Chapter I: Front Matter

HE WHO GETS SLAPPED

_Photograph by Francis Bruguierre_

A SCENE FROM THE THEATRE GUILD PRODUCTION]

He Who Gets Slapped

A PLAY IN FOUR ACTS

BY LEONID ANDREYEV

TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

GREGORY ZILBOORG

NEW YORK

BRENTANO'S

Publishers

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY BRENTANO'S

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY THE DIAL PUBLISHING COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

_Printed in the United States of America_

The first regular production of HE in English was by The Theatre Guild on January 9, 1922, at the Garrick Theatre, New York. The original cast was as follows:

_Tilly_ } { Philip Leigh
_Polly_ } _Musical Clowns_ { Edgar Stehli

_Briquet, Manager of the Circus_ Ernest Cossart
_Mancini, Consuelo's Father_ Frank Reicher
_Zinida, a Lion Tamer_ Helen Westley

_Angelica_ } _Trapeze Performers_ { Martha Bryan Allen
_Estelle_ } { Helen Sheridan

_Francois_ Edwin R. Wolfe
_HE_ Richard Bennett
_Jackson, a Clown_ Henry Travers
_Consuelo, the Equestrian Tango Queen_ Margalo Gillmore
_Alfred Bezano, a Bareback Rider_ John Rutherford
_Baron Regnard_ Louis Calvert
_A Gentleman_ John Blair
_Wardrobe Lady_ Kathryn Wilson
_Usher_ Charles Cheltenham
_Conductor_ Edwin R. Wolfe
_Pierre_ Philip Loeb
_A Sword Dancer_ Renee Wilde
_Ballet Master_ Oliver Grymes

{ Vera Tompkins
{ Anne Tonnetti
_Ballet Girls_ { Marguerite Wernimont
{ Frances Ryan

_Actresses in Circus Pantomime_ { Adele St. Maur
{ Sara Enright

_Thomas, a Strong Man_ Dante Voltaire
_A Snake Charmer_ Joan Clement
_A Contortionist_ Richard Coolidge
_A Riding Master_ Kenneth Lawton
_A Juggler_ Francis G. Sadtler

_Acrobats_ { Sears Taylor
{ Luigi Belastro

_Stage Manager_, Philip Loeb _Ass't Stage Manager_, Oliver Grymes

_Produced under the direction of_ ROBERT MILTON

_Settings and Costumes by_ LEE SIMONSON

"Stage, screen, and amateur rights for the translation and the
original play in all English-speaking countries are owned and
controlled by The Theatre Guild, 65 West 35th St., New York City.
No public readings or performances may be given without their
written consent."