MAGIC
A FANTASTIC COMEDY
G.K. ChestertonFrom a photograph
MAGIC
A FANTASTIC COMEDY
BY
G.K. CHESTERTON
G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1913
Copyright, 1913
BY
G.K. CHESTERTON
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
| THE CHARACTERS |
| The Duke |
| Doctor Grimthorpe |
| The Rev. Cyril Smith |
| Morris Carleon |
| Hastings, the Duke's Secretary |
| The Stranger |
| Patricia Carleon |
| The action takes place in the Duke's Drawing-room. |
NOTE
This play was presented under the management ofKenelm Foss at The Little Theatre, London, onNovember 7, 1913, with the following cast:
| The Stranger | Franklin Dyall |
| Patricia Carleon | Miss Grace Croft |
| The Rev. Cyril Smith | O.P. Heggie |
| Dr. Grimthorpe | William Farren |
| The Duke | Fred Lewis |
| Hastings | Frank Randell |
| Morris Carleon | Lyonel Watts |
THE PRELUDE
Scene: A plantation of thin young trees, in a mistyand rainy twilight; some woodland blossom showingthe patches on the earth between the stems.
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