First produced at the Apollo Theatre, London, some time during 1908.

BUTTERFLIES

Dramatis Personæ

MAX RIADORE   (a Professional Vocalist) Mr. Hayden Coffin
CHRISTOPHER PODMORE   (a Colonial Broker) Mr. Fred Edwards
YARKER   (his Chauffeur) Mr. Lauri de Freece
GILBERT   (a Poet) Mr. John Bardsley
PAUL   (a Student from Brittany) Mr. Willie Warde
PETER   (the Young Man without a Penny) Mr. Kenna Lawson
ALPHONSO   (an Art Student) Mr. Mansell Stringer
WIDGERY BLAKE   ("Puck") Mr. Louis Bradfield
ELSIE PODMORE   (Christopher Podmore's daughter) Miss Iris Hoey
NORA PODMORE   (Christopher Podmore's wife) Miss Stella St. Audrie
LALAGE   (an Art Student) Miss Lucie Caine
MYRA   ("The Chatelaine") Miss Jessie Lonnen
SALOME   (a Model) Miss Gladys Soman
RHODANTHE   ("The Witch") Miss Ada Reeve

Synopsis of Scenery

ACT I -   Entrance Hall of a Château in France.
ACT II -   A Boudoir in the Château.
ACT III -   The same Scene as Act I.

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