BY THE SAME AUTHOR
NOVELS:
REGIMENT OF WOMEN FIRST THE BLADE LEGEND
PLAY:
A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
WILL SHAKESPEARE
AN INVENTION IN FOUR ACTS
BY
CLEMENCE DANE
‘There’s a divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough-hew them how we will.’
Shakespeare.
| THE PEOPLE OF THE PLAY |
| As they appear. |
Anne Hathaway. |
| Will Shakespeare. |
| Mrs. Hathaway. |
| Henslowe. |
| A Child. |
| Players. |
| Queen Elizabeth. |
| Mary Fitton. |
| Kit Marlowe. |
| Stage Hands. |
| A Boy. |
| A Landlord. |
| A Man. |
| Another Man. |
| A Girl. |
| A Street Hawker. |
| A Page. |
| Soldiers, Attendants, etc. |
[ACT I.] —A Cottage in Stratford.
[ACT II.] —Ten Years Later—
Scene 1. A Room in the Palace. [Scene 2]. Three Months Later— the First Night of “Romeo and Juliet.”
[ACT III.] —
Scene 1. A Month Later—Shakespeare’s Lodging. [Scene 2]. The Same Night—A Room at an Inn.
[ACT IV.] —The Next Day—A State Room in the Palace.
The Play was first acted at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on November 17th, 1921, by the Reandean Company, with the following cast:—
| WILL SHAKESPEARE | Mr. Philip Merivale |
| ANNE | Miss Moyna Macgill |
| Mrs. HATHAWAY | Miss Mary Rorke |
| HENSLOWE | Mr. Arthur Whitby |
| QUEEN ELIZABETH | Miss Haidee Wright |
| MARY FITTON | Miss Mary Clare |
| KIT MARLOWE | Mr. Claude Rains |
A CHILD ACTOR | Master Eric Spear |
| A SECRETARY | Mr. Arthur Bawtree |
| A STAGE HAND | Mr. Gilbert Ritchie |
| A BOY | Master Spear |
| A LANDLORD | Mr. Ivor Barnard |
| A LADY-IN-WAITING | Miss Joan Maclean |
Shadows in Act I. | |||
| Ophelia | Miss Lennie Pride | Shylock | Mr. Gilbert Ritchie |
| Desdemona | Miss Gladys Jessel | Clown | Mr. Ivor Barnard |
| Othello | Mr. Herbert Young | Hamlet | Mr. Neil Curtis |
| Queen Margaret | Miss Flora Robson | Caesar | Mr. Arthur Bawtree |
| Prince Arthur | Mr. Eric Crosbie | Cleopatra | Miss Mai Ashley |
| Rosalind | Miss Phyllis Fabian | King Lear | Mr. Fred Morgan |
The Three Fates | { Miss Nora Robinson | ||
| { Miss Gladys Gray | |||
| { Miss Beatrice Smith | |||
Strolling Players, Beefeaters, Stage Hands,
Drinkers, Court Attendants, etc.
The Production by BASIL DEAN.
The Music by THOMAS WOOD.
Designs for the Scenery and Dresses by GEORGE HARRIS.