 ball. Oh, I wish they may both get the cramp in their legs the very first dance. 
 
 Cind. That's a wicked wish, Pedro. 
 
 Ped. I can't help it ; I love your little finger better than their two bodies, and 
 I can't understand why your father 
 
 Cind, My sisters have often told nie that my father conceived a dislike against 
 me in my childhood for my ugliness. 
 
 Ped. Ugliness! Why, doesn't everybody know that the uglier you are when 
 young the prettier you are when you grow up ? Why, no one would believe it 
 now, but at two years old I was quite a fright. I'm sure your sisters must have 
 been born precious handsome. They are a couple of Algerine barbarians. Didn't 
 they make you change your own pretty name of Angelina into Cinderella, after 
 being themselves the cause of keeping you among the cinders? But never mind ; 
 bear what name you will, you're an honor and an ornament to it. It will be a 
 famous name yet. Gad ! I wish I had the christening of them ; I'd give them an 
 ella; I'd call one of 'em Vixenella and the other Spitfirella. 
 
 Cind. Pray, Pedro, did you hear who that was that came here before the Prince? 
 
20 
 
 CINDERELLA. 
 
 [Act II. 
 
 Fed. No, but I believe he was somebody, for he didn't look nobody. 
 Oind. Can you keej) a secret, Pedro ? 
 
 Fed. Not if you tell it me; ]'m like a woman; I only conceal what I don't 
 know ; and the only secret I should care to know is when shall we be happier. 
 
 {A label L, IT. shown the words — " Thy woes shall soon end.") 
 
 Cind. Ha ! (reads.) " Thy woes shall soon end." 
 
 Fedro. Will they? but 1 should like to see yours end at the same time. I don't 
 know, but I may do something desperate for us both yet, and if I get hanged 
 for it (TJie label changes.) 
 
 Cind. (reads.) " Thou' It meet thyjnst reward." 
 
 Fed. I am much obliged to you, I'm sure. 
 
 Cind. Am I awake ? 
 
 Fed. I should think not. 
 
 Cind. Pedro, do you see anything there? 
 
 Fed. Come now, no tricks; it's not the first time I have been alone with a 
 woman ; I know now what it is ; it's only a jocular description caused by the light 
 of the fa-e. I'll just poke it up a little, and you'll see it will absolve the whole 
 mystery. ^ , ' ' v 
 
 17. ,f *^ "I CHORUS.— Without. 
 
 '■• ■<,' : '') v'J ■ Cease, Cinderella, 
 
 Cease to grieve thee ; 
 For, come to relieve thee, 
 Thy friends are nigh. 
 
 (Fedro retreats as Fairy Queen enters from fire-place.) 
 
 Queen. Bless, thee, my god-child ! 
 
 Cind. Ah ! godmother, how did you come in ? 
 
 Fed, (aside.) By a door of her own making. 
 
 Queen. Pedro, is this the welcome you give your favorite's godmother? 
 Fed. I'm very glad to see you, granny. I wonder if she knows it's a lie? 
 Queen. But, godchild, thine eyes look red, as though thou had'st been weeping. 
 Come, what is thy sorrow? 
 
 Cind. I am very miserable ; I wish I could 
 
 Queen. Thou wisliest thou could' st go to the Prince's ball. Is it not so? 
 
 Cind. Y-e-s 
 
 Fedro. Eh? 
 
 Queen. Well, be a good girl, and I will contrive that thou shalt go. 
 Fed. 1 hope she's not going to play off any of her devil's tricks. 
 Cind. Nay, godmother, if you can do that, you must surely be a witch. 
 Fed. (aside.) That's a plumper. 
 
 Queen. Nay, child, that is an uncouth word ; I am somewhat more — a fairy. 
 But, come, let us haste ; time is flying fast, and the ball will soon begin. Pedro — 
 Fed. Eh! ^ 
 
 Queen. Run into the garden, and fetch me a pumpkin. 
 Fed. A what? 
 Queen. Obey me. 
 
 Fed. Vm gone. ^ ^ [Exit L. H. 
 
 Queen. Thou wilt wonder at tliy godmothei-'s power, but it is only on rare 
 occasions, and for the good, that I display my magic skill. 
 
 [Enter Pedro with a pumpkin, L.] 
 
 Fed. Well, I wonder what a pumpkin has to do with her going to the ball ? 
 Queen. Lay it on the dresser ; that pumpkin shall become a coach for thy mis- 
 tress. 
 
 Fed. Well, what if it does? What is a coach without horses? 
 Queen. Horses shall not be wanting ; the tiny prisoners in yonder mouse-trap 
 will form noble steeds, and be glad of their liberty in any shape. 
 
Scene II.] 
 
