Chapter I: 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._

Ophelia Miss Lennie Pride
Desdemona Miss Gladys Jessel
Othello Mr. Herbert Young
Queen Margaret Miss Flora Robson
Prince Arthur Mr. Eric Crosbie
Rosalind Miss Phyllis Fabian
Shylock Mr. Gilbert Ritchie
Clown Mr. Ivor Barnard
Hamlet Mr. Neil Curtis
Caesar Mr. Arthur Bawtree
Cleopatra Miss Mai Ashley
King Lear Mr. Fred Morgan
{ Miss Nora Robinson
The Three Fates { 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.