Retained for the Defence: A Farce, in One Act

by John Oxenford

RETAINED FOR THE
DEFENCE

A Farce,
IN ONE ACT.

BY

JOHN OXENFORD, ESQ.,

AUTHOR OF

Twice Killed, A Day Well Spent, A Family Failing, Dice of Death, Only a Halfpenny, Reigning Favourite, Rape of the Lock, My Fellow Clerk, I and My Double, A Quiet Day, No Followers, What have I done? Porter’s Knot,
&c. &c.

THOMAS HAILES LACY,
89, STRAND,
(Opposite Southampton Street, Covent Garden Market),
LONDON.

RETAINED FOR THE DEFENCE.

First performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre,
on Monday, May 23rd, 1859.