REPERTORY PLAYS, No. 44
THE GRAND CHAM’S DIAMOND
Entered at the Library of Congress, Washington, U.S.A.
The performing rights of this play are fully protected.
All applications for permission to perform “The Grand Cham’s Diamond” inthe British Empire (except Canada) must be addressed to Mr AllanMonkhouse, Meadow Bank, Disley, Cheshire. For permission to perform inAmerica and Canada, to The Baker International Play Bureau, 41 WinterStreet, Boston, Mass.
The fee for each and every representation of the play by amateurs in theBritish Empire (except Canada) is one guinea; in America and Canada,five dollars. These sums are payable in advance, and no performance maytake place unless a written permission has first been obtained.
The terms for performance by professionals can be ascertained onapplication.
THE GRAND CHAM’S
DIAMOND
A PLAY IN ONE ACT
BY
GOWANS & GRAY, LTD., LONDON AND GLASGOW
THE BAKER INTERNATIONAL PLAY BUREAU
BOSTON, U.S.A. 1924
Printed in Great Britain
by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh
CHARACTERS
MRS PERKINS
MR PERKINS
MISS PERKINS
A MAN IN BLACK
ALBERT WATKINS
This play was first produced at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre onSeptember 21, 1918, by Mr John Drinkwater, with the following cast:
| Mrs Perkins | . | CATHLEEN ORFORD |
| Mr Perkins | . | REGINALD GATTY |
| Miss Perkins | . | SIDNEY LEON |
| A Man in Black | . | NOEL SHAMMON |
| Albert Watkins | . | J. ADRIAN BYRNE |
THE GRAND CHAM’S DIAMOND
SCENE: A sitting-room in a small house in a London suburb. The windowis in the wall to the left of the spectator and the door in the righthalf of the back wall. The furn