The Project Gutenberg eBook of Will Shakespeare: An Invention in Four Acts
Title: Will Shakespeare: An Invention in Four Acts
Author: Clemence Dane
Release date: December 17, 2015 [eBook #50712]
Most recently updated: October 22, 2024
Language: English
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
NOVELS:
REGIMENT OF WOMEN
FIRST THE BLADE
LEGEND
PLAY:
A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
WILL SHAKESPEARE
AN INVENTION IN FOUR ACTS
BY
CLEMENCE DANE
‘There’s a divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough-hew them how we will.’
Shakespeare.
| THE PEOPLE OF THE PLAY |
| As they appear. |
Anne Hathaway. |
| Will Shakespeare. |
| Mrs. Hathaway. |
| Henslowe. |
| A Child. |
| Players. |
| Queen Elizabeth. |
| Mary Fitton. |
| Kit Marlowe. |
| Stage Hands. |
| A Boy. |
| A Landlord. |
| A Man. |
| Another Man. |
| A Girl. |
| A Street Hawker. |
| A Page. |
| Soldiers, Attendants, etc. |
ACT I. —A Cottage in Stratford.
ACT II. —Ten Years Later—
Scene 1. A Room in the Palace.
Scene 2. Three Months Later—
the First Night of “Romeo and Juliet.”
ACT III. —
Scene 1. A Month Later—Shakespeare’s Lodging.
Scene 2. The Same Night—A Room at an Inn.
ACT IV. —The Next Day—A State Room in the Palace.
The Play was first acted at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on November 17th, 1921, by the Reandean Company, with the following cast:—
| WILL SHAKESPEARE | Mr. Philip Merivale |
| ANNE | Miss Moyna Macgill |
| Mrs. HATHAWAY | Miss Mary Rorke |
| HENSLOWE | Mr. Arthur Whitby |
| QUEEN ELIZABETH | Miss Haidee Wright |
| MARY FITTON | Miss Mary Clare |
| KIT MARLOWE | Mr. Claude Rains |
A CHILD ACTOR |
Master Eric Spear |
| A SECRETARY | Mr. Arthur Bawtree |
| A STAGE HAND | Mr. Gilbert Ritchie |
| A BOY | Master Spear |
| A LANDLORD | Mr. Ivor Barnard |
| A LADY-IN-WAITING | Miss Joan Maclean |
Shadows in Act I. |
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| Ophelia | Miss Lennie Pride | Shylock | Mr. Gilbert Ritchie |
| Desdemona | Miss Gladys Jessel | Clown | Mr. Ivor Barnard |
| Othello | Mr. Herbert Young | Hamlet | Mr. Neil Curtis |
| Queen Margaret | Miss Flora Robson | Caesar | Mr. Arthur Bawtree |
| Prince Arthur | Mr. Eric Crosbie | Cleopatra | Miss Mai Ashley |
| Rosalind | Miss Phyllis Fabian | King Lear | Mr. Fred Morgan |
The Three Fates |
{ Miss Nora Robinson |
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| { Miss Gladys Gray | |||
| { Miss Beatrice Smith | |||
Strolling Players, Beefeaters, Stage Hands,
Drinkers,
Court Attendants, etc.
The Production by BASIL DEAN.
The Music by THOMAS WOOD.
Designs for the Scenery and Dresses by GEORGE HARRIS.