TO KIRAH MARKHAM
"Legend" was first produced, under the title, "My Lady's Mirror," at the Liberal Club, in 1915, with the following cast:
He …………… Clement Wood
She…………… Kirah Markham
A small room with a little table in the centre, and a chair on either side of it. At the back is the embrasure of a French window opening on a balcony. In another wall is the outer door. The room is lighted by tall candles. There is an image of the Virgin in a niche in the corner.
HE. (a cloaked figure, standing with hat and stick in one hand and holding in the other a large square parcel) First of all, I have a present for you.
SHE. (where she has just risen when he entered) A present! Oh, thank you, Luciano!
HE. It is not me you have to thank for this present! (He puts it on the table.) It is some one else. I am only the bearer.
SHE. Who can it be? Who would send me a present?
HE. What a question, Donna Violante! Not a man in Seville, not a man in
Spain, but would send you gifts if he dared. It is not "Who would?" but
"Who could?"
SHE. No man, as you know, Luciano, has that right.