A Satire
By Alice Gerstenberg


Copyright, 1916, by Alice Gerstenberg.
All rights reserved.

The Pot Boiler was first produced by the Players' Workshop, Chicago, Ill., on the night of November 20th, 1916, with the following cast:

Thomas Pinikles Sud [the playwright]William Ziegler Nourse.
Wouldby [the novice]Morton Howard, Jr.
Mr. Ivory [the financier]Henry Ryan.
Mr. Ruler [the hero]Donovan Yeuell.
Miss Ivory [the heroine]Caroline Kohl.
Mr. Inkwell [the villain]H. C. Swartz.
Mrs. Pencil [the woman]Anna Buxton.

The Pot Boiler is published for the first time. The editors are indebted to Miss Gerstenberg for permission to include it in this volume. The professional and amateur stage rights on this play are strictly reserved by the author. Applications from amateurs to produce the play should be addressed to Norman Lee Swartout, 24 Blackburn Road, Summit, N. J. Professionals should address Miss Alice Gerstenberg, 539 Deming Place, Chicago, Ill.


THE POT BOILER

A Satire

By Alice Gerstenberg