May 10th and 13th 1905.
| A YOUNG SYRIAN CAPTAIN | — | MR. HERBERT ALEXANDER. | |
| PAGE OF HERODIAS | — | MRS. GWENDOLEN BISHOP. | |
| FIRST SOLDIER | — | MR. CHARLES GEE. | |
| SECOND SOLDIER | — | MR. RALPH DE ROHAN. | |
| CAPPADOCIAN | — | MR. CHARLES DALMON. | |
| JOKANAAN | — | MR. VINCENT NELLO. | |
| NAAMAN, THE EXECUTIONER | — | MR. W. EVELYN OSBORN. | |
| SALOMÉ | — | Miss MILLICENT MURBY. | |
| SLAVE | — | Miss CARRIE KEITH. | |
| HEROD | — | MR. ROBERT FARQUHARSON. | |
| HERODIAS | — | Miss LOUISE SALOM. | |
| TIGELLINUS | — | MR. C.L. DELPH. | |
| SLAVE | — | Miss STANSFELD. | |
| FIRST JEW | — | MR. F. STANLEY SMITH. | |
| SECOND JEW | — | MR. BERNHARD SMITH. | |
| THIRD JEW | — | MR. JOHN BATE. | |
| FOURTH JEW | — | STEPHEN BAGEHOT | |
| FIFTH JEW | — | FREDERICK LAWRENCE. |
Scene—THE GREAT TERRACE OUTSIDE THE PALACE.
SCENE.—A great terrace in the Palace of Herod, set above the banqueting-hall. Some soldiers are leaning over the balcony. To the right there is a gigantic staircase, to the left, at the back, an old cistern surrounded by a wall of green bronze. Moonlight.
THE YOUNG SYRIAN
How beautiful is the Princess Salomé to-night!
THE PAGE OF HERODIAS
Look at the moon! How strange the moon seems! She is like a woman rising from a tomb. She is like a dead woman. You would fancy she was looking for dead things.
THE YOUNG SYRIAN