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Liliom

Chapter 1: CAST OF CHARACTERS
By Ferenc Molnár
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A volatile, charismatic outsider struggles with love and insecurity, whose destructive choices fracture his relationship with a devoted partner and jeopardize the child they expect. After a desperate act results in his death, he faces a bureaucratic, dreamlike vision of the afterlife and is permitted a brief return to earth to attempt a redeeming deed for his daughter. The drama alternates grounded scenes and surreal encounters across a prologue and seven scenes, meditating on love and cruelty, failed parenthood, social marginality, and the ambiguous possibility of moral restitution through a small, poignant final gesture.

L I L I O M

A LEGEND IN SEVEN SCENES
AND A PROLOGUE

BY

FRANZ MOLNAR



ENGLISH TEXT AND INTRODUCTION BY

BENJAMIN F. GLAZER

HORACE LIVERIGHT
PUBLISHER         NEW YORK

LILIOM

COPYRIGHTED, 1921, BY
UNITED PLAYS INC.

All rights reserved




First Printing, May, 1921
Second Printing, June, 1921
Third Printing, August, 1921
Fourth Printing, November, 1921
Fifth Printing, September, 1922
Sixth Printing, December, 1922
Seventh Printing, January, 1926
Eighth Printing, December, 1927
Ninth Printing, November, 1928

CAUTION—All persons are hereby warned that the plays published in this volume are fully protected under the copyright laws of the United States and all foreign countries, and are subject to royalty, and any one presenting any of said plays without the consent of the Author or his recognized agents, will be liable to the penalties by law provided. Applications for the acting rights must be made to the United Plays, Inc., 1428 Broadway, New York City.

Printed in the United States of America

As originally produced by The Theatre Guild, on the night of April 20, 1921, at the Garrick Theatre, New York City.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

(In the order of their appearance)

Marie Hortense Alden
Julie Eva Le Gallienne
Mrs. Muskat Helen Westley
“Liliom” Joseph Schildkraut
“Liliom” is the Hungarian for lily, and the slang term for “a tough”
Four Servant Girls   { Frances Diamond
Margaret Mosier
Anne de Chantal
Elizabeth Parker
Policemen   { Howard Claney
Lawrence B. Chrow
Captain Erskine Sanford
Plainclothes Man Gerald Stopp
Mother Hollunder Lilian Kingsbury
“The Sparrow” Dudley Digges
Wolf Berkowitz Henry Travers
Young Hollunder William Franklin
Linzman Willard Bowman
First Mounted Policeman Edgar Stehli
Second Mounted Policeman George Frenger
The Doctor Robert Babcock
The Carpenter George Frenger
First Policeman of the Beyond Erskine Sanford
Second Policeman of the Beyond Gerald Stopp
The Richly Dressed Man Edgar Stehli
The Poorly Dressed Man Philip Wood
The Old Guard Walton Butterfield
The Magistrate Albert Perry
Louise Evelyn Chard
Peasants, Townspeople, etc.
Lela M. Aultman, Janet Scott, Marion M. Winsten, Katherine Fahnestock, Lillian Tuchman, Ruth L. Cumming, Jacob Weiser, Maurice Somers, John Crump.
Prologue An Amusement Park on the Outskirts of Budapest
First Scene A Lonely Place in the Park
Second Scene The Tin Type Shop of the Hollunders
Third Scene The Same
Fourth Scene A Railroad Embankment Outside the City
Intermission
Fifth Scene Same as Scene Two
Sixth Scene A Courtroom in the Beyond
Seventh Scene Before Julie’s Door
Produced under the direction of FRANK REICHER
Costumes and scenery designed by LEE SIMONSON
Technical Director SHELDON K. VIELE
Scenery painted by ROBERT BERGMAN
Costumes executed by NETTIE DUFF READE
Stage Manager WALTER GEER
Assistant Stage Manager JACOB WEISER
Music arranged by DEEMS TAYLOR
Executive Director THERESA HELBURN