 CINDEEELLA. 
 
 21 
 
 Fed. Wliat ! make liorses of the mice ? Ha ! ha ! what an elegant turn-out it 
 will be! 
 
 Cind. But, godmother, horses can't go by themselves. What must we do for a 
 coachman ? 
 
 Fed. I have it ! Since you are going to transmogrify the mice into horses, I'll 
 go and see if there's a rat in the trap : you may make a coachman of him. 
 Queen. Thou art in the right ; go and look. 
 
 {Fedro gets rat-trap from R. H. U. E.) 
 
 Fed. Here he is; he'll make a jolly coachman — such whiskers! He hasn't been 
 shaved since he was born. 
 
 Queen. And, hark ye, fetch hither the two garden-pots, wherein there are just 
 now two lizards : they shall serve for footmen. 
 
 Fed. In a nice green livery. \_Exit R. 
 
 Queen. Thou shalt this night repay all thy sisters' ill to thee. 
 
 Cind. Nay, godmother, I don't wish that; I should be sorry to see them 
 grieved. 
 
 Queen. What! canst thou forgive them? Excellent heart ! thou art gooduess 
 itself. 
 
 \_I}ater Pedko E. H., with garden-pots. '\ 
 
 Fed. Here they are ! and perhaps with your help, granny, they'll make smart 
 lacqueys. 
 
 Queen. Thou'rt a good judge, Pedro. 
 
 Fed. Ha! ha! ha! what a deal of pudding and cheese they must have stolen! 
 Your humble servant, gentlemen ; you won't turn me out of my place, I hope. 
 
 Queen. Well, Cinderella, are not these servants fit to attend thee to the ball? 
 
 Cind. Oh, nothing can be better ; but, ah ! godmother, must I go thither as I 
 am, in these shabby old clothes? 
 
 Queen. That, too, shall be remedied. Disappear and. appear. 
 
 {Her own and Cinderella^ s clothes change.) 
 
 Fed. Eh! what! no — yes, it is! Oh, beautiful mistress! Oh, you good old soul! 
 La ! I wish I had such a godmother ! 
 
 Queen. Thou shalt not be forgotten, Pedro. First, with these magic glass 
 slippers adorn thy lady's feet. 
 
 Fed. There, and now, dear lady, you'll travel like a princess, and have grand 
 servants to attend you, but none that loves you half so well as poor, humble 
 Pedro. 
 
 Queen. Thy honesty and goodness shall win thee a pleasing office — the attend- 
 ant of thy beloved mistress. Do thou go with her, and in befitting garments 
 appear a lofty lord. {His dress changes.) 
 
 Fed. I feel a lord all over. 
 
 Queen. But now to complete my work, and fulfill my promise. Pedro, look into 
 the mouse-trap, and see if you find not mice. 
 
 Fed. Here it is, granny, and, sure enough, two little mice are in it, — pretty 
 creatures ! 
 
 Queen. Let them run out. 
 
 Fed. What! 
 
 Queen. Obey me. 
 
 Fed. Here goes, but take care of your legs. (Music. Change takes place.) 
 
 Oh, wonderful godmother ! wonderful mice ! and wonderful pumpkin ! I wish I 
 had such a crutch; it should never be idle. 
 
 Queen. And now a train shall attend the daughter of my love, such as no other 
 mortal can boast of. Behold! 
 
 [Chord. She waves, and the scene discovers exterior of Prince's palace at a dis- 
 tance by moonlight. Sylphs and Fairies enter and surround chariot."] 
 
 Cind. Ha! what change pervades my frame! I feel a new existence; I am no 
 longer the same. Hence, to my chariot I 
 
22 
 
 CINDERELLA. 
 
 [Act II. 
 
 Queen. Stay, — one last injunction to thee, and no more, but observe it well, or 
 beware the conBequence. Pedro, attend thou likewise to niy words, as thou art 
 lier guardian knight. Before the midnight hour shall strike, Cinderella, be sure 
 thou art returned, as thou dost value my future friendship. 
 
 Cind. Before midnight? 
 
 Queen. Aye, before midnight! Forget my commands, and the hour once struck, 
 thy finery shall change to thine old rags again, thy rich attendants vanish, and 
 thy chariot, coachman, and footmen, retake their original forms ! 
 
 Cind. Oh, what a sight we should be then 1 
 
 Queen. Remember! 
 
 Oind. Oh, fear me not ; though every temptation surround my delighted steps, 
 I will not forget thy words! Oh, I am wild with joy! 
 
 FINALE. 
 
 Cind. Delightful hour of rapture ! 
 
