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Henry the Fifth. a Historical Play in Five Acts PR 2812 M2 N5 Zopy 2 \^a' DE WITT'S ACTING- PLAYS. (Number 180.) HENRY THE FIFTH. A HISTOBICAL FLAT, IN FIVE ACTS. By WILLIAM. SHAKSPEARE. AS PEODTJCED AT BOOTH'S THEATRE, NEW YORK, FEB. 8,1875. WITH NOTES UPON ITS A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE PLAY, REMARKS AND CHARACTERS AND INCIDENTS, AND A COMPLETE DESCRIP- TION OF THE COSTUMES, PROPRRTIES, STAGE BUSINESS AND SCENERY. Kedited, and abkangkd fob kepkesestation, by CHARLES E. NEWTON, (C. E. PEEINE ), Love in Author of ''Out at Sea,' ''Cast upon the Worldrj' Italy;' ''AIL her own Fault,' "A Chapter of Mis- takes;' "Le Pavilion Rouge;' etc., etc. TO WHICH AKE ADDED, -Cast of the Characters A description (»f the Costumes—Synopsis of the Piece —Entrances and Exits -Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the whole of the Stage Business. • • RT M. DE WITT, PUBLISHER, No. 33 Hose Street. OUT AT SEA. A Drama. In a Prologue and Four Acts. By Charles NOW J E. Newton. Price 15 cents. A BREACH OF PROMISE, A Comic Drama. In Two Acts. By JRJEADT. I T. W. Robertson. Price 15 cents. DE WITT'S HALF-DIME MUSIC OP THE BEST SONGS FOR VOICE AND PIANO. }HIS 8E(RlE8 of first class Songs contains the Words and Music {with the Piano accompaniment) of the most choice and exquisite Pieces, by the most able^ gifted and most popular composers. It contains every style of good Music—from the solemn and pathetic to the light and humorous. In brief this collection is a complete Musical Library in itself both of Vocal AND Piano-Forte Music. It is printedfrom new, clear, distinct, elegant Music Type, on fine white paper, made expressly for this Series, and is published at the low price of¥iwE Cents. Remember, Each Number contains a Complete Piece of Music, beautifully printed on Sheet Music Paper. Any Twenty Pieces mailed on receipt of One Dollar, postage paid. 13^" FIjEA.se 0:RDEIt B T THE NTTMBEHS. •=©& Address, E. M. DE WITT, Publisher, SENTIMENTAL SONGS AND BALLADS. Cmrvposer, No. Oonvposer. 3. Dover's I^etter-Box .Wrighton. 51. Far Aiivay Bliss. 5. XUy Voice is Near Wrighton. S5. JTess Macfarlane Tucker. 6. Blue-Eyed Violets .Jackson. GTS. Ves, I'll Meet Xhee. Dearest. 8. Tlie Maiden and Her K^innet. Blamphln. Montgomery. S9. Hattie Bell Webster. Sleeping Barker. <4. Soft De-w is 61. Whisper *• Yes," or •• No," tiove, Blo>(v Allen. 16. When the Roses " Adele." SO. Beautiful Bells Coote. Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Sullivan. a*. The Mother's Dream Still Wrighton. Star Young. S3. My Spirit Oh, Cast that Shado-w from Xhy S5. Little Maggie May Blamphln. Brow Tucker. se. Xhe Vagabond Molloy. 64. I^ove Not .Blockley. 31. My Heart is O'er the Sea. .Claribel. , 65, She IVore a "IVreath of Roses. 33. Maggie's Welcome Claribel. Knight. 3S. , Dreaming of Nellie Hogett. Pretty Uittle Dark Parker. ST. Five O'clock in the Morning, Eyes Claribel. When -we went a Gleaning. ^ She Came and Vanished I^ike a (Janz. '?'4, Dream Boucher. Mary of Argyle .Nelson. 41. Meet Me in the I.ane Blamphin. •ys, What Did I^ittle Rkrdie Say? ^' 43. , Xapping at the Garden G>ate. Balfe. 