Booth Tarkington, Harry Leon Wilson
The Man from Home
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066242923
Table of Contents
THE MAN FROM HOME
By
BOOTH TARKINGTON
AND
HARRY LEON WILSON
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SCENES IN THE PLAY
New York and London
Harpers and Brothers Publishings
Published 1908
TO
WILLIAM HODGE
ORIGINAL CAST OF CHARACTERS
in
THE MAN FROM HOME
by
BOOTH TARKINGTON and HARRY LEON WILSON
PRESENTED UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF LIEBLER & CO.
AT THE
STUDEBAKER THEATRE, CHICAGO
SEPTEMBER 29, 1907
WHERE IT RAN FOR A YEAR; THEN OPENED IN NEW YORK
AT THE
ASTOR THEATRE
AUGUST 17, 1908
CHARACTERS AND PLAYERS
| Daniel Voorhees Pike | William Hodge |
| The Grand Duke Vasili Vasilivitch | Eben Plympton |
| The Earl of Hawcastle | E. J. Ratcliffe |
| The Hon. Alermic St. Aubyn | Echlin P. Gayer |
| Ivanoff | Henry Harmon |
| Horace Granger-Simpson | Hassard Short |
| Ribiere | Harry L. Lang |
| Mariano | Anthony Asher |
| Michele | Antonio Salerno |
| Carabiniere | A. Montegriffo |
| Valet de Chambre | C. L. Felton |
| Ethel Granger-Simpson | Olive Wyndam |
| Comtesse de Champigny | Alice Johnson |
| Lady Creech | Ida Vernon |
TIME: THE PRESENT
PLACE: SORRENTO, SOUTHERN ITALY
ILLUSTRATIONS
"YES, SIR, DANIEL VOORHEES PIKE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, KOKOMO, INDIANA"
"THIS IS MR. ST. AUBYN"
"THE NEW CHAUFFEUR FOR THE MACHINE, FROM NAPLES"
"YOU'RE AFTER SOMETHING THERE ISN'T ANYTHING TO"
"IVAN! DON'T KILL ME!"
"MY FRIEND, THERE IS SAND IN YOUR GEAR-BOX"
The illustrations are from photographs of scenes in the play made especially for the book by Mr. Luther S. White.
CHARACTERS
MEN
DANIEL VOORHEES PIKE
Of Kokomo, Indiana
THE GRAND-DUKE VASILI VASILIVITCH
THE EARL OF HAWCASTLE
THE HON. ALMERIC ST. AUBYN
Son of Lord Hawcastle
IVANOFF
HORACE GRANGER-SIMPSON
RIBIERE
The Grand-Duke's secretary
MARIANO
Maître d'hôtel
MICHELE
A waiter
Two carabiniere
A valet de chambre
Several Sorrentine musicians and fishermen
WOMEN
ETHEL GRANGER-SIMPSON
COMTESSE DE CHAMPIGNY
LADY CREECH
Sister-in-law of Hawcastle
ACT I.—The terrace of the Hotel Regina Margherita on the cliff at Sorrento. Morning.
ACT II.—The entrance garden. Afternoon.
ACT III.—An apartment in the hotel. Evening.
ACT IV.—The terrace. Morning.
The time is the present.
The scene is Sorrento, in Southern Italy.
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THE FIRST ACT
SCENE: The terrace