 With wildest joy this bounding heart 
 Now is beating fast, — 
 Oh, happy Cinderella ! 
 Let fear and doubt depart. 
 Fairies. Go, then, and joy reward thee ; 
 
 Thy friends, we still will guard thee ; 
 But mark, our will obey, 
 Or the forfeit thou shalt pay, — 
 Cinderella, twelve's the hour! 
 Cind. Your will I'll still obey, 
 
 Your words shall guide my wayj 
 I'll not forget the hour, 
 JTor mock the Fairies' power. 
 Good night ! 
 
 [End of Act the Second.] 
 
 Act the Third. 
 
 SCENE >THE FIEST. 
 
 A richly-decorated BalWoom in the Pkince's Palace. 
 [Prince and Visitors discovered.'] 
 
 ^'1' CHORUS. 
 
 In light tripping measure, 
 Surrounded by pleasure, 
 We count the gay hours 
 
 That so hastily fly ; 
 Hence care and sorrow ! 
 
 Dare not come nigh. 
 
 Prince, {coming forward.) It is in vain I look in every face; though many are 
 fair, and many beautiful, yet the bright semblance of the loveliest vision mortal 
 e'er was blessed with meets not my anxious eyes! The hated period my soul 
 shrinks from in disgust is fast approaching, yet cannot I behold the woman that 
 my heart can incline to. All are panting for the Prince's crown ; they seek not 
 a husband's heart. 
 
 Baron, {advancing.) Noble Prince, shall the dance proceed? 
 
 Prince. Let it proceed. {Goes up to throne with Alidoro.) 
 
 Baron, {aside.) His highness looks melancholy — one of my daughters is cer- 
 tainly in his head. Ho! on with the dance! 
 
Scene I.] 
 
 CINDEEELLA. 
 
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 [A trumpet sounds, and a Page, entering, approaches throne and kneek.} 
 
 Page. Gracious Prince! a beauteous princess, whose name we know not, has 
 just arrived. [Exit L. U. E. arch.) 
 
 Prince. My Lord Baron, marshal the royal stranger to our presence. 
 Clor. {to Thisbe.) A princess ! without a name ! Who can she be ? 
 This. Another rival ! I hope she's ugly. 
 
 [Music. The Prince descends, advances a little towards R. C, ivhen, hearing a few 
 bars of the well-remembered air, he starts, and exclaims with sudden emotion, 
 during the music : " Those sounds ! those magic sounds !" The car of Cinde- 
 KELLA has advanced fully under the portico — Prince rises, takes her hand, and 
 brings her forward.'] 
 
 Prince. Oh, rapture 1 Fate has now blessed me, and my contented soul images 
 greater bliss. 
 
 Cind. {aside.) Can I believe mine eyes? He the Prince! Delightful moment! 
 Alid. {advancing L.) How beautiful a form ! 
 
 Baron. Do you think so? Well, I really don't see anything so particular 
 in it. 
 
 Prince, {to Cinderella.) Will not that envious veil fully removed permit my 
 eyes to feast upon your beauty? {Attempts to remove veil. She refuses.) 
 
 Clor. {to Thisbe.) Her face can't be any great things, or she wouldn't hide it. 
 Prince. Oh, disperse that shady cloud, that seems jealous of my happiness! 
 
 DUET. 
 
 Prince. Let thine eyes on mine, mildly beaming, 
 
 "With soft bliss this bosom swell. 
 Cind. 'Midst flattering hopes, now sweetly dreaming, 
 
 I fear to wake and break the spell. 
 Both. When love's magic light is beaming, 
 
 Its bright rays all clouds dispel. 
 
 Prince. I never loved till now. 
 
 Cind. Dear confession ! my heart is agitated. I cannot speak to him. 
 Baron, {aside to Clorinda.) Don't be uneasy, my dears ; she is not at all like 
 you. 
 
 Prince. Will you permit me, lovely princess 
 
 Cind. {aside.) Princess! 
 Prince. To ask your name. 
 
 Cind. Oh, dear ! I forgot to ask the Fairy my name ! 
 
 Prince. Silent ! Oh ! say, what nation is so blessed as to receive your laws ? 
 Still silent! Nay, tell me but in which kingdom stands your throne? 
 Cind. If he but knew what an humble throne mine is ! 
 
 Prince. Still dumb ! Incomparable woman ! your matchless qualities enhance 
 your unequaled charms! Oh, let my daring hand remove the darkness that 
 wrongs your beauty. 
 
 ^ Cind. {resisting.) My veil but tempers the brightness of your court. 
 Prince. Eefuse me no longer, but end my torture! 
 
 {Baises her veil — stands enraptured.) 
 
 Clor. {to Thisbe.) Why, bless my heart ! did you ever see ? 
 This. What a likeness ! 
 
