VALENTINE and ORSON,

A ROMANTIC MELO-DRAME,

as performed at the

Theatre-Royal Covent-Garden.

WRITTEN BY T. DIBDIN.

author of

THE JEW and DOCTOR, BIRTH-DAY, WILL for the DEED,
CABINET, ENGLISH FLEET, FAMILY QUARRELS,
IL BONDOCANI, SCHOOL for PREJUDICE, FIVE
THOUSAND a YEAR, SAINT DAVID's DAY,
NAVAL PILLAR, MOUTH of the NILE,
HORSE and the WIDOW, &c. &c.

and produced under the direction of

MR. FARLEY.

The Overture and Music by MR. JOUVE.

LONDON:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY BARKER AND SON,DRAMATIC REPOSITORY,GREAT RUSSELL STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

1804.

To CHARLES FARLEY.

AS A FEEBLE, THOUGH SINCERE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTOF HIS PROFESSIONAL EXERTIONS,UNREMITTING ZEAL, ATTENTION, AND ASSIDUITY,IN THE STAGE-ARRANGEMENT OF THE FOLLOWINGBAGATELLE, ITS PAGES ARE MOST CORDIALLYINSCRIBED BY

T. DIBDIN.

The Ladies and Gentlemen, who have soeminently distinguished themselves in the Performance,are also respectfully desired to accept, as theymost amply merit, the Author's best Thanks.

⁂The Lines marked by inverted Commas, are omitted inRepresentation.

CHARACTERS.

FRENCH.