4S. • Sleeping on Guard Wrighton. 76. Sing, Birdie, Sing Ganz. 4'y. Summer Dew Barker. Spring-X'im^ of I^ife Jackson. 49, Oh, My I^ost I^o-ve Plumpton. Nightingale's Xiiill Ganz. HEIM THE FIFTH % pictorial lilag, IN FIVE ACTS BY WILLIAM SHAKSPEAKE. AS PRODUCED AT BOOTH'S THEA.TRE, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 8, 1875. A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE PLAY, REMARKS AND NOTES UPON ITS CHAUACTRRS AND INCIDENTS, AND A COMPLEX K DESCRIPTION OF TUB COSTUMES, PROPERTIES, STAGE BUSI- NESS, AND SCENERY. EDITED, AND ARKANGED FOR REPRESKNTATION, BY CHARLES E. NEWTON, (C. E. PEBINE), Author of " Out at Sea," " Cast upon the World," " Love in Italy," " All Herovm Fault," " A Chapter of Mistakes," " Le Pavilion Rouge," etc., etc ><rv OF r>->v .:^'C0PVRISHf'^ 1.376- CO I NEW YORK; ROBERT M. DE WITT, PUBLISHER, No. 33 Rose Street. (betweek duank and fbankbort streets.) Entered according to Ac!, of Congress, in Ihe year 1875, by Robert M. De Witt, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. ^^r% ^ 2 HENllY THK FIPTH. { |\ A^^ ^ CAST OF GBAEACTEUS. Booth''s Theatre ^- New Ym% February 8, 1875. Rumor, as Chorus Mrs. Charles Calvekt. King Henry V Mr. George Kignold, of Gloster ) C L. Pallor. Duke „ ,, , , ,,. Mr. (^^«tber« ^o the Kmg) Duke of Bedford J ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^ Duke of Exeter (Uncle to the King) Mb. He n ry Weaver. Duke of York (Cousin to the King) Mr. H. Harvey. Earl of Salisbury „ Mr. George Moore. Earl of Westmoreland Mr Frederick Munroe. Earl of Warwick Mr. Thomas Edwin. Archbishop of Canterbury Mr. James Bartlett. Bishop of Ely Mr. Lewis Hall. Earl of Cambridge C Mr. Wm. Talmage. ^ Dord Scroop > (Conspirators against the King) . -^ Mr. Charles Whitman. Sir Thomas Grey 3 C Mr. Henry Hogan. Sir Thomas Erpingliam ^ f Mr. J. R. Davies. Gower (Officers in King Henry's ( J Mr. H, B. Bradley. Macmorris f Army) i Mr. R. Lonsdale. Eluellen ) ( Mr. Fkederick Thobne. Jaraey Mr. J. W, Brutone. Bates p r Mr. Joseph Walsh. Court >• (Soldiers in King Henry's Army) < Mr. Samuel Elliott. Williams ^ ( Mr. Fked'k B Warde. Nvro ^ r Mr Edwin Irving ' ^(Formerly Servants to Falstaff, now Sol-S B,;rdolph ^^- ^^ ^'''' ^^ ^^°° ^^""'^^ ^™y^ Pistol S ( M. C. B. Bishop. Boy (Servant to the above) „ Mr. Frank Little. A Herald Mr. W Carpenter, Charles VL, King of France Mr. Charles Rockwell. Lewis, the Dauphin M. Henri Stuart. Duke of Burgundy Mr. L. S. Stafford. Duke of Orleans..., Mr. H. B. Comstock. Duke of Bourbon Mr. William Simons A French Soldier M. Juignet. The Constable of France Mr. Edwin Sheppard. Rambnres } .-r, , ^ , (Mr. Albert West. MFrench Lords), Grandprer<, A < ,„ ) I Mr. Arthur Weis. Governor of Harfleur Mr. J. W. Blessington. Montjoy (a French Herald) Mr. E. K. Collier. The Bishop of Bourges .....Mr. E. S. Weston. Princess Katharine Mdlle. Berthe Girardin. Dame Quickly (Pistol's Wife—an Hostess) Miss Mary Wells. Isabel, Queen of France Miss Louise Henderson. Alice (a Lady attendant upon the Princess Katherino),..Miss Fanny Reeves. Civic and Ecclesiastial Dignitaries, Knights, Nobles, Pages, Ladies of the Court, and other Attendants ; Soldiers, Citizens, etc. TIME OF PLAYING—THREE HOURS. henhy the fieth. 