 Baron, {aside.) Now, if I wasn't sure that it isn't, I should think that it was 
 Cinderella, — the likeness is so striking that it almost knocks me down. 
 
 Cind. There they are, but they cannot recognize me. Let me resume my con- 
 fidence. Noble Prince, who are those amiable ladies? 
 
 Baron. My amiable daughters. 
 
 Cind. Goodness and beauty embellish their features. May I be permitted to 
 embrace them? 
 
 Baron. Oh, Princess, you do them honor ! 
 
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 CINDEEELLA. 
 
 [Act III. 
 
 Cind. {crosses to sisters.) I feel my heart would willingly gain your affection. 
 
 Clor. Your highness' kind favor to us, strangers aB we are 
 
 Cind. Nay, I have known you long — by report. "Will you accept my friend- 
 ship? 
 
 Clor. AVc shall esteem ourselves but too happy. 
 This. Delighted! 
 
 Cind. Permit me to offer you these trifling marks of my partiality, which I 
 hope will become mutual and never cease. 
 
 {Gives diamond necklace to Clorinda, and 'pearl one to Thisbe.) 
 
 Clor Diamonds! 
 This. Pearls! 
 
 Baron. Generous Princess! 
 Cind. My Lord Baron, have you other children? 
 Baron. No, your highness ; fate has only allowed me two ! 
 Cind. Then receive for yourself this respectful token. ( Gives him ring.) 
 
 Baron. Ah, lady, what a noble heart is yours ! How proud must be the father 
 who has the honor to call you his ! 
 
 Cind. You are mistaken ! Alas ! my father disowns me ! 
 Baron. Disowns you — what a brute ! 
 
 Prince. Princess, permit me thus to offer my homage, and attend you. On with 
 the feast ! 
 
 (Pas de Soldats.) 
 
 [Enter Pedro L. H.] 
 
 Fed. It's running on to twelve. I wish I could get home. I have been so agree- 
 ably employed among the eatables and drinkables that I had no idea of the time, 
 passing so fast. Oh, dear ! if she should have forgotten, there'll be a pretty ex- 
 posure for both of us. I must make her see me. Ahem ! 
 
 Prince. What nobleman is that? 
 
 Ped. Nobleman ! What a sensible Prince ! 
 
 Cind. 'Tis one of my suit, Prince, — a worthy friend deserving of my trust. 
 What would you, Pedro? 
 
 Ped. The pumpkin, the rats, the lizards 
 
 Cind. Nay, good fellow, only a minute or two longer, and I'll depart. I do 
 not forget. 
 
 Ped. I hope you don't, for if you should, they'll never forget us. 
 Prince. Seeks he aught of importance? 
 Cind. Only a partner in the dance. 
 
 Prince. I will provide him. Gentle Clorinda, accept this noble stranger from 
 our hand a partner in the dance. Another mazy round, and then for the 
 
 banquet ! 
 
 [A general dance ensues, during which clock strikes twelve — the dresses of Cinde- 
 rella and Pedro change. Confusion — Cinderella runs out — Pedro is 
 expelled.'} 
 
 Prince. Break up the dance! — give over. Half the wealth of my kingdom 
 shall be his who finds the owner of this little glass slipper. 
 
 {Dance ceases — all group around Prince.) 
 
 Speak, do any of you know her? saw you where she went to? Silent! 
 Baron. Gracious ! Prince, I believe 
 
 Prince, {impetuously.) Ah, speak ! tell me, and be my friend for ever. 
 Baron. I believe, then, my gracious Prince — nay, I am almost sure, or rather I 
 suspect — that nobody knows anything about her. 
 
 Prince. Prating fool ! away ! Oh, I shall go distracted ! 
 
 \_End of Scene the First.'] 
 
Scene II.— III.] 
 
 CINDEKELLA. 
 
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 SCENE THE SECOND 
 
 A Street. 
 
 lEnter Pedro, running L. H.] 
 
 Ped. Stop, stop, stop ! The pumpkin runs like a race-horse. Here's a go ! 
 The coach re-turned to a pumpkin, and the horses, footmen and drivers again be- 
 come dandy vermin with long whiskers ! Oh, granny, granny ! here's alteration 
 and consternation, with a vengeance ! I, who was lately a great lord, am now a 
 poor footman, and instead of riding home in a splendid chariot cheek by jowl 
 with a baroness at least, must foot it home every inch, knee-deep in mud. There 
 goes the pumpkin round the corner like the wind. Stop it, granny ! stop it ! 
 stop it ! [Exit E. H. 
 
 \_End of Scene the Seeond.l 
 
 SCENE THE THIRD. 
 
 Tlie Kitchen. The rat and mouse-traps are again in their places. 
 
