SINGLE LIFE
[Dramatis Personæ and Costume]
[SCENE I.]—An apartment at MR. NIGGLE’S
[SCENE I.]—Interior of a neat cottage
[SCENE II.]—A room at MISS SNARE’S
[SCENE III.]—A large room at MISS SNARE’S
[SCENE I.]—The cottage
[SCENE II.]—An Inn Parlour
[SCENE III.]—An apartment at MISS SNARE’S
[SCENE IV.]—An elegant apartment at the manor-house
SINGLE LIFE;
A COMEDY,
In Three Acts,
BY
JOHN BALDWIN BUCKSTONE, ESQ.,
(MEMBER OF THE DRAMATIC AUTHORS’ SOCIETY,)
AS PERFORMED AT THE
THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET.
CORRECTLY PRINTED FROM THE PROMPTER’S COPY, WITH THE CAST OF CHARACTERS, COSTUME, SCENIC ARRANGEMENT, SIDES OF ENTRANCE AND EXIT, AND RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED WITH AN ETCHING, BY PIERCE EGAN, THE YOUNGER, FROM A DRAWING TAKEN DURING THE REPRESENTATION.
LONDON:
CHAPMAN AND HALL, 186, STRAND.
“NASSAU STEAM PRESS,”
W. S. JOHNSON, 6, NASSAU STREET, SOHO.
[Dramatis Personæ and Costume.]
First produced, Tuesday, July 23rd, 1839.
| BACHELORS. | ||
| MR. JOHN NIGGLE (A fluctuatingbachelor.) Light drab coat, white waistcoat, nankeen pantaloons, white stockings,shoes, white wig tied in a tail, white hat | } | MR. WEBSTER. |
| MR. DAVID DAMPER (A woman-hatingbachelor.) Brown coat with black horn buttons, old fashioned dark figured silkwaistcoat, black pantaloons, hessian boots, iron-grey wig, broad-brimmed hat | } | MR. STRICKLAND. |
| MR. PETER PINKEY (A bashfulbachelor.) Lavender coloured coat, white waistcoat, white trowsers, pink socks, pumps,pink silk neckerchief, pink gloves, pink watch ribbon, low crowned hat and cane, flaxenfashionably dressed wig | } | MR. BUCKSTONE. |
| MR. NARCISSUS BOSS (A self-lovingbachelor.) Fashionable chocolate-coloured Newmarket coat with roses in the buttonhole,elegantly flowered waistcoat, light drab French trowsers with boots, light blue cravatexquisitely tied, frilled shirt, hat, and wristbands a la D’Orsay, and the hair dressed inthe first style of elegance | } | MR. W. LACY. |
| MR. CHARLES CHESTER (A mysteriousbachelor.) Dark frock coat, silk waistcoat, light trowsers, French gaiters and shoes,round hat | } | MR. HEMMING. |
| SPINSTERS. | ||
| MISS CAROLINE COY (A vilifiedspinster.) Grey silk dress, laced shawl and white ribbons, white satin bonnet,flowers, long yellow gloves, white reticule | } | MRS. W. CLIFFORD. |
| MISS MARIA MACAW (A man-hatingspinster.) Green silk open dress, white petticoat, figured satin large apron, lacehandkerchief, close lace cap and white ribbons, fan, and black rimmed spectacles | } | MRS. GLOVER. |
| MISS KITTY SKYLARK (A singingspinster.) White muslin pelisse over blue, chip hat and flowers. (2nddress.) Pink satin and blond flounces | } | MRS. FITZWILLIAM. |
| MISS SARAH SNARE (An insinuatingspinster.), 1st dress. White muslin petticoat, black velvet spencer, pink satinhigh-crowned bonnet and green feathers. (2nd dress.) Green satin and pinkribbons, black wig dressed in high French bows | } | MRS. DANSON. |
| MISS JESSY MEADOWS (A romanticspinster.) White muslin dress mittens. (2nd dress in the last scene.)White lace over white satin with roses | } | MISS TRAVERS. |
Time of representation, 2 hours.