Bulwer's Plays Author:Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1839 Original Publisher: Saunders and Otley Subjects: Drama / General Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Drama / Shakespeare Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the... more » General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: PERSONS OF THE DRAMA, AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, OCTOBER31$t, 1839. Men. Lord Ashdale, son to Lady Arundel . . Mr. J. Webster. Sir Maurice Beevor, a reputed Miser, and though but distantly related to Lady Arundel, the Heir-at-Law to the Titles and Estates, failing the children of the Countess Mr. Strickland. Norman, the Captain of a Ship of- War . Mr. Macready. Falkneh, his friend and Lieutenant . . Mr. Howe. Onslow, a Village Priest .... Mr. Phei. ps. Gaussen, a Pirate ..... Mr. O. Smith. Luke, a Pirate ..... Mr. Gallott. Servants, Sailors, Pirates, 8fc. Women. Lady Arundel, a Countess in her own right . Mrs. Warner. Violet, her Ward, and cousin to Lord Ash- dale by his father's side . . . Miss H. Faucit. Mistress Prudence .... Mrs. Clifford. Scene, -- The North of Devon. Costume, -- Towards the end of Elizabeth's reign. Time occupied by the action, one day. PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. No one can be more sensible than I am of the many faults and deficiencies to be found in this play; but, perhaps, when it is considered how very rarely it has happened in the history of our dramatic literature that good acting plays have been produced, except by those who have either been actors themselves, or formed their habits of literature, almost of life, behind the scenes, I might have looked for a criticism more generous, and less exacting and rigorous, than that with which the attempts of an author accustomed to another class of composition ha...« less