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Transcriber's Notes: Underscores "_" before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Equals signs "=" before and after a word or phrase indicate =bold= in the original text. Small capitals have been converted to BLOCK capitals. The play is in both prose and poetry. It alternates between the two unpredictably, (sometimes in mid-sentence).
_NOVELS_: _REGIMENT OF WOMEN_ _FIRST THE BLADE_ _LEGEND_ _PLAY_: _A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT_
[Illustration: 1921] LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
‘_There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will._’
ANNE HATHAWAY. WILL SHAKESPEARE. MRS. HATHAWAY. HENSLOWE. A CHILD. PLAYERS. QUEEN ELIZABETH. MARY FITTON. KIT MARLOWE. STAGE HANDS. A BOY. A LANDLORD. A MAN. ANOTHER MAN. A GIRL. A STREET HAWKER. A PAGE. SOLDIERS, ATTENDANTS, ETC.
ACT II.--TEN YEARS LATER-- _Scene 1_. A ROOM IN THE PALACE. _Scene 2_. THREE MONTHS LATER--THE FIRST NIGHT OF “ROMEO AND JULIET.”
ACT III.-- _Scene 1_. A MONTH LATER--SHAKESPEARE’S LODGING. _Scene 2_. THE SAME NIGHT--A ROOM AT AN INN.
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
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._