[AUTHOR’S NOTE]
THIS play was produced at the Lyceum Theatre on the 15th January, 1896, and was withdrawn on the 25th, the management suddenly announcing the last three nights in the morning papers of the 23d. An impression has therefore prevailed in the public mind that the piece was a great financial failure. So far was this from being the case that the receipts for the first ten nights during which it was played were more than £100 higher than the receipts for the first ten nights of my play “The Middleman,” which proved so great a financial success in England and America. The takings during the brief run at the Lyceum were as follows:—
| January 15. | £209 | 7s. | 6d. | January 21. | £ 99 | 9s. | 11d. |
| “ 16. | 128 | 9 | 3 | “ 22. | 114 | 14 | 4 |
| “ 17. | 123 | 12 | 3 | “ 23. | 121 | 18 | 0 |
| “ 18. | 203 | 5 | 5 | “ 24. | 146 | 12 | 7 |
| “ 20. | 99 | 9 | 4 | “ 25. | 231 | 7 | 0 |
The great number of sympathetic letters that I have received about the play and its cordial reception on the later nights of the run show that it created a deep impression on those who did see it, and encourage me to hope that I may introduce it again to the English public under happier auspices.
HENRY ARTHUR JONES.
[PERSONS REPRESENTED.]
| THE REVEREND MICHAEL FEVERSHAM. |
| SIR LYOLF FEVERSHAM. |
| EDWARD LASHMAR (FATHER HILARY). |
| ANDREW GIBBARD. |
| THE REVEREND MARK DOCWRAY. |
| WITHYCOMBE. |
| AUDRIE LESDEN. |
| ROSE GIBBARD. |
| MRS. CANTELO. |
| FANNY CLOVER. |
| Villagers, Congregation, Choristers, Priests. |