] Dryden is also said to have consulted
_l'Amant indiscret_ of Quinault, in order to furbish forth the Duke
of Newcastle's labours. Sir Walter Scott states in his introduction: "in
that part of the play, which occasions its second title of 'the feigned
Innocence,' the reader will hardly find wit enough to counterbalance the
want of delicacy." Murphy has borrowed from _The Blunderer_ some
incidents of the second act of his _School for Guardians_, played
for the first time in 1767.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
[Footnote: Moliere, Racine, and Corneille always call the dramatis
personae _acteurs_, and not _personnages_.]
LELIO, _son to_ PANDOLPHUS.
LEANDER, _a young gentleman of good birth_.
ANSELMO, _an old man_.
PANDOLPHUS, _an old man_.
TRUFALDIN, _an old man_.
ANDRES, _a supposed gipsy_.
MASCARILLE, _servant to Lelio_.
[Footnote: _Mascarille_ is a name invented by Moliere, and a
diminutive of the Spanish _mascara_, a mask. Some commentators of
Moliere think that the author, who acted this part, may sometimes have
played it in a mask, but this is now generally contradicted. He seems,
however, to have performed it habitually, for after his death there was
taken an inventory of all his dresses, and amongst these, according to
M.
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