Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Samuel French I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU A LIGHT COMEDY NOEL COWARD "I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU" A LIGHT COMEDY IN THREE ACTS BY NOEL COWARD SAMUEL FRENCH LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO SYDNEY HOLLYWOOD [The following text concerning the copyright and royalties was printed at the beginning of the book. It is included here for historical interest only. (note of transcriber)] Copyright 1920 by Samuel French Ltd _This play is fully protected under the copyright laws of the British Commonwealth of Nations, the United States of America, and all countries of the Berne and Universal Copyright Conventions._ _All rights are strictly reserved._ _It is an infringement of the copyright to give any public performance or reading of this play either in its entirety or in the form of excerpts without the prior consent of the copyright owners. No part of this publication may be transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, manuscript, typescript, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Copyright owners._ SAMUEL FRENCH LTD. 26 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND, LONDON, WC2, or their authorized agents, issue licences to amateurs to give performances of this play on payment of a fee. The fee must be paid, and the licence obtained, before a performance is given. Licences are issued subject to the understanding that it shall be made clear in all advertising matter that the audience will witness an amateur performance; and that the names of the authors of plays shall be included in all announcements and on all programmes. The royalty fee indicated below is subject to contract and subject to variation at the sole discretion of Samuel French Ltd. Fee for each and every performance by amateurs Code H in the British Isles In territories overseas the fee quoted above may not apply. A quotation will be given upon application to the authorized agents, or direct to Samuel French Ltd. ISBN 0 573 01199 0 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. Noël Coward_. JOYCE } { _Miss Moya Nugent_. DANIEL DAVIS (Her Brother) _Mr. E. Holman Clark_. MRS. CROMBIE _Miss Lois Stuart_. FAITH CROMBIE _Miss Esmé Wynne_. GRIGGS (Butler) _Mr. David Clarkson_.