Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google Books Transcriber's Note: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=UM85AAAAMAAJ&printsec 2. The "[P]" sequences represent the Pilcrow character. [Illustration: _Miss Nance O'Neil_ _From a Sketch by J. J. Hazelton_] FIRES OF ST. JOHN A DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS FROM THE GERMAN OF HERMANN SUDERMANN _Author of "Magda," "The Joy of Living," "Sodom's End," Etc._ AS PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE AMERICAN STAGE IN BOSTON ON JANUARY TWENTY-FIRST NINETEEN HUNDRED & 4 Translated and Adapted by CHARLES SWICKARD BOSTON, JOHN W. LUCE and COMPANY, 1904 COPYRIGHT NOTICE and WARNING This play is fully protected by the copyright law, all requirements of which have been fully complied with. In its present form it is dedicated to the reading public only, and no performance may be given without the permission of the publishers, owners of the acting rights. [P] Copyright, 1903, by Charles Swickard. [P] Copyright, 1904, by John W. Luce and Company. [P] All rights reserved. PUBLISHERS' NOTE [P] This translation and adaptation of "Johannisfeuer" was made by special permission from Herr Sudermann, and is the only authorized English version. * * * * * [P] By arrangement with the publishers, Miss Nance O'Neil, who first produced this play in English, as here given, will continue to use Mr. Swickard's adaptation exclusively. FIRES OF ST. JOHN WAS FIRST PRESENTED IN ENGLISH, IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ON JANUARY TWENTY-FIRST, 1904, WITH THE FOLLOWING CAST * * * * * Mr. Brauer Mr. George C. Staley Mrs. Brauer Mrs. Charles W. Brooks Gertrude Miss Blanche Stoddard George Von Harten Mr. E. J. Ratcliffe An old Gypsy Woman Miss Ricca Allen Haffner Mr. Norwell McGregor Mr. Paul Mr. Frederick Sullivan Katie Miss Fannie Cannon and Marie Miss Nance O'Neil CAST OF CHARACTERS