RETAINED FOR THE
DEFENCE
A Farce,
IN ONE ACT.
BY
AUTHOR OF
Twice Killed, A Day Well Spent, A Family Failing, Dice of Death,Only a Halfpenny, Reigning Favourite, Rape of the Lock, My Fellow Clerk, I and My Double,A Quiet Day, No Followers, What have I done? Porter’s Knot,
&c. &c.
THOMAS HAILES LACY,
89, STRAND,
(Opposite Southampton Street, Covent GardenMarket),
LONDON.
RETAINED FOR THE DEFENCE.
First performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre,
on Monday, May 23rd, 1859.
Characters.
| MR. MOTTLEY DE WINDSOR | MR. G. COOKE. |
| MR. WHITEWASH | MR. G. VINING. |
| MR. FERGUSON | MR. H. COOPER. |
| THWAITES | MR. H. WIGAN. |
| PAWKINS | MR. F. ROBSON. |
| AGATHA DE WINDSOR | MISS COTTRELL. |
Guests, &c.
Time of Representation—45MINUTES.
PERIOD—Present Day.
Costumes.
DE WINDSOR—Blue coat with metalbuttons, white vest, black trousers.
WHITEWASH—Modern evening suit.
FERGUSON—Ditto.
THWAITES—Blue dress coat, white vest, black trousers,Berlin gloves.
PAWKINS—Long-tailed dress coat, colored vest, blacktrousers; hat and umbrella.
AGATHA—Rich pink silk ball dress.
GUESTS—Evening dresses.
RETAINED FOR THE DEFENCE.
SCENE—A Drawing Room fitted up for an eveningparty—to the left a card table—doors, C. andL.
THWAITES, who has finished lighting candles inchandelier at back, C., steps back to survey the effect.
THWAITES. Now, that’s what I call the real thing—the clean grit. Theposition of that bokey (bouquet) is such, that none but the purest taste couldconceive,—those camellias, chasti