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To

MY MOTHER

"I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU"

Produced on Wednesday, July 21, 1920, at the New Theatre, London, with
the following Cast of Characters:--

MRS. DERMOTT _Miss Kate Cutler_.
OLIVER } { _Mr. Douglas Jefferies_.
EVANGELINE } { _Miss Muriel Pope_.
SYLVIA }(Her Children){ _Miss Stella Jesse_.
BOBBIE } { _Mr. Noel Coward_.
JOYCE } { _Miss Moya Nugent_.
DANIEL DAVIS (Her Brother) _Mr. E. Holman Clark_.
MRS. CROMBIE _Miss Lois Stuart_.
FAITH CROMBIE _Miss Esme Wynne_.
GRIGGS (Butler) _Mr. David Clarkson_.

The action of the play takes place in MULBERRY MANOR, MRS. DERMOTT'S
house, a few miles out of London.

Eighteen months elapse between acts one and two, and one night between
acts two and three.

"I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU"

_A plan of the stage of the New Theatre, London, set for the play is
given at the end of the book._

SCENE.--_The Hall of Mulberry Manor. All the furniture looks very
comfortable. Through the window can be seen a glimpse of a snowy garden;
there it a log fire. The light is a little dim, being late afternoon.
Seated on the table swinging her legs is_ JOYCE, _she is attired in a
fur coat and goloshes, very little else can be seen, except a pink
healthy looking young face._ SYLVIA _is seated on the Chesterfield_ R.
_She is twenty-one and exceedingly pretty. It is about five days before
Christmas._

JOYCE (_brightly_). My feet are simply soaking.

SYLVIA (_sewing_). Why on earth don't you go and change them? You'll
catch cold.

(BOBBIE _enters_ R. _He is a slim, bright-looking youth of twenty._)

JOYCE. I don't mind if I do. (_Laughs._) Colds are fun.

BOBBIE. She loves having a fuss made of her, beef tea--chicken--jelly
with whipped cream--and fires in her bedroom, little Sybarite.

JOYCE. So do you.

BOBBIE (_comes_ C.). No, I don't; whenever my various ailments confine
me to my bed, I chafe--positive