Ten Dancing Princesses

Examiner of Plays' Summary:

This is a simple pastoral, suitable for performance by a company of girls. The ten Princesses are in the habit of wearing out their dancing shoes with such mysterious rapidity that the Queen-Mother offers the hand of one of them to anyone who can discover where they go every night for their dance. This discovery is made by a shepherd boy, who is directed by a Good Fairy to the Palace, reached through an underground passage by the dancing Princess when they are supposed to be safely in bed asleep. When the shepherd claims his reward the difficulty due to his humble station is solved by the Fairy, who opportunely proves him to be a Prince, stolen from his parents at birth. Ingenuously pretty: and Recommended for Licence.