A MUSICAL FARCE, IN TWO ACTS, AS PERFORMED BY THEIR MAJESTIES' SERVANTS OF THE LATE THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE. BY I. POCOCK, ESQ. AUTHOR OF YES OR NO," &c. THE MUSIC COMPOSED BY MR. C. SMITH, THE SECOND EDITION. LONDON: PRINTED FOR W. H. WYATT, PICKET Street, BY B. MCMILLAN, BOW STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1810. [Price Two Shillings.] To every Performer named in the Dramatis Persone of this Farce, I feel myself under the greatest obligations, not only for the superior manner in which each Character is sustained, but for many judicious observations which were of essential service to the Piece. To Mr. Johnstone I am particularly indebted, for his performance of a character so much beneath his inimitable powers, and for which I take this opportunity of returning my best thanks. Mrs. Sparks, Mrs. Bland, Miss Kelly, Messrs. De Camp, Penley, and Knight, claim my warmest acknowledgments. To Mr. Mathews I am obliged for the assistance he afforded me in heightening the character of Cypher, as well as for his extraordinary exertions in the representation of a part, which has invariably excited the most unqualified bursts of laughter and applause. I. P. HIT OR MISS! Act I. SCENE I. An Apartment in STIRLING's House. Enter Mrs. HONEYMOUTH and CLARA. Mrs. Honey. Well, Clara, I protest I feel quite delighted at our escape from the smoke of London this new purchase of your father's seems to possess every charm of rural retirement. Enter STIRLING. Stir. Ah! Clara, my dear, how do'st do? Good day, Cousin.-Well, I suppose you have had a ramble; how d'ye like the house and grounds, eh? Clara. Very much indeed, Sir; 'tis really a most elegant little villa. Stir. Ah, so it ought-it cost an elegant little sum of money. What do you think of it, Coz? Mrs. Honey. O, delicious! we shall pass our time admirably; and with the new publications we can procure from Mr. Jumble Stir. Pshaw! Jumble's a puppy-he hasn't a shilling in the world now-and to prevent the pos B |