THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR***
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THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR
A Play in Three Acts
by
BAYARD VEILLER
London, Samuel French, Ltd.
1922
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THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR
Produced at The Duke of York's Theatre, London, on October the 16th, 1917, with the following cast of characters:--
ROSCOE CROSBY Mr. Charles Rock WILLIAM CROSBY Mr. Lionel Belcher EDWARD WALES Mr. Yorke Stephens BRADDISH TRENT Mr. Dennis Wyndham HOWARD STANDISH Mr Vane Sutton-Vane PHILIP MASON Mr. Arthur Finn POLLOCK Mr Charles Bishop INSPECTOR DONOHUE Mr. James Carew SERGEANT DUNN Mr. Frank Harris DOOLAN Mr. Denham Charles HELEN O'NEILL Miss Hilda Bayley MRS. CROSBY Miss Dorothy Hammon MARY EASTWOOD Miss Margaret Moffat HELEN TRENT Miss Ethel Carrington ELIZABETH ERSKINE Miss Grace Darby GRACE STANDISH Miss Gladys Maude MME. ROSALIE LA GRANGE Mrs. Patrick Campbell
The scene throughout the play is the Italian Room in Roscoe Crosby's House, New York. The time is evening. The second act takes place ten minutes later than the first and the third act half an hour later than the second.
[Illustration]
THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR
ACT I
_The_ SCENE _is the Italian Room in_ ROSCOE CROSBY'S _Home in New York. It is a handsome room. A plan of the setting will be found at the end of the play. As the curtain rises_ Miss HELEN O'NEILL _and_ WILLIAM CROSBY _are discovered standing_ R.C. _They are in each other's arms, and the rising curtain discloses them as they kiss. The window blinds are drawn._
HELEN. I love you so.
WILLIAM. You are the most wonderful thing in all the world.
(_She gives a little laugh and moves away from him a step right_.)
HELEN. I can't believe it.
WILLIAM. That I love you?
HELEN. Oh, no, I'm sure of that.
