Produced at the Gaiety Theatre, London, on February 3rd. 1900, under the Management of Mr. George Edwardes.

THE MESSENGER BOY

Dramatis Personæ

HOOKER PASHA (Commissioner of the Nile) Mr. Harry Nicholls
COSMOS BEY (Agent to Hooker Pasha) Mr. E. J. Lonnen
CLIVE RADNOR (a Queen's Messenger) Mr. L. Mackinder
CAPTAIN POTT (of the "S.S. Shark") Mr. Fred. Wright, Jun.
PROFESSOR PHUNCKWITZ (a German Egyptologist) Mr. Willie Warde
COMTE LE FLEURY Mr. Robert Nainby
MR. TUDOR PYKE (a Financier) Mr. John Tresahar
LORD PUNCHESTOWN (Governor of El Barra) Mr. William Wyes
CAPTAIN NAYLOR (of the P. and O. "S.S. Sirdar") Mr. Harry Grattan
MR. GASCOIGNE (an Amateur Journalist) Mr. A. Hatherton
PURSER Mr. J. Thompson
MR. TROTTER Mr. F. Standen
TOMMY BANG (a District Messenger) Mr. Edmund Payne
NORA (Lady Punchestown's Step-daughter) Miss Violet Lloyd
DAISY DAPPLE (a Lady Journalist) Miss Grace Palotta
MRS. BANG (Tommy's Mother) Miss Connie Ediss
LADY PUNCHESTOWN (a Leader of London Society) Miss Maud Hobson
ISABEL BLYTH Miss Rosie Boote
LADY WINIFRED Miss Margaret Fraser
CECILIA GOWER Miss Maie Saqui
ROSA (Lady Punchestown's Maid) Miss Katie Seymour

Synopsis of Scenery

ACT I -  Scene 1 -   Hotel de Luxe, Thames Embankment.
  -  Scene 2 -   Brindisi.
ACT II -  Scene 1 -   Cairo.
  -  Scene 2 -   Up the Nile.
  -  Scene 3 -   El Barra.

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