Chapter 2

SHORT AND SWEET.A Comic Drama,IN ONE ACT.BYADOLPHUS CHARLES TROUGHTON, ESQ.,AUTHOR OF“Living too Fast,” “Leading Strings,” “Wooing in Jest and Loving in Earnest,” “Vandyke Brown,” “Shameful Behaviour,”&c.THOMAS HAILES LACY,89, STRAND,(Opposite Southampton Street, Covent Garden Market,)LONDON.SHORT AND SWEET.First performed at the Strand Theatre(under the Management ofMr. SWANBOROUGH, Sen.),on the10th of October, 1861.Characters.MR. SWEET (of the Stock Exchange—a Friend of Short’s)Mr. J. ROGERS.MR. SHORT (of the same—a Friend of Sweet’s)Mr. CLARKE.STEPHEN (a Footman)Mr. EDGE.MRS. SWEETMiss BUFTON.MRS. SHORTMiss CARSON.MARIA (Mrs. Sweet’s Maid)Miss TURTLE.SCENE—Near the Crystal Palace.Costumes.Mr. SWEET—1st dress:morning dress. 2nd ditto:evening ditto.Mr. SHORT—Dittodittoditto.STEPHEN—Livery.Mrs. SWEET—1st dress:morning dress. 2nd ditto:riding habit, hat and feathers. 3rd ditto:evening dress.Mrs. SHORT—Dittodittoditto.MARIA—Smart muslin dress.

SHORT AND SWEET.A Comic Drama,IN ONE ACT.BYADOLPHUS CHARLES TROUGHTON, ESQ.,AUTHOR OF“Living too Fast,” “Leading Strings,” “Wooing in Jest and Loving in Earnest,” “Vandyke Brown,” “Shameful Behaviour,”&c.THOMAS HAILES LACY,89, STRAND,(Opposite Southampton Street, Covent Garden Market,)LONDON.

SHORT AND SWEET.

A Comic Drama,

IN ONE ACT.

BY

ADOLPHUS CHARLES TROUGHTON, ESQ.,

AUTHOR OF

“Living too Fast,” “Leading Strings,” “Wooing in Jest and Loving in Earnest,” “Vandyke Brown,” “Shameful Behaviour,”&c.

THOMAS HAILES LACY,

89, STRAND,

(Opposite Southampton Street, Covent Garden Market,)

LONDON.

SHORT AND SWEET.First performed at the Strand Theatre(under the Management ofMr. SWANBOROUGH, Sen.),on the10th of October, 1861.Characters.MR. SWEET (of the Stock Exchange—a Friend of Short’s)Mr. J. ROGERS.MR. SHORT (of the same—a Friend of Sweet’s)Mr. CLARKE.STEPHEN (a Footman)Mr. EDGE.MRS. SWEETMiss BUFTON.MRS. SHORTMiss CARSON.MARIA (Mrs. Sweet’s Maid)Miss TURTLE.SCENE—Near the Crystal Palace.Costumes.Mr. SWEET—1st dress:morning dress. 2nd ditto:evening ditto.Mr. SHORT—Dittodittoditto.STEPHEN—Livery.Mrs. SWEET—1st dress:morning dress. 2nd ditto:riding habit, hat and feathers. 3rd ditto:evening dress.Mrs. SHORT—Dittodittoditto.MARIA—Smart muslin dress.

SHORT AND SWEET.

First performed at the Strand Theatre(under the Management ofMr. SWANBOROUGH, Sen.),on the10th of October, 1861.

SCENE—Near the Crystal Palace.

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