 \_Enter Pedko, running L. after pumpkin, which rolls on before him.'} 
 
 JPed. Well, here we are again, and a pretty business we have made of it ! 
 
 [Enter Cinderella L. H.] 
 
 Gad ! but the fairy kept her word with us, though we were not so particular with 
 
 her. Our companions, too, were more punctual, for I see coaches and ponies are 
 
 all snugly at home again before us. Well, one good turn deserves another. I % 
 
 ran before the coach all the way there, and the coach ran before me all the way 
 
 back. 
 
 Oind. My happiness made me forget my duty. 
 
 Ped. It can't be helped now. We shall remember twelve o'clock when it strikes 
 again. 
 
 Cind. 'Tis well that our misfortune has not been greater. 
 
 Ped. Why, I don't know how it well could, except we had been turned into a 
 couple of rabbits and caught for supper. And have you, too, lost all your finery. 
 Miss Cinderella, at the ball? Eh? why, I declare — no — one of your little glass- 
 slippers has stuck to you ? 
 
 Cind. Is it possible ? 
 
 Ped. How comes the other is gone ? 
 
 Cind. Now, I remember, I tripped in my haste, and it fell off in the ball-room. 
 Ped. How unfortunate ! We shall never get one to match it now ! 
 Cind. Ah, all my good fortune is for ever lost. 
 
 Ped. No, no, dear lady ; it's only the slipper that's lost. I wish the fairy would 
 turn me into one for your pretty foot. I'm not very big as it is, and I'm sure I 
 should fit your foot. However, I advise you to take that one off before your father 
 and sisters come home, though I suppose they intend to make a night of it all 
 day long, for 'tis morning already. Pray, Miss Cinderella, how did you find your 
 way home? 
 
 Cind. I scarcely know. The way seemed to me as though it would never end. 
 
 Ped. That's exactly the way it seemed to me, though I'm sure I ran as fast as 
 any rat of 'em all. I got out just in time to see the pumpkin turning a corner, 
 and after it I ran like mad. Oh, if the dear, good Mry would but patronize us 
 once more ! I'll just blow the fire once more ; perhaps she may favor us by drop- 
 ping down the chimney. {Sings.) 
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 CINDEBELLA. 
 
 [Act hi. 
 
 Morning is dawning brightly, love; 
 
 Then prithee come down down, come down. 
 
 No, slie won't come down. 
 
 Baron. Pedro! ) 
 
 Clor, Pedro 1 Cinderella! \ {OnL. H.) 
 
 T/m. Cinderella! j 
 
 Fed. There they are. Let me run up stairs to them. I dare say we shall have 
 a fine account of ourselves. [^Exit L. H. 
 
 Cind. Yes, I will preserve this token. {Puts slipper into her bosom.) 
 Clor. Cinderella, I say ! 
 This. Cinderella, come here I 
 
 Cind. I must go to them — — . Perhaps I may hear whether the Prince of my 
 heart was pained by my flight, or whether my disobedience has also robbed me of 
 his remembrance. [Exit L. H. 
 
 [End of Scene the Third."] 
 
 ■ SCENE THE FOURTH. 
 
 An Apartment in the Barents house. 
 
 [Enter Baeok, Clorinda, Thisbe and Pedeo.] 
 
 Baron. What's the reason, sirrah, you were not ready to receive us ? 'Tis not 
 so early but you might have risen three hours ago and watched for us. 
 
 Fed. I have risen all day, master, for I never laid down ; neither I nor Miss 
 Cinderella. 
 
 Clor. Miss, indeed! 
 
 Ped. I can never call her anything else, miss ! 
 Clor. Go and call miss, then. 
 
 Ped. Poor soul ! she hasn't stirred from the chimney corner all night, no more 
 than myself. Hope you enjoyed yourself at the ball, Baron? 
 Baron. What's that to you, you inquisitive rascal ? 
 
 Ped. I should have thought it likely from all the capers you practised yes- 
 terday. 
 
 Baron. Begone, you impudent dog! or my cane shall practise a caper upon 
 your head ! Get out, you ugly varlet, or I shall lose my patience. 
 
 Ped. Don't do that, sir ; you've so little it would be a pity to part with it. 
 
 Qor. The Baron shall part with you, though, and a good riddance we shall all 
 have of you. Begone, and call Cinderella. Oh ! here she comes. 
 
 [Enter Cinderella L. H.] 
 
 Ped. My dear young lady, find out if they smoked the rats and the pumpkins. 
 
 [Exit L. H. 
 
 Clor. So, you're there ; I think you might have kept awake, forsooth, till our 
 return. 
 