3 SCENERY. bauk, to through ACT J., Scene /.—Cloud drop in 1st grooves. Cloud c, descend trap, c. Drop to ascend. Scene Ji.—Throne Room in the Palace at "Westminster. Throne on Platform. Door. Door. Doors K. and l. 2 e. Throne on platform, c. Scene 77i.—Exterior of Boar's Head Tavern, in 2d grooves. Tavern door L. c. Scene /F.—Clouds descend in 1st grooves, and bank rises through trap, c. Cloud drop must be made to open at back to disclose Tableau. Scene F.—The quay at Southampton. i Flat. Water. Spile. Side of Pier. * Steps supposed to | lead down to water. | | Low Stone Wall. Upon the flat at back is painted the English fleet in the offing. From 4th grooves, extending L., runs a stone moulding, representing side of pier, to r. c. ; from k. 4 e , B. c, is a low stune wall. Buildings r. and l. Steps, r. c, supposed to lead from pier (which the stage represents) to water. ACTJL, Scene /.—Throne Room in the Palace of Charles VI., in 4th g-ooves. Throne. Door. Door L. 2 E. Throne c, over which is a canopy and the French coat of arms (see Notes on Heraldry). HENEY THE riFXH. Scene 27.—Cloud drop and bank—same as before. Scene ///.—The English position before Harfleur. ,•.••• Run leading up to ; summit of Platform. Wall. .**.•'• Platform 6 .• .* Cannon, ft. high. .• .* =* Cannon. r. i. TTT-i. Gate of City. ^^ Wall. Bock and earth masking about Platform. The walls of Harfleur extend obliquely up stage from k. 3 e. to k. c. Gate of city a little above r. 3 e. The walls stand upon an elevation, leading up to which is a run, beginning l. c. Run and platform both masked in with rock and earth pieces. Cannon l. c. Scene /F.—Wood in 2d grooves. -Scene F.—Before Harfleur. Same as Scene 3, Act 2. Scend F/.—Apartment in the French Palace at Rouen, in 2d grooves. Scene F//.—The English Camp, in 4th grooves. Flat. Tents in the Perspective. Cannon. Cannon. ACT III,, Scene /.—Clouds and bank, same as in previous Acts. Scdne //.—Interior of the French Dauphin's tent, in 3d grooves. Exterior Backing. , .. Aperture. | ... I Chair. Chair. .• * * Table. Table. Chair. * of'^ # Chair Chair * o/^^ * Chair. The drapery of which the tent is composed drawn aside, making opening, c, through wliich a view of the French Camp is obtained. Lights well down. Tables B. and l., HENRY THE FIFTH. ~ O upon which are flagons of 'wine, goblets, dice boxes, dice, and lamps ; seats about tables. Stage to be cleared for change by drawing tables, chairs, etc., ofiP b. and l. Scene I//.—The English Camp, in 4th grooves (night). Lights well down. Slight elevation at back. Broken cannon, k. Elevation from Stage to Flat. Broken Camp- O Cannon. Fire. Camp-fire, l., opposite 2 t. Scene IV.—The Frencli Dauphin's tent, as before. field of Scene F.—The Agincourt. A view of level countrj-, in 5th grooves. (Scene Tl. —Wood, in 1st grooves. Scene VII—The Battle of Agincourt. Tableau. Upon the flat at back, 5th grooves, a distant view of the French and English Armies in fierce encounter is given.
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