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MAIDEN MONA THE MERMAID. A Fairy Play for Fairy People.
DUDLEY & BURNS, PRINTERS. HUNTER, ROSE & CO., BOOKBINDERS.
Whose Christmas Fun these Plays are Written,
_With this a sole excuse for its nonsense_,
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THE GNOME KING.—_A penniless potentate who used to play first fiddle, but has lost his key._
O’ROOSTER THE AUDACIOUS.—_High Cockolorum. Master of the (rocking) Horse. First Lord of the Shaving Brush. Gold Stick in w(h)aiting to the King, and a warm stick, in plaster to Coquettina, Q.E.D.; R.S.V.P.; R.I.P.; etc., etc., etc._
GENERAL BOUNCE.—_No relation to General De Billy Tee._
CAPTAIN POUNCE.—_Not Kept-in-pounds, shillings and pence, alas! Too poor to “mawwy._”
NOODLE,│_Twins and orphans; without, strange to say, a single parent DOODLE.│left, (of course, a single pair ain’t right.) Their prospects, │however, are in a fine pickle, which is something._
MONA THE MERMAID.—_Only a mer(e)maid she. The Queen of dainty, wee things. Fresh from the seething waves. The last sweet thing in sea things._ M-R-T-N T-PP-R.
COQUETTINA.—_The Maid of the Mil(itary). Such a pet!_
THE FAIRY OF THE FOREST.—“_The meet little cherub who sits up aloft And takes care of the life of poor Jack._” (_Mr. Noodle._) SH-K-SP-R.
CORALINA.—_A duodecimo edition of a darling._
THE GNOME KING HON. TERENCE BLACKWOOD. O’ROOSTER THE AUDACIOUS MR. EDWARD LITTLETON. GENERAL BOUNCE MR. ALGERNON BLACKWOOD. CAPTAIN POUNCE HON. BASIL BLACKWOOD. NOODLE CAPTAIN WARD, A.D.C. DOODLE CAPTAIN HAMILTON, A.D.C. MONA THE MERMAID LADY HELEN BLACKWOOD. COQUETTINA MISS MARGARET LITTLETON. THE FAIRY OF THE FOREST LADY HERMIONE BLACKWOOD. CORALINA LADY VICTORIA BLACKWOOD.
_Cavern on the Sea Coast by Moonlight.—Opening in Rocks at Back, showing Sea.—The Waves are Rising and Running into Mouth of Cavern.—Introductory Music Descriptive of Storm; Thunder Heard Behind.—Music Gradually Changes to Soft Measured Air as Curtain Rises.—Prince Doodle Discovered Lying on Rocks at Back. R. C. as though Cast up by the Waves.—Enter through Opening Mona.—She Comes Down, Combing Her Hair with a Golden Comb through the following_:—