 Cind. It's no wonder I should tire, considering how long you have been. 
 I This. Ah, if you had been at the ball, you Avould have been as little tired as 
 we are. Oh, we have had a gay time of it. There came thither the finest 
 princess — the most beautiful ever seen with mortal eyes. 
 
 Cind. A princess ! 
 
 This. Yes, and she was so taken with us that she showed us a thousand civilities. 
 Cind. And pray, sisters, what was the name of this princess — I mean — Miss 
 Thisbe? 
 
 This. That nobody knows ; and what's more, she left the palace immediately 
 the clock struck twelve. 
 Cind. Indeed! 
 
Scene IV.] 
 
 CINDEEELLA. 
 
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 Baron. And what is quite singular, my dears, it seems that the guards at the 
 palace gates said nobody had gone out but a young girl, who looked more like a 
 poor country wench than a gentlewoman. 
 
 This. The only trace they found of her was a little glass slipper, which she let 
 fall as she hastened away. 
 
 Oind. A glass slipper ? 
 
 This. It is the prettiest little thing — one would suppose it had been worked by 
 the hand of a fairy. 
 
 \_Enter Pedro, hastily, with 'payer L.] 
 
 Fed. Oh, such news ! such news ! wonderful news ! 
 Clor. Is the Prince come again ? 
 
 Ped. No, not the Prince exactly, but a royal post, and he has brought us this 
 copy of a royal proclamation, which he says is now being proclaimed through 
 the city by sound of trumpet. 
 
 All. A proclamation I 
 
 Baron. Let me see it. {Tahes paper.) 
 
 This. No, papa, let me. {Snatches it.) 
 
 Clor. I'm the eldest, miss, and must see it first. (Snatches it.) 
 
 This. Not before me. {Snatches it ; tears it in half, holding wp a piece.) There ! 
 
 Clor. {holding up her piece.) There ! 
 
 Ped. Then there's a proclamation apiece, now ! 
 
 Baron. How now, girls ? By the beards of my ancestors I've a great mind to 
 grow in a passion. 
 
 Clor. Well there, sir, you shall read it first. (Gives her piece.) 
 This, (giving hers.) Yes, there, sir ! 
 
 Baron. Eead it first. How the devil am I to read it at all now ? (Puts paper 
 together.) Stay ! that's it. 
 Ped. Now for it! 
 
 Baron, (reads.) " Proclamation by supreme command." 
 Ped. Just what the royal post said. 
 
 Baron. Hold your piece, sirrah ! " We, Felix, the first ruler of this principality, 
 do hereby make known that we will take to wife and share our heart and throne ivith 
 her whom the glassy slipper found at our last night's ball shall fit." 
 
 Ped. (looking at Cinderella.) Eh ! 
 
 Baron, (reads.) " Felix, Felix Princeps. Given under our royal seal at our 
 [:>alace." 
 
 Clor. (interrupting.) Marry her whom the slipper will fit? (Looks at her foot.) 
 Let's go back directly, sir. 
 
 This. Oh, yes, yes; let's go back, papa. 
 
 Cind. (aside, with emotion.) Have I heard rightly ? 
 
 This. I'm perfectly sure it will fit me, if a pretty foot is to carry it. 
 
 Ped. There must be nice paring of nails if it does. 
 
 Clor. Which is my smallest foot, Pedro? 
 
 Ped. Why, that's rather a puzzling question, miss, for I don't think one's smaller 
 than the other ; they're both a nice size. 
 
 Clor. You think, then, I shall get the slipper on? 
 
 Ped. I think that if you try, miss, you'll be very likely to put your foot in it. 
 Cind. Oh, sir, may I not be permitted to go with you this time ? 
 Baron. You ? the girl is mad ! 
 
 Clor. You? ha, ha! what insolence! Perhaps you would like to try the slip- 
 per on too ? 
 
 This. I wonder what people would think if they were to see such a creature as 
 you with us ? 
 
 Cind. I would tell them I was your servant, and it would be but the truth. 
 Baron. I'm thinking, if this curious trial should prove of no avail, what the 
 Prince will do. 
 Ped. Perhaps in that case he'll marry the slipper. 
 
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 CINDERELLA. 
 
 [Act in. 
 
 Baron. Come, let m make haste back to the palace ! I'm quite sure one of you 
 Avill be queen ; I didn't dream I was an ass for nothing. 
 Clor. Good-bye, Cinderella, princess. Ha! hal ha! 
 This. Adieu ! your highness ! Ha ! ha ! ha ! 
 
 [Exeunt Baron, Clorinda and Tiiisbe L. H. 
 
 Ped. Hish, hish, hish ! Devil take your sneers I 
 Cind. Well, Pedro, must I stay behind them ? 
 
 Fed. Stay behind them? Not a minute! If you're behind any one, it shall 
 be me, for I'll put a pillion on the blind mare and we'll trot away after them. 
 
