# Under the Gaslight

Acting edition, published 1867.
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WEMYSS' ACTING DRAMA.
UNDER THE GASLIGHT:
A TOTALLY ORIGINAL AND PICTURESQUE
Drama
OF
LIFE AND LOVE IN THESE TIMES,
IN FIVE ACTS.
By AUGUSTIN DALY,
AUTHOR OF "LEAH THE FORSAKEN," "GRIFFITH GAUNT," "TAMING A BUTTERFLY," ETC., ETC.
AS ORIGINALLY PLAYED AT THE NEW YORK THEATER IN THE MONTHS OF AUGUST, SEPT. AND OCT., 1867.
AUTHOR'S EDITION
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* Act I
* Act II
* Act III
* Act IV
* Act V
* Advertisements
CAST OF CHARACTERS, AS PLAYED AT THE NEW YORK THEATER.
Produced August 12, 1867.
Ray Trafford [one of the New York "bloods"] Mr. A. H. Davenport.
Snorkey [a returned Veteran, established as a Soldier Messenger, but open to anything else] Mr. J. K. Mortimer.
Byke [one of the men whom the law is always reaching for and never touches] Mr. J. B. Studley.
Ed. Demilt [one of the rising Wall street generation] Mr. Newton.
Windel [his friend, "sound on the street"] Mr. Reed.
Justice Bowling. [of the Tombs police Court] Mr. Welsh Edwards.
Counsellor Splinter [an Attorney of the Tombs Court] Mr. Jas. Dunn.
Bermudas [one of the under crust, a sidewalk merchant Prince, with a "banjo swarry"] Mr. C. T. Parsloe.
Peanuts [a rival operator in papers and matches] Master Shea.
Lillywhite [another another operator„ in papers and„ matches„] Master Shay.
Sam [a colored citizen, ready for suffrage when it is ready for him] Mr. Williams.
Rafferdi (nee Rafferty), [an Italian Organist from Cork] Mr. Sullivan.
The Sergeant of the River Patrol Mr. Hurley.
Policeman 999 Mr. Sampson.
Martin Mr. Fielding.
Peter Rich [the Boy who was committed] Master Willie.
The Signal Man at Shrewsbury Bend Mr. H. Ryner.
Members of the Tuesday Sociable, Court Officers, Dock Boys, &c.
Laura Cortland, [the Belle of Society] Miss Rose Eytinge.
Pearl Cortland, [pretty, but no heart] Miss Blanche Grey.
Peachblossom, [a girl who was never "brought up," with the doleful ditty of "the Knight, the dame, and the Murderous Rival."] Mrs. Skerrett.
Old Judas [the right hand of Byke] Mrs. Wright.
Mrs. Van Dam [one of the voices of Society] Miss Lizzie Davey.
Sue Earlie [one of the echoes of the voice] Miss Mahon.
Lizzie Liston [another echo] Miss Macy.
Reproduced December 4, 1867.
Ray Trafford [one of the New York "bloods"] Mr. G. H. Clarke.
Snorkey [a returned Veteran, established as a Soldier Messenger, but open to anything else] Mr. J. K. Mortimer.
Byke [one of the men whom the law is always reaching for and never touches] Mr. Welsh Edwards.
Ed. Demilt [one of the rising Wall street generation] Mr. Neal.
Windel [his friend, "sound on the street"] Mr. Reed.
Justice Bowling. [of the Tombs police Court] Mr. W. H. Collins.
Counsellor Splinter [an Attorney of the Tombs Court] Mr. T. L. Donnelly.
Bermudas [one of the under crust, a sidewalk merchant Prince, with a "banjo swarry"] Mr. C. T. Parsloe.
Peanuts [a rival operator in papers and matches] Master Willie.
Sam [a colored citizen, ready for suffrage when it is ready for him] Mr. Williams.
Rafferdi (nee Rafferty), [an Italian Organist from Cork] Mr. G. Lingard.
The Sergeant of the River Patrol Mr. Hurley.
Policeman 999 Mr. Sampson.
Martin Mr. Fielding.
Peter Rich [the Boy who was committed] Master Poore.
The Signal Man at Shrewsbury Bend Mr. H. C. Ryner.
Members of the Tuesday Sociable, Court Officers, Dock Boys, &c.
Laura Cortland, [the Belle of Society] Miss Irene Worrell.
Pearl Cortland, [pretty, but no heart] Miss Sophie Worrell.
Peachblossom, [a girl who was never "brought up," with the doleful ditty of "the Knight, the dame, and the Murderous Rival."] Miss Jennie Worrell.
Old Judas [the right hand of Byke] Mrs. Wright.
Mrs. Van Dam [one of the voices of Society] Miss Logan.
Sue Earlie [one of the echoes of the voice] Miss Wakeman.
Lizzie Liston [another echo] Miss Macy.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by AUGUSTIN DALY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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