Chapter I: Act III: Evening

SCENE I. The Hammam of Mansur’s Harim.

II. A Street before the Mosque of the Carpenters. (_Same
as Act I., Scene I._)

_The scene is laid in the Baghdad of the “Arabian Nights.”_

_The action takes place from morning to night._

CAST OF THE PLAY

AS PRODUCED AT THE GARRICK THEATRE, LONDON, 19TH APRIL, 1911

MEN

HAJJ Oscar Asche
THE MUEZZIN Alfred Bristowe
THE IMAM MAHMUD Charles A. Doran
A MUFTI Arthur Trantom
THE GUIDE NASIR R. Ian Penny
THE SHEIKH JAWAN Caleb Porter
THE BEGGAR KASIM Tripp Edgar
AMRU Athol Forde
ZAYD R. F. Anson
THE CALIPH ABDALLAH Ben Webster
THE WAZIR ABU BAKR Ewan Brooke
THE WAZIR MANSUR Herbert Grimwood
KAFUR George Relph
AFIFE A. Winspeare
CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH D. Atherton
AN ATTENDANT OF MANSUR H. Franklin
A BLIND MAN E. Adeney
A CHINAMAN Gordon Harker
A CHAMBERLAIN OF THE CALIPH G. Fitzgerald
THE GAOLER KUTAYT J. Fritz Russell

WOMEN

MARSINAH Lily Brayton
NARJIS Bessie Major
KABIRAH D. England
THE ALMAH Nancy Denvers
MISKAH Muriel Hutchinson
KUT-AL-KULUB Saba Raleigh

BEFORE THE CURTAIN

THE MAN Ernest Leeman
THE WOMAN Dorothy Moulton
THE STORY TELLER Ewan Brooke
THE JUGGLER E. Selton
THE DANCER Nancy Denvers

The Play produced by OSCAR ASCHE
The Music composed by CHRISTOPHER WILSON
The Costumes designed by PERCY ANDERSON

CAST OF THE PLAY

AS PRODUCED AT THE KNICKERBOCKER THEATRE, NEW YORK, 25TH DECEMBER, 1911

MEN

HAJJ Otis Skinner
THE MUEZZIN T. Tamamoto
THE IMAM MAHMUD Del de Louis
A MUFTI John Webster
THE GUIDE NASIR Sydney Mather
THE SHEIKH JAWAN Sheridan Block
THE BEGGAR KASIM Macey Harlan
AMRU Daniel Jarrett
ZAYD Harrison Carter
AMRU’S APPRENTICE Gregory Kelly
THE CALIPH ABDALLAH Fred Eric
THE WAZIR ABU BAKR Henry Mitchell
THE WAZIR MANSUR Hamilton Revelle
KAFUR George Relph
AFIFE Bennett Kilpack
CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH Richard Scott
AN ATTENDANT OF MANSUR William Lorenz
A CHAMBERLAIN OF THE CALIPH Thomas Audley
THE GAOLER KUTAYT Martin Sanders

WOMEN

MARSINAH Rita Jolivet
NARJIS Georgia Woodthorpe
KABIRAH Amelia Barleon
THE ALMAH Violet Romer
MISKAH Merle Maddern
KUT-AL-KULUB Eleanor Gordon

BEFORE THE CURTAIN

THE MAN Ernest Leeman
THE WOMAN Roma Devonne
THE STORY TELLER Mervyn Rentoul
THE JUGGLER Youna
THE DANCER Violet Romer

The Play produced by HARRISON GREY FISKE
The Music composed by WILLIAM FURST
The Costumes designed by PERCY ANDERSON

NOTES

The exclamation “Yehh!” which occurs in the play, is an Arab cry of surprise; the exclamation “Awah!” or “Wah!” a cry of grief, synonymous with “Alas!” In both cases the final “h” is pronounced gutturally, something like the “ch” in the German “Ach!” or Scotch “Och!”

The rhymed prose which occurs in moments of emotion is a peculiarity of Arab speech and literature. There are endless examples of it in Burton’s “Arabian Nights.”

In addressing a person, “O” is always used as “O Hajj.” If “O” is left out it is the sign of deliberate insult. This “O” is not emphasised except when expedient.

KISMET