A A s 1 IB3HJ -" o 4 1 7 1 1 1 BRARY F ■ACILI PR 5499 T4K5 No. CXXIV. ''^^ TPIE KING'S lllYAL; OR, THE COURT AND THE STAGE. A DRAMA, IN FIVE ACTS. TOM TAYLOR AND CHARLES READE, AUTHORS OF "'masks AND FACES," " TWO LOVES AND A LIFE," ETC. KTC. To WIIICII AnE ADDED, A Description of tlie Costume — Cast of the Characters— Entrances and Exit* Kelative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the whole of the Stage Business. AS PERFORMED AT THE NEW YORK THEATRES. NEW-YORK: SAMUEL FRENCH, 121 NASS A U-STRI;KT. . a . -^ Jr -< >- 5= c • i: rt 5 ^ u -^ " t^ ■^ 2 c § c .o o -a ^ r3 o f- c — » a . a, c^ >r 'J3 p 3 3 ,^ S t- , J- c c — _2 4' TO O O — i^ "5 3 .Si O k( W •- '^ ,==< «5 ^« ^ = Q ti ^ - I-; o ^ 5 72 p f-i'i ^ g> g o K "5 o . SS > S w ^ S '» d e-i fx; i» p d ^- ' ' - - . . o Eh ;pi^ c«S be o Q o 3 ^ ° P be _ _ -C- o o c ^ OOt»PP^72 • en w «) - H .?:? ^ ^ CJ G r^ "--^ '- s^ :o c •C =H — Mr? f •> s eu 5;>: = •^ ■= °pa o o . o o WHHhJ (u_2 I'D-, t-O*- — a -- 5 S ra •- |o J2 J: J3 =5 ONIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA ©ostumc. — The King's Rltal. (Court Costumes of Keign of Charles II ) STAGE DIRECTIONS. EXITS AND ENTRANCES. L. means First Entrance, Left. R. First Entrance, Rir^ht. S. E. L. Second Entrance, Left. S. E. R. Second Entrance, Jiieht. U. E. L. UppCr Eyitrance, Left. U. E. R. Upper Entrance, Risht (/. Centre. L. C. Left of Centre R. C. Rishtof Centre. T. E. L Third Entrance, Left. f. E. R. Third Entrance, Ri^ht. C. D. Centre Door. D. 11, Door Rmht. D. L. Door Left. U. D. L. Upper Door, Left. U. D. II. Ujiper Door, Riaht. *,*" The Reader is supposed to he on the Stage, facing the Audience. THE KING'S RIVAL. AOT I. SCENE.— T^^c Maflcd Gallery of Whitehall.— Lar^c practicable glass doors c. leading to the Park.— Large double do:irs leading off u. e. r. to the King's apartments . — Large double doors leading off u. e. l. lead- ing to the Queen's apartments. — Large windows r. arid l. 2 e. vnlh, curtain.'!. — Buckhursv, Etherege, and Ogle, forvi group near table, L. H. — Lord Shaftesbury at table r. — Courtiers about stage. Ether, (c.) Nay, 'tis certain the Duchess and his Majesty arc off. Will Ghifiinch tells me 'twas a rare scene. First, the lady scolded and the King swore, then the King scolded and the lady swore, but his Majesty was firm for once. Buck, (l.) The Duchess out of favor ! — rot it, I had a suit to his Majesty that the Duchess had stood my friend in — for a ship. Shaft, (r.) The Duchess out! Humph I And who is the royal favorite now ? Oi'/e. ((-. c.) Fair Jenninnrs. for a thousand. Ether, (c.) No ; 'tis not fair Jennini;s. Ogle. 'Tis some play-house wench then ! Gad's my life, it is little Nelly. Buck. Mrs. Gwynne of the King's House? Ogle. Even so. Will Chiffinch says the King hath cast his royal cheep's eyes on the fresh little rogue. Buck. 'Tis a lie ! Os^le. I fiercely.] How! Buck. Of that knave Chiffinch. Ogle. Oh ! Ether. Pshaw ! Where are your eyes 1 The lady who has ousted the Duchess, Fair Jennings, Moll Davies, and all the rest, is Omnrj. Wliot Ether. Mrs. Stewart ; — he's deeper in love with her than he hath been with woman yet since Lucy "V^'alters. Offle. 'Tis true he hath taken -her much apart of late. Elhcr. And his eyes follow her like a pair of bailiiis. TUE KING S RIVAL. 5 Shaft. (I must be better acquainted with this' lady ) Eilier. Why 'twas for jealousy of her the Duchess broke out last night ! Buck. (I'm glad 'tis not Nelly.) This will be sour news for Rich- mond. Ogle. 'Tis true the Duke of Richmond has long followed Mistress Stewart. Buck. Oh, a sea Strephon ! Has her portrait in his cabin aboard the " Rupert," and worships it as the Muscovites do their St. Nicholas. Ogle. Here comes that prince of newsmongers, Sam Pepys, he'll know all. Enter Pepys, followed by his hrolhcr John, l. 1 e. Pcpy-i. A good day to your lordship ; a good day, my Lord Buckhurst ; genilemen all, your servant. My brother, my lord, John Pepys, from the university. [a.s?(/e to John ] Bear thyself easily, John. A njodest youth, whom I crave leave to connneiid to your lordship. I had a word to say to your lordship touching the fleet, and the payment of the sailors. tihiifl. By-and-by, sir ; I have other business now. Sir George, a word. [Ether, turns to Sh.4FT.] Pcpya (l. c ) Ah ! 'tis so with them all ; talk of money and they're deaf 1 But you're from the fleet, my lord. \_to Buck] You saw the fight. Buck, (c.) And so would hear no more of it. I'd as lief hear of the plague. Pepys. As your lordship says — the plague — [the bills are up again this week — 110 dead in All-hallows Ward — and the pretty fat widow in the New Exchange gone, that I bought a pair of laced gloves of only last week ; 'tis most grievous — 1 had to burn the gloves] Buck Rot the plague ! I would hear of the play-house, man. Pepys. Ah ! 'tis dull — dull — would they but give us more of Ethe- rege, and less of that tame rogue, Shakespeare. They talk of his " Midsuinmer Night's Dream," — poor, insipid stuff, methinks. No, give me Nelly in Florimel ; she do jilay the most excellent mad fool I ever saw in my life. I saw her last night — The King was there. Buck. Ah! Pepys. And, Lord ! to see how he do gaze and sigh after her. Buck. Eh ! After Nelly — it cannot be. Pcprjs. Doubtless as your lordship says, 'tis impossible ; methinks he is mad now for Misu Stewart — getting her into corners, and — [o//.'