_JACK STRAW_ _JACK STRAW_ _A FARCE_ _In Three Acts_ _BY W. S. MAUGHAM_ _LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN_ _MCMXII_ _Copyright, London William Heinemann, 1912_ This play was produced at the Vaudeville Theatre on March 26, 1908, with the following cast: JACK STRAW CHARLES HAWTREY COUNT VON BREMER H. R. HIGNETT MARQUESS OF SERLO LOUIS GOODRICH REV. LEWIS ABBOTT CHARLES TROODE AMBROSE HOLLAND EDMUND MAURICE MR. PARKER-JENNINGS ROBERT WHITE, JUNR VINCENT PARKER-JENNINGS PERCY R. GOODYER HEAD WAITER VINCENT ERNE SERVANT NORMAN WRIGHTON LADY WANLEY VANE FEATHERSTONE ETHEL PARKER-JENNINGS DAGMAR WIEHE ROSIE ABBOTT MONA HARRISON MRS. WITHERS JOY CHATWYN MRS. PARKER-JENNINGS LOTTIE VENNE _JACK STRAW_ _CHARACTERS_ JACK STRAW Mr. PARKER-JENNINGS Mrs. PARKER-JENNINGS VINCENT ETHEL AMBROSE HOLLAND LADY WANLEY LORD SERLO COUNT ADRIAN VON BREMER HORTON WITHERS Mrs. WITHERS The Rev. LEWIS ABBOTT ROSIE ABBOTT Waiters at the Grand Babylon Hotel and Footmen at Taverner, the Parker-Jennings’ place in Cheshire TIME: _The Present Day_ ACT I--_The Lounge of the Grand Babylon Hotel_ ACTS II and III--_The Parker-Jennings’ place in Cheshire_ _The Performing Rights of this play are fully protected, and permission to