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قراءة كتاب The Recruiting Officer
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prosperous.
As a dramatic writer, Farquhar was eminently successful; and in his military capacity, he was ever honoured and beloved—whether fighting with a great army in Flanders, or recruiting with a small party in Shropshire.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
| Captain Plume | Mr. Holman. |
| Justice Balance | Mr. Murray. |
| Worthy | Mr. Whitfield. |
| Serjeant Kite | Mr. Knight. |
| Bullock | Mr. Fawcett. |
| First Recruit | Mr. Munden. |
| Second Recruit | Mr. Emery. |
| Welsh Collier | Mr. Farley. |
| Constable | Mr. Thompson. |
| Captain Brazen | Mr. Lewis. |
| Melinda | Miss Chapman. |
| Rose | Mrs. Gibbs. |
| Lucy | Mrs. Litchfield. |
| Sylvia | Mrs. Johnson. |
| SCENE—Shrewsbury. | |
THE
RECRUITING OFFICER.
ACT THE FIRST.
SCENE I.
The Market Place.
Drum beats the Grenadier's March.—
Enter Serjeant Kite, followed by Thomas Appletree, Costar Pearmain, and the Mob.
Kite. [Making a Speech.] If any gentlemen soldiers or others, have a mind to serve his majesty, and pull down the French king; if any 'prentices have severe masters, any children have undutiful parents; if any servants have too little wages, or any husband too much wife, let them repair to the noble Serjeant Kite, at the sign of the Raven, in this good town of Shrewsbury, and they shall receive present relief and entertainment.—[Drum.]—Gentlemen, I don't beat my drums here to insnare or inveigle any man; for you must know, gentlemen, that I am a man of honour: besides, I don't beat up for common soldiers; no, I list only grenadiers; grenadiers, gentlemen.——Pray, gentlemen,