THE TRUTH ABOUT BLAYDS[179]
CHARACTERS[180]
- Oliver Blayds.
- Isobel (his younger daughter).
- Marion Blayds-Conway (his elder daughter).
- William Blayds-Conway (his son-in-law).
- Oliver Blayds-Conway
Septima Blayds-Conway } (his grandchildren). - A. L. Royce.
- Parsons.
A room in OLIVER BLAYDS’ house in Portman Square.
This play was first produced at the Globe Theatre on December 20, 1921, with the following cast:
| Oliver Blayds | Norman McKinnel. |
| Isobel | Irene Vanbrugh. |
| Marion Blayds-Conway | Irene Rooke. |
| William Blayds-Conway | Dion Boucicault. |
| Oliver | Jack Hobbs. |
| Septima | Faith Celli. |
| A. L. Royce | Ion Swinley. |
| Parsons | Ethel Wellesley. |
ACT I[181]
A solid, handsomely-furnished room in a house in Portman Square—solid round table, solid writing-desk, solid chairs and sofa, with no air of comfort, but only of dignity. Over the fireplace is a painting of OLIVER BLAYDS, also handsome and dignified.... OLIVER BLAYDS-CONWAY, his young grandson, comes in with ROYCE, the latter a clean-shaven man of forty, whose thick dark hair shows a touch of grey. It is about three o’clock in the afternoon.