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Title: Judith

Author: Arnold Bennett

Release Date: July 1, 2004 [EBook #12794]

Language: English

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_NOVELS_

A MAN FROM THE NORTH
ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS
LEONORA
A GREAT MAN
SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE
WHOM GOD HATH JOINED
BURIED ALIVE
THE OLD WIVES' TALE
THE GLIMPSE
THE ROLL CALL
HELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND
CLAYHANGER
HILDA LESSWAYS
THE CARD
THE REGENT
THE PRICE OF LOVE
THESE TWAIN
THE LION'S SHARE
THE PRETTY LADY

_FANTASIES_

THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL
THE GATES OF WRATH
THERESA OF WATLING STREET
THE LOOT OF CITIES
HUGO
THE GHOST
THE CITY OF PLEASURE

_SHORT STORIES_

TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS
THE GRIM SMILE OF THE FIVE TOWNS
THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS

_BELLES-LETTRES_

JOURNALISM FOR WOMEN
FAME AND FICTION
HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR
THE TRUTH ABOUT AN AUTHOR
MENTAL EFFICIENCY
HOW TO LIVE ON TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY
THE HUMAN MACHINE
LITERARY TASTE
FRIENDSHIP AND HAPPINESS
THOSE UNITED STATES
PARIS NIGHTS
MARRIED LIFE
LIBERTY
OVER THERE: WAR SCENES
THE AUTHORS CRAFT
BOOKS AND PERSONS
SELF AND SELF-MANAGEMENT

_DRAMA_

POLITE FARCES
CUPID AND COMMONSENSE
WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS
THE HONEYMOON
THE TITLE
THE GREAT ADVENTURE
MILESTONES (In Collaboration with Edward Knoblock)

_In Collaboration with Eden Phillpotts_

THE SINEWS OF WAR: A ROMANCE
THE STATUE: A ROMANCE

*JUDITH*

A PLAY IN THREE ACTS

_Founded on the apocryphal book of "Judith"_

BY

ARNOLD BENNETT

LONDON

1919

_First published April 30, 1919_

NOTE

This play was presented for the first time at the Devonshire Park
Theatre, Eastbourne, on Monday, April 7th, 1919, with the following
cast:

Judith LILLAH MCCARTHY
Haggith ESME HUBBARD
Rahel MADGE MURRAY
Ozias CAMPBELL GULLAN
Holofernes CLAUDE KING
Bagoas ERNEST THESIGER
Achior