Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 / 2008-07-27 00:00:00

EBOOK ST. PATRICK'S DAY ***


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ST. PATRICK'S DAY;
OR, THE SCHEMING LIEUTENANT

_A FARCE_


DRAMATIS PERSONAE
AS ORIGINALLY ACTED AT COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE IN 1775
LIEUTENANT O'CONNOR _Mr. Clinch_.
DR. ROSY _Mr. Quick_.
JUSTICE CREDULOUS _Mr. Lee Lewes_.
SERJEANT TROUNCE _Mr. Booth_.
CORPORAL FLINT........................
LAURETTA _Mrs. Cargill_.
MRS. BRIDGET CREDULOUS _Mrs. Pitt_.
Drummer, Soldiers, Countrymen, _and_ Servant.
SCENE--A TOWN IN ENGLAND.


ACT I.
SCENE I.--LIEUTENANT O'CONNOR's Lodgings.
_Enter_ SERJEANT TROUNCE, CORPORAL FLINT, _and four_
SOLDIERS.

1 _Sol_. I say you are wrong; we should all speak together, each
for himself, and all at once, that we may be heard the better.
2 _Sol_. Right, Jack, we'll argue in platoons.
3 _Sol_. Ay, ay, let him have our grievances in a volley, and if
we be to have a spokesman, there's the corporal is the lieutenant's
countryman, and knows his humour.
_Flint_. Let me alone for that. I served three years, within a
bit, under his honour, in the Royal Inniskillions, and I never will
see a sweeter tempered gentleman, nor one more free with his purse.
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