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