 Cind. Ah, Pedro ! but this mean dress, this wretched appearance 
 
 Fed. It don't matter for your dress. All that is wanted is the length of your 
 foot. 
 
 Cind. But I shall be refused a trial. 
 
 Fed. Not when they look in your face. Only give them a smile and point out 
 your toe, and you're sure to kick down all objections ; besides, I'll announce you 
 myself— that I will. 
 
 Cind. Well, Pedro, I will venture, and if the fairy disappoints my hopes, I can 
 but die. 
 
 Fed. Die ! If ever I saw you do such a foolish thing, I'd never forgive you ! 
 Did! die! indeed-! Mind my prophetic words: You'll live to be a princess 
 renounced in universal history-books — such a princess as thou never was before 
 and never will be after. But, come along ; put your shoe in your pocket and let 
 us go. I'll put the pillion on the blind mare. [Exeunt L. H. 
 
 [End of Scene the Third."] 
 
 SCENE THE FIFTH. 
 
 A Hall in the Prince's Palace. 
 
 [Prince discovered seated R. — Ladies, gentlemen, pages, &c., anxiously watching the 
 trial — Alidoro, Dandini, &c.] 
 
 Frince. My heart is lightened of half its fears. Though I have taken this way 
 to discover, if possible, the lovely owner of this curious toy, it were a cruel tor- 
 ture to my heart if chance destroyed my hopes. 
 
 [Enter Page L. H.] 
 
 Fage. The Baron and ladies of Pumpolino are in the antechamber. 
 Frince. Admit them. 
 
 [Exit Page. 
 
 I dread the trial, lest vanity and insolence should claim my hand. 
 
 [Enter Baron, Clorinda, and Thisbe.] 
 
 Baron and ladies, well are ye come. The trial is in our own presence; you, 
 Baron, may superintend your daughters, by our leave. 
 
 Baron. Gracious Prince ! that is a most flattering and considerate indulgence. 
 
 This, (simpering.) Sweet Prince, if fated by fortune my foot should fit ^ 
 
 Clor. Your foot, sister? Your foot is like a . (Crosses to Frince.) 'Tis for 
 
 me, I've no doubt. Prince, the honor is reserved. 
 
 Frince, (coldly.) The event will show, madam. 
 
 Baron. Now, daughters! 
 
 (Takes slipper, and kneels.) 
 
Scene V.] 
 
 CINDEKELLA. 
 
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 This. I'm quite ready, sir. 
 
 (Buns to pedestal.) 
 
 Clor. (aside, vexed.) Forward minx ! she's always first ! 
 This. Bless me, what a little thing it is ! 
 Baron, (trying to force on slipper.) Make your foot small. 
 This, (shrinking.) Oh, dear me ! it will never go on. 
 Clor. (exulting.) I thought so ! 
 
 Baron. What the plague have you got in your stocking ? 
 
 This. My foot is too long, pa ! 
 
 Baron. Where the deuce is your heel ? 
 
 (He forces the slipper — she sereamsy and comes forward vexed.) 
 
 Clor. (triumphing.) I knew how it would be, sister. I'm convinced by the size 
 it is just my measure. Now, sir ! 
 
 (The Baron tries on slipper — evidently painf%d to her.) 
 
 Oh, gently, papa ! La ! you're so awkward. 
 Baron. Awkward, indeed { 
 
 (Pushes slipper.) 
 
 Clor. (screams.) Oh, I can't bear it any more ! The slippers are too short ! 
 Baron. No, my dear, it's your foot that's too long, confound it ! 
 
 ( With a violent push.) 
 
 Clor. Oh! 
 
 (Screams — comes forward.) 
 
 This. I knew how it would be ! Ha ! ha ! ha ! 
 
 Baron. If I could but have known this thirty years ago, they should have had 
 Chinese treatment ! 
 
 Prince, (aside.) Fortune, I thank thee ! 
 
 Ghiard, (on L.) You must not advance. 
 
 Ped. (on L.) Nonsense ! I will advance. 
 
 Guard. Back, I say ! 
 
 Ped. I won't go back. 
 
 Prince. What noise is that ? 
 
 Ped. I'll have my say out, if I die for it. (Enters.) 
 Noble Prince ! 
 
 Alid. What insolence is this? Hence! 
 
 Prince. Say, what seek you in this place, friend? 
 
 Ped. (falls on his knees.) Most magnificent, extravagant, and dreadful Prince! 
 whose countenance is shocking to your subjects, and frightful to all the world, 
 you'll do well to hear me first, and turn me out after. 
 
 Baron, (aside to his daughters.) May I become a commoner if it isn't that villain, 
 Pedro ! What wants he here ? 
 
