Valentine and Orson: A Romantic Melo-Drame: As Performed at the Theatre-Royal Covent-GardenDibdin, Thomas
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Valentine and Orson: A Romantic Melo-Drame: As Performed at the Theatre-Royal Covent-Garden
Dibdin, Thomas
Melodrama, English -- 19th century; Pepin, King of the Franks, -768 -- Drama
_Officers and Servants run on terrified--go in at the great gates,
and make them fast--VALENTINE enters on horseback, leading ORSON,
who seems amazed at every thing around him--VALENTINE blows a
horn at the gate, ORSON is surprised at the noise, tries to
blow it, but cannot, which makes him very angry--Some one looks
out from above, sees ORSON, shakes his head and retires--ORSON
imitates him--VALENTINE angrily tries to force the gate, but is
unable; ORSON assists, without effect--at length, seeing that
VALENTINE is eager to obtain entrance, ORSON pulls up a post,
breaks the chain by which it is attached to the next post, and
batters the gate open--attendants rush out armed, are going to
attack ORSON--VALENTINE interposes--HENRY and HAUFRAY enter,
shake hands with VALENTINE--HENRY, in turning from VALENTINE,
half draws his sword, ORSON sees him, and pushes it rudely
back into the scabbard--VALENTINE signifies to ORSON that he
must shake hands with his friends--he takes a hand of each,
and squeezes them violently--he then shakes hands with the
others--EGLANTINE enters, runs into VALENTINE's arms--ORSON is
astonished, delighted at her beauty, he runs to embrace her,
as VALENTINE has done, but is repulsed and much displeased at
it--VALENTINE makes him kneel and kiss her hand--drums and
trumpets are heard, the wild man is alarmed--the KING and
Courtiers enter and welcome VALENTINE--ORSON's attention is
still fixed on the Princess--he approaches her again, she,
terrified, runs for protection to VALENTINE--ORSON seems hurt,
and makes a savage kind of moaning--the KING admires ORSON, who
wants to shake hands with him, but is taught the proper mode of
approaching him by VALENTINE--the KING orders ORSON a dress, and
goes off with the Princess and attendants--VALENTINE and ORSON
are following, when the latter espies HUGO, and remembering the
adventure of the cloak in the forest, runs furiously towards him,
and reminds him of it by action--VALENTINE interposes in behalf
of his terrified armour-bearer, whom he reconciles to ORSON, and
leaves them together--Attendants bring on apparel, as ordered by
the KING, for ORSON, who makes many whimsical mistakes in putting
it on, when suddenly missing VALENTINE, he throws the dress at
the Officers, and runs into the palace in search of his friend._
SCENE II.--
_An Apartment in the Palace._ (Phillips.)
(_Laughing heard without._)
_Re-Enter HUGO._
HUGO.
Ha! ha! ha! the wild man has began to shew his breeding with a
vengeance--he has overturned the kitchen, set the cellar afloat, and
sent every thing in the stable to rack and manger; for he hath eaten
the beast's provender, given wine to the horses, and thrown the cook
into the dripping pan, where he basted him with his own ladle.
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