(The Object is an advertisement for a play or maybe a program.)
NATIONAL THEATRE.Thursday Evening, Sept. 20th, 1849,
Will be performed (9th time) the exciting Drama, in 4 sets, written for this
Theatre by W.B. English, the popular author of the highly successful Dramas
of Boston Boys and Boston Girls, Mike Martin, &e., entitled the
MILL GRILS OF LOWELL
OR LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF FACTORY LIFE!
WITH
Mysteries of Lowell, Dover, Nashua, and Manchester.
A DRAMA OF INNOCENSE AND GUILT.
The Scenery painted from Original sketches by Mr. Hayes. The Mechanical Effects
my Mr Gill. Properties by Mr Jefferies. Costumes by Mrs. Dwinell. The Music
by Mr Meyer. Dances by Mr. Pierce.
(then a there is a large unreadable section which might describe the minor characters in the play)
GEORGIANA WILLARD, a Boston Belle who will prove that frock coat and pants
are sometimes a better than gown and petticoats.. MISS MESTAYER
Act 1 - ROMANCE AND RASCALITY.
ABODE OF A BOSTON MAN OF FASHION. A traveler at the Court of St. James and
the Fashionable Spas in the U.S. The Belle of Lowell. Hearts are trumps. Beware
of cat's claws. Georgiana discovers an error in her affianced bridegroom.
A maid's stratagem. "You may conquer old sick, but you can't deceive a woman."
View of the Lowell Depot, foot of Lowell Street, Boston, with Bunker Hill
and Charlestown in the distance.
Starting of the Train. A miss is as good as a mile. "If you don't wish to
be left, you must come up to the time." An unpleasant incident that has happened
to many. Yankee curiosity. THe Pump and Attempted Robbery. Foul Play. Many
conduct. Light of Factory Life
Act 2d. LIGHTS OF FACTORY LIFE!
VIEW OF LOWELL. THe Yankee and his paint pot. Mark him well. THe Boston Belle
disguised as the Lowell Buck. Oysters raised in Boston and fatted up in Lowell.
Two Green 'Un's. The home of a scoundrel. THe Plot thickens. Two Professors
of VIce. MARSTON'S FASHIONALBE RESTAURANT. "Oysters for individuals and parties.
Corned Beef, Fish and Clam Chowders" The bloods of Lowell on a spree. A quarrel,
Pistols for two. The Nabob's return from Calcutta. THe Great City of Spindle
s. THe Nabob and the Italian in his own character. Room in the Middlesex Mills.
The Machines, Operative, Diabolical Plot.
'Did you ever go into Lowell Oh! racket
Good Lord what a buzzing it makes,
Like fifty live crabs in a bucket,
And what a darned sight of cotton it takes;
Factory Boarding House; terms 1.25 a week and not found. Mrs Bustle no friend
to large corporations. An intrigue. Two distinguished Foreigner in the field.
Humors of the Factory Girls. Shower Baths in operation. Laughable Tableau.
Act 3...SHADOWS OF FACTORY LIFE!
Farmer's Ham; the Wicked and the Good; a Villain Foiled' oppressive measures
of Old Roper;
(This is the end of Playbill)