An incident in the First Act was suggested by George Eliot’s Novel “Silas Marner.”
CHARACTERS.
| Sir Jasper Combe, a Royalist Colonel | Mr. Howe. | |||
| Dan’l Druce | Mr. Hermann Vezin. | |||
| Reuben Haines, a Royalist Sergeant | Mr. Odell. | |||
| Geoffrey Wynyard, a Merchant Sailor | Mr. Forbes Robertson. | |||
| Marple | Mr. Braid. | |||
| Joe Ripley, a Fisherman | Mr. Weathersby. | |||
| Sergeant | } | Of the Parliamentary | { | Mr. C. Allbrook. |
| Soldier | } | Army | { | Mr. Fielder. |
| Dorothy | Miss Marion Terry. | |||
The First Act is supposed to take place shortly after the Battle of Worcester.
An interval of fourteen years between the First and Second Acts.
ACT I.
A RUINED HUT ON THE NORFOLK COAST.
ACT II.
DAN’L DRUCE’S FORGE.
ACT III.