THE AUTHOR

Percy MacKaye, the author of this play, was born in New York City, March 16, 1875—a son of Steele MacKaye. He graduated from Harvard with the class of 1897 and shortly afterward spent two years in Italy and at the University of Leipzig. In 1904 he joined the Cornish (New Hampshire) Colony and has since devoted himself to literary and dramatic work. He is a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

Following is a list of his published works:

The Canterbury Pilgrims: A Comedy.
The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer.
Fenris, the Wolf: A Tragedy.
Jeanne D’Arc: A Tragedy.
Sappho and Phaon: A Tragedy.
The Scarecrow: A Tragedy of the Ludicrous.
Lincoln Centenary Ode.
Mater: An American Study in Comedy.
The Playhouse and the Play. Essays.
A Garland to Sylvia: A Comedy.
Anti-Matrimony: A Satirical Comedy.
Yankee Fantasies. Five One-Act Plays.
To-Morrow. A Play in Three Acts.
Poems.
Uriel, and Other Poems.
The Civic Theatre.
Sanctuary: A Bird Masque.
A Thousand Years Ago.

Original Cast of the Play as first produced in Boston, at the Shubert Theatre, December 1, 1913

WILLIAM A. BRADY (Ltd.)

PRESENTS

A THOUSAND YEARS AGO

A Romance of the Orient

PERCY MACKAYE

“Here in China, the world lies a-dream, like a thousand

Years ago, and the place of our dreams is eternal.”

(The play is an original comedy, suggested by the Persian romance in “The Thousand and One Tales,” wherein is recited the adventures of Calaf, Prince of Astrakhan, and the beautiful Princess of China.)

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Asiatic

TURANDOT, Princess of Pekin	Rita Jolivet
ALTOUM, her father, Emperor	Frederick Warde
ZELIMA, her slave	Fania Marinoff
CALAF, Prince of Astrakhan	Jerome Patrick
BARAK, his servitor	Frank McCormack
CHANG, Eunuch	Edmund Roth

European

SCARAMOUCHE PUNCHINELLO PANTALOON HARLEQUIN	Vagabond Players from Italy	Sheldon Lewis Bennett Kilpack Allen Thomas Joseph Smith
CAPOCOMICO, their leader		H. Cooper Cliffe

Lords of the Royal Divan

Hugh Nixon, John P. Savage, Anthony Romack, Reginald Simpson

Beggars

William H. Dupont and W. Bradley Ward

Soldiers of Pekin

David Earle, Charles Muche, Thomas Edwards, Joseph Reed, Howard Jackson, Carl Textoris, Joseph Weston, James Bannister

Tea Bearers

Franklin Montgomery and John Leons

Court Attendants

Philip Sheridan and Robert W. Gest

Female Attendants

Marie Benton, Daisy Miller, Ruth Pierson, Constance Howard, Elsie Oates and Sybil Maitland

SCENES

Act I

City Gate at Pekin

Act II

Scene 1: Room in the Imperial Harem

Scene 2: Great Hall of the Emperor

Act III

Scene 1: Turandot’s Dream

(1) The Mountains

(2) A Street

Scene 2: Anteroom of the Harem

Scene 3: Calaf’s Bedchamber

Act IV

Great Hall of the Emperor. (The same as Act II, Scene 2)

Play produced under the direction of Mr. J. C. Huffman

Interpretative music composed by William Furst

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Tarkington Baker	Manager
Frederick Schader	Business Manager
Frank McCormack	Stage Director
William W. Brown W. Bradley Ward	Stage Managers
William Furst	Musical Director