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THE MINOR DRAMA.
The Acting Edition.
No. CXXXI.
THE CORSAIR;
OR, THE
LITTLE FAIRY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
A New Christmas Burlesque and Pantomime,
Founded upon the Ballet of “Le Corsaire.”
BY WILLIAM BROUGH, ESQ.,
Author of Perdita, or the Royal Milkmaid, Prince Prettypet and the
Butterfly, Trying It On, Phenomenon in a Smock-frock, A Comical
Countess, &c., &c.
TO WHICH ARE ADDED
A description of the Costume—Cast of the Characters—Entrances and
Exits—Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the whole of the Stage Business.
AS PERFORMED AT THE
PRINCIPAL ENGLISH AND AMERICAN THEATRES.
NEW YORK:
SAMUEL FRENCH,
122 NĵǪǪĵǼ Sǵǡŧŧǵ; (UǙ SǵĵƗǡǪ.)
Cast of Characters.—[Tƒŧ CLjǡǪĵƗǡ.]
Royal Lyceum,
London, Dec. 26,
1856.
Wallack’s Theatre
1857.
Conrad, the Corsair, (“a
notable Pirate and
salt water Thief,”
gloomy,
misanthropical,
ironical and
Byronical,)
Mrs. A. Melion, LATE
Miss Woolgar.
Mrs. John Wood.
Birbanto, (his
Lieutenant—an
Officer, but not a
Gentleman,)
Mr. J. L. Toole.
Mr. John Wood.
Seyd (or Seedy) Pasha,
(a terrible Turk,)
Mr. Barrett.
Mr. H. B. Phillips.
Syng Smaul, (a General
Officer—Majordomo, Head Cook
and Bottle-washer to
the Pasha,)
Mr. Holston.
Mr. Holmes.
Yussuf, (in his own
country Joseph—or
familiarly, Old Joe—
a renegade Slave
Merchant,)
Mr. S. Calharm.
Mr. Peters.
Hassan, (a Boatswain,)
Miss Goward.
Medora, (a Grecian
Maiden, Niece and
Ward to Yussuf—a
sacred pledge
intrusted to her
uncle,)
Mrs. C. Dillon.
Miss J. Manners.
Gulnare, (the reigning
Beauty of the
Pasha’s Harem, his
favorite, and most
other people’s, it is
hoped—including
the audience,)
Mrs. B. White.
Mrs. Vernon.
Zuliema, (a “light of
other days” a little
“faded,”)
Mrs. C. Melville.
Mrs. Cook.
Submarina, (the Fairy
guardian of the
Deep, Deep Sea,
Chief Inspector of
the Ocean Police,
and Deputy Ruler of
the Waves,)
Miss J. Ryder.
Mrs. H. B. Phillips.
Serena, (the Little Fairy
at the bottom of the
Sea,)
Mrs. M. Wilton.
Miss Emily Milton.
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