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.