merly Alice Van Winkle Chippindale

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*A Double Hornpipe by Mast & Miss Wells.*
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To conclude with, The FIRST ACT of the Farce of the

_Kentuckian_

Or--A Trip to New-York.

*Nimrod Wildfire,* *Mr. Hackett*
Mr. Freeman Mr. Clarke
Percival, Wheatley
Pompey, Povey
Tradesman, Gallott
Mrs. Luminary, Mrs. Wheatley
Mrs. Freeman Vernon
Mary, Durie
Servant, Conway
Caroline Miss Turnbull

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_Thursday--Third Night of the Engagement of_

*MISS TREE*

LOM,
Miss Tree

And, ANIMAL MAGNETISM.

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Friday and Saturday Evenings MISS TREE will perform.
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RIP VAN WINKLE

_A LEGEND OF THE CATSKILLS_

A ROMANTIC DRAMA IN TWO ACTS

ADAPTED FROM WASHINGTON IRVING'S SKETCH BOOK

_By_ CHARLES BURKE

[It is common knowledge that "Rip Van Winkle," as a play, was a general
mixture of several versions when it finally reached the hands of Joseph
Jefferson. From Kerr to Burke, from Burke to Boucicault, from Boucicault
to Jefferson was the progress. The changes made by Burke in the Kerr
version are so interesting, and the similarities are so close, that the
Editor has thought it might be useful to make an annotated comparison of
the two. This has been done, with the result that the reader is given two
plays in one. The title-page of the Kerr acting edition runs as follows:
"Rip Van Winkle; A Legend of Sleepy Hollow. A Romantic Drama in Two Acts.
Adapted from Washington Irving's Sketch-Book by John Kerr, Author of
'Therese', 'Presumptive Guilt', 'Wandering Boys', 'Michael and Christine',
'Drench'd and Dried', 'Robert Bruce', &c., &c. With Some Alterations, by
Thomas Hailes Lacy. Theatrical Publisher. London." The Burke version, used
here as a basis, follows the