 Prince. Else, and speak thy errand. 
 
 Ped. The business that brings me here is to try the slipper. 
 All. Ha! ha! ha! 
 
 Ped. Not myself, but I ask the trial for one whose ambassador I am. She 
 waits your highness' tremendous permission to show her foot : and that's all. 
 Alid. Simple fool ! how darest thou ? 
 
 Ped. Most antediluvian gentleman, I don't address myself to you nor any 
 
 creature here. I speak to the throne 
 
 Prince. Ha! ha! ha! Noble ambassador, conduct thy fair mistress before us. 
 Ped. I will. 
 
 lExit pompously L. H. 
 
 Alid. My Prince, your good nature serves but to encourage annoyance. 
 Prince. Nay, Alidoro, hinder me not, because I am a Prince, from acting like 
 a man. Humanity an<i condescension to our inferiors become all ranks. 
 
 ide.) 
 
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 CINDERELLA. 
 
 [Act III. 
 
 [Music — same as ushered Cinderella io the Ball. The Prince starts, hastens 
 towards L. H., as Cinderella is led on by Pedro — turns away disap- 
 pointed.'] 
 
 (Seating himself.) Bitter disappointment! 
 
 Cind. I tremble, Pedro ! Didn't you see his looks ? 
 
 Fed. Don't mind his looks ; consider, he's a Prince I 
 
 Clor. My eyes must be enchanted, — 'tis Cinderella I 
 
 Baron. What assurance ! 
 
 This. She shall starve for a month for this ! 
 
 Ped. (aside to Oinderella.) Come now, keep your little heart up ; I'll introduce 
 you to him. Ahem I most extensive Prince ! — ahem ! I am — I am — nobody, 
 and all I can presume to say is nothing. Speak, lady, and don't be afraid. 
 
 Cind. Alas ! he has forgotten my features, or his affection has turned to dislike* 
 Gracious Prince, I humbly venture into your presence to — to 
 
 Ped. Try on 
 
 Cind. Try on 
 
 Ped. The slipper, your princely highness ! 
 
 Prince. Thou ? Ah ! now I observe thy face, thou art — thou art . Baron ! 
 
 Baron, (runs forward.) My Prince! 
 Prince. You knpw this female ? 
 
 Baron, (vexed.) I know — that is — I have seen — I'll make you pay for this ! 
 
 Prince. Is she not your pretty servant ? 
 
 Baron. Noble Prince, I can hardly say what she is. 
 
 Ped. It is I that am his pretty servant, my lord, but as for this sweet young 
 
 Baron. Speak, and I murder you ! 
 
 Prince. Alidoro! (Converses apart with Mm.) 
 
 Baron, (aside to Pedro.) Be silent, and you shall be rewarded. 
 
 Ped. I won't be silent, and I won't be rewarded. You killed her already yes- 
 terday, and I won't be a silent participator in such a suicide. 
 
 Prince. Thou hast a face of beauty, fair maiden, like to her that . We'll 
 
 not deny thee. Advance the pedestal and try thy fortune, though heaven fore- 
 fend thy triumph. 
 
 Ped. Now, princely fairy, no tricks ! Oh 
 
 [Music. — Cinderella hastens to the pedestal, takes slipper from attendant, which 
 immediately goes on. She draws the other from her bosom. Pedro runs to her 
 and puts it on the other foot, jumping about delighted. Fairy Queen appears 
 and arrests general attention. She touches Cinderella with her wand, when 
 her clothes are again changed to the same she wore at the ball.'] 
 
 [End of Scene the Fifth.] 
 
 SCENE THE LAST. 
 
 A gorgeous Scene in the Palace ; a magnificent throne with two seats in centre, sur- 
 rounded by gentlemen, pages, royal guards ; and all the sylphs and fairies of first 
 Act discovered. During the Chorus they advance and surround Prince and 
 Cinderella. The royal robe is thrown upon her; all Fairies kneel. Music. 
 The Prince leads her to the throne ; crowns her. 
 
 Fairy Queen. Mortals ! behold this good, this duteous child, and from her ex- 
 ample learn that virtue and meekness are Heaven's peculiar care. Sweet Ange- 
 
Scene VI.] CINDEEELLA. 31 
 
 lina ! — Cinderella now no more ! — you have been humble in adversity ; be modest 
 in greatness ! 
 
 FINALE. 
 
 Now with grief no longer bending, /" 
 
 Shall my heart neglected sigh j 
 Like the lightning swiftly ending, 
 
 Sorrow's clouds for ever fly. 
 
 CHOEUS. 
 
 Like the lightning swiftly ending. 
 May our griefs for ever fly. 
 
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