Anne [reading as she writes]. "Anne, my dearest.... I am on the train ... broken, shattered.... Why have you done this to me ... why have you darkened the sun ... and put out the stars ... put out the stars?... Give me another chance, Anne.... I will make good.... I promise you.... For God's sake, Anne, don't shut me out of your life utterly.... I cannot bear it.... I...."
[The Curtain
has fallen slowly as she writes.]
THE SHEPHERD IN THE DISTANCE
A Pantomime
By Holland Hudson
Copyright, 1920, by Frank Shay.
All rights reserved.
The Shepherd in the Distance was first produced by the Washington Square Players, at the Bandbox Theatre, New York City, on the night of March 26, 1915, with the following cast:
| The Princess | Frances Paine. |
| The Attendant | Beatrice Savelli. |
| The Shepherd | Robert Locher. |
| The Wazir | Arvid Paulson. |
| The Vizier | John Alan Houghton. |
| Ghurri-wurri [the Beggar] | Harry Day. |
| The Goat | E. J. Ballantine. |
| Slaves of the Princess { | Josephine Niveson. |
| Edwina Behre. | |
| The Maker of Sounds | Robert Edwards. |
Produced under the direction of William Pennington. Scenes and costumes designed
by Robert Locker.