1811

Tilliam and Rachel Russell;

A TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS.

BY

ANDREAS MUNCH.

TRANSLATED FROM THE NORWEGIAN, AND PUBLISHED UNDER

THE SPECIAL SANCTION OF THE POET,

BY

JOHN HEYLIGER BURT.

LONDON:

TRÜBNER AND CO., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW.

M.DCCC.LXII.

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DRAMATIS PERSONE.

CHARLES II., KING OF ENGLAND (MUTE).

JAMES, DUKE OF YORK, BROTHER OF THE KING.
DUCHESS OF PORTSMOUTH, MISTRESS OF THE KING.
LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL, CHIEF OF THE OPPOSITION.
LADY RACHEL RUSSELL, HIS WIFE.

LORD ESSEX,

LORD GREY,

LORD CAVENDISH,

LORD HOWARD,

SIR ALGERNON SIDNEY,

MR. HAMPDEN,

MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION.

COUNT BARILLON, FRENCH AMBASSADOR.

THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.

THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE TOWER.

COLONEL RUMSEY,

DR. BURNET, A CLERGYMAN.

TAUNTON, LORD RUSSELL'S OLD HOUSE STEWARD.

Two CITIZENS. A STUDENT. A GENTLEMAN IN WAITING.

A SHERIFF. OFFICIALS IN THE COURT OF JUSTICE. JURY-
MEN. GUARDS. CONSTABLES. OTHER MEN IN ARMS.
SERVANTS OF LORD RUSSELL.

COURTIERS OF BOTH SEXES.

MASKS. PUBLIC AT THE SESSION OF THE COURT OF JUS

TICE, ETC.

SCENE-PARTLY AT STRATTON, LORD RUSSELL'S COUNTRY

SEAT; PARTLY IN LONDON.

TIME-THE MONTH OF JULY, 1683.

WILLIAM AND RACHEL RUSSELL.

ACT I.

A hall opening into the park at Stratton, some miles from London. In the back-ground the principal entrance from the park; to the right the doors of the interior apartments.

SCENE I.

LADY RACHEL, seated at a writing-table. TAUNTON, stands at her side.

Taunton.

My Lady, but, my Lady! do remember,
You keep the servant waiting at the gate.
If it's to reach the master by to-night,
The letter ought at once to be despatched.
Lady Rachel.

Well, I am ready, Taunton-wait, now wait-
I add a word or two, and I am ready.

Taunton.

Now tell me, Lady, what have you to write
About so much to him? You saw Lord William
But yesterday, and well you know that he
Is sure to be with you again to-morrow.
Lady Rachel.

Oh, thousand matters have I to impart !
More than a day elapsed, I saw him not-

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