PERSONS OF THE PLAY

JAMES HOW, solicitor
WALTER HOW, solicitor
ROBERT COKESON, their managing clerk
WILLIAM FALDER, their junior clerk
SWEEDLE, their office-boy
WISTER, a detective
COWLEY, a cashier
MR. JUSTICE FLOYD, a judge
HAROLD CLEAVER, an old advocate
HECTOR FROME, a young advocate
CAPTAIN DANSON, V.C., a prison governor
THE REV. HUGH MILLER, a prison chaplain
EDWARD CLEMENT, a prison doctor
WOODER, a chief warder
MOANEY, convict
CLIFTON, convict
O'CLEARY, convict
RUTH HONEYWILL, a woman
A NUMBER OF BARRISTERS, SOLICITERS, SPECTATORS, USHERS, REPORTERS,
JURYMEN, WARDERS, AND PRISONERS

  TIME: The Present.

  ACT I. The office of James and Walter How.  Morning.  July.

  ACT II. Assizes.  Afternoon.  October.

  ACT III.  A prison.  December.
       SCENE I.  The Governor's office.
       SCENE II.  A corridor.
       SCENE III.  A cell.

  ACT IV.  The office of James and Walter How.  Morning.
            March, two years later.

CAST OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION

   AT THE DUKE OF YORK'S THEATRE, FEBRUARY 21, 1910

   James How           MR.  SYDNEY VALENTINE
   Walter How          MR.  CHARLES MAUDE
   Cokeson             MR.  EDMUND GWENN
   Falder              MR.  DENNIS EADIE
   The Office-boy      MR.  GEORGE HERSEE
   The Detective       MR.  LESLIE CARTER
   The Cashier         MR.  C. E. VERNON
   The Judge           MR.  DION BOUCICAULT
   The Old Advocate    MR.  OSCAR ADYE
   The Young Advocate  MR.  CHARLES BRYANT
   The Prison Governor MR.  GRENDON BENTLEY
   The Prison Chaplain MR.  HUBERT HARBEN
   The Prison Doctor   MR.  LEWIS CASSON
   Wooder              MR.  FREDERICK LLOYD
   Moaney              MR.  ROBERT PATEMAN
   Clipton             MR.  O. P. HEGGIE
   O'Cleary            MR.  WHITFORD KANE
   Ruth Honeywill      Miss EDYTH OLIVE