Front matter
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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 of Mr. SWANBOROUGH, Sen.), on the 10th 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. SWEET Miss BUFTON.
MRS. SHORT Miss 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—Ditto ditto ditto.
STEPHEN—Livery.
Mrs. SWEET—1st dress: morning dress. 2nd ditto: riding habit, hat and feathers. 3rd ditto: evening dress.
Mrs. SHORT—Ditto ditto ditto.
MARIA—Smart muslin dress.