The Yeomen of the Guard

by W. S. Gilbert

THE

YEOMEN OF THE GUARD;

OR,

THE MERRYMAN AND HIS MAID.

BY

W. S. GILBERT

AND

ARTHUR SULLIVAN.

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THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD;

OR,

THE MERRYMAN AND HIS MAID.

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Dramatis Personæ

Sir Richard Cholmondeley (Lieutenant of the Tower)

Colonel Fairfax (under sentence of death)

Sergeant Meryll (of the Yeomen of the Guard)

Leonard Meryll (his Son)

Jack Point (a Strolling Jester)

Wilfred Shadbolt (Head Jailer and Assistant Tormentor)

The Headsman

First Yeoman

Second Yeoman„

First Citizen

Second Yeoman„

Elsie Maynard (a Strolling Singer)

Phœbe Meryll (Sergeant Meryll's Daughter)

Dame Carruthers (Housekeeper to the Tower)

Kate (her Niece)

Chorus of Yeomen of the Guard, Gentlemen, Citizens, &c.

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Scene. — Tower Green.

Date. — 16th Century.