Performed at the New York Casino Theatre, on November 14th. 1892.
THE FENCING MASTER
Dramatis Personæ
| FRANCESCA (Torquato's daughter, brought up as a boy) | Miss Marie Tempest |
| TORQUATO (Fencing Master of the Milanese Court) | Mr. William Broderick |
| PASQUINO (Private Astrologer to the Duke) | Mr. Jerome Sykes |
| GALEAZZO VISCONTI (Duke of Milan) | Mr. Charles Hopper |
| COUNT GUIDO MALESPINA | Mr. F. Michelena |
| FILIPPA (the Duke's Ward) | Miss Grace Golden |
| THE MARCHESA DI GOLDONI | Mrs. Pemberton-Hincks |
| THERESA (daughter of a Milanese money-lender) | Miss Bessie Cleveland |
| PIETRO (an Innkeeper) | Miss Agnes Sherwood |
| MICHAELE STENO (Doge of Venice) | Mr. Henry Leoni |
| RINALDO (Captain of the Doge's Guards) | Mr. J. A. Furey |
| A GONDOLIER | Mr. George Mackenzie |
| FORTUNIO (rightful heir to the ducal throne) | Mr. Hubert Wilke |
Scenes
| ACT I | - Milan. |
| ACT II | - The Piazetta, Venice. |
| ACT III | - The Marchesa's Villa near Venice. |
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