The Prime Minister

by Hall Caine

CHARACTERS

The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Temple
Lord Burnley
Mr. Dundas
Sir Richard Carfax
Mr. Hallam
Sir Malcolm Clark
Lady Dorothy Nugent
Peggy, seven years of age
Galloway
Doctor Gottfried Schiller
Mrs. Schiller
Friedrich Schiller
Otto Schiller, twenty years of age
Dr. Hoffmann
Freda Michel
Margaret Schiller

Secretaries of the Minister, Compatriots
of the Schiller family

SCENES

PROLOGUE

Residence of the Minister

FIRST ACT

Apartment of Dr. Schiller in Soho Square

SECOND ACT

Residence of the Minister

THIRD ACT

Apartment of Dr. Schiller in Soho Square

FOURTH ACT

Residence of the Minister

A period of one month is supposed to pass between the Prologue and Act I, and of two months between Acts II and III. The action of the rest of the play is continuous. Therefore in performance it is desirable that Acts I and II and Acts III and IV should be played without intervals.

To avoid offence the time of the play is assumed to be in the future.

CAST AT FIRST PERFORMANCE

ROYALTY THEATRE, MARCH 30, 1918

Management—Messrs. Vedrenne
and Eadie

Sir Robert Temple Lord Burnley Mr. Dundas Sir Richard Carfax Mr. Hallam Sir Malcolm Clark Galloway Dr. Gottfried Schiller Friedrich Schiller Otto Schiller Dr. Hoffmann Lady Dorothy Nugent Peggy Mrs. Schiller Freda Michel Margaret Schiller

Mr. C.M. Hallard Mr. Vincent Sternroyd Mr. Howard Sturge Mr. H.A. Young Mr. Ernest Ruston Mr. Allan Jeayes Mr. Gilbert Porteous Mr. Henry Vibart Mr. A.B. Imeson Mr. Wilfred Fletcher Mr. Arthur Ewart Miss Joy Chatwyn Miss Vesta Sylva Mrs. A.B. Tapping Miss D. Holmes-Gore Miss Ethel Irving

Produced by—Mr. Wilfred Eaton