Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. I

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_At_ 8.45               BY
                             _THE PROMISE OF MAY_.  _ALFRED TENNYSON_.
    The town lay still in    Farmer Dobson          Mr. CHARLES KELLY.
                                                But a red fire woke in the
    the low sun-light,       Edgar                 Mr. HERMANN VEZIN.
                                                   heart of the town,
                        Farmer Steer, _Dora's Father_ .. Mr. H. CAMERON.
                        Mr. Wilson, _a Schoolmaster_  .. Mr. E. T. MARCH.
    The hen cluct late      James    }             {Mr. H. HALLEY.
                                             And a fox from the glen ran
    by the white farm gate,  Dan Smith}        {Mr. C. MEDWIN.
                                                away with the hen,
                            Higgins  }     _Farm_    {Mr. A. PHILLIPS.
    The maid to her dairy   Jackson  }  _Labourers_  {Mr. G. STEPHENS.
                                             And a cat to the cream, and a
     came in from the cow,  Allen}          {Mr. H. E. RUSSELL.
                                             rat to the cheese,

    The stock-dove coo'd   Dora Steer    Mrs. BERNARD-BEERE.
                                           And the stock-dove coo'd till
    at the fall of night,  Eva, _her Sister_    MISS EMMELINE ORMSBY.
                                                  a kite dropped down,
                                    _By permission of Mr. Wilson Barrett._

    The blossom had open'd  Sally} _Farm Servants_. {Miss ALEXES LEIGHTON.
                                                And a salt wind burnt the
    on every bough.                 Milly}    {Miss MAGGIE HUNT.
                                                 blossoming trees.

                                The whole produced under the direction of
    O joy for the promise of May,  Mr. CHARLES KELLY.
    of May.
                                         O grief for the promise of May,
                                                               of May,

                                             ACT I.--STEER'S FARM.
    O joy for the promise of May.  _Six years are supposed to have elapsed
                                     between Acts_ 1 & 2.  O grief for the
                                     promise of May.
                    ACT II.--THE BRIDGE BY THE HAY FIELD.     TENNYSON.
                         ACT III.--THE UPPER HALL IN STEER'S FARM.

    _Music composed by_  ..........       Mr. HAMILTON CLARKE.
    _Dances arranged by_  ..........      Mr. J. D'AUBAN.
    _Rustic Dresses by_   ..........      Mrs. NETTLESHIP.
    _Scenery by_         ............     Messrs. HANN, SPONG, & PERKINS.
    _Acting-Manager_--Mr. CHARLES J. ABUD.
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