Here is a
very interesting early one, with card
significators for individual gyants and an interpretation based upon the cards surrounding the significators in a row based
layout:
Folly. You shall be satisfy'd anon- ..... — but we must lay the Cards first -- Time presses, and the Princes must depart. Give us the Cards, that in our several Turns we all may Cut : I am the Queen of Hearts.
First Woman gives the Cards to Folly, then to each of the Gyants, who cut, and deliver to her again, and she lays 'em on the Table in Rows.
First woman. You. Lord Gormillan, are the King of Clubs; Lord Thunderdale shall be the angry Majesty of Spades; The Diamond Crown Lord Blunderboar shall wear; and King of Hearts Lord Galligantus shall assume.
The Knave of Spades, Madam, seems to threaten Danger, but he lies oblique, and the Ten of Hearts between them shews he wants Power to hurt you -- 'the Eight of Clubs and Ace over your Head denote A chearful Bowl and Mirth
will crown Night -- all will be well - — these Princes are surrounded with Diamonds; the Eight lies at the Feet of Lord Gormillan; the Deuce, the Four and Five are in a direct Line with Valiant Thunderdale; the Tray and Nine are at the Elbow of great Blunderboar, and the Six and Seven are just over the Head of noble Galligantus. Some Spades of ill aspect mingled with them, but the Hearts and Clubs take off their malevolent Quality.
Folly. Go then, my Friends, secure of Fame and Conquest, The Oracles pronounce it.
Ha! what Noife?
A great Noife ..
Enter a Messenger out of Breath
Mess. Ah, Madam ! you are lost! —
~all-conquering Jack with his Retinue has broke into your Palace—
—behold 'em here -
Enter Jack and his Party, they throw down the Table, Cups, Cards, &c.
Jack. Fall on, my Friends.
Jack the Gyant-killer: A comic-tragical Farce of One Act. 1730
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=S...859-1#PPA15,M1
"At the Little Haymarket (Henry) Fielding was enjoying the continuing success of
The Author's Farce, which had premiered on 30 March 1730. The play initially received only a lukewarm reception, but after being paired with
Tom Thumb on 1 May 1730, both went on to create a sensation. By 23 June Fielding was ready with another play,
Rape Upon Rape, whose failure certainly disappointed the company. Losing no time, the Little Harmarket company promptly tried a new afterpiece, the anonymous
Jack the Giant Killer, along with
The Fair Penitent. The farce shared the fate of
Rape Upon Rape and died after only two performances.
Summer Theatre in London 1661-1820 and the Rise of the Haymarket Theatre by William J. Burling p.95
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=J...hl=en#PPA95,M1
7 July 1730 at the Little Haymarket Theatre
Jack the Giant Killer
Anonymours. Farce; afterpiece.
Printed for J. Roberts (1730)
A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737 by William J. Burling p.136:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1...JCPo#PPA136,M1
I had posted this in another thread:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.p...0&postcount=35
Then thought it would of interest here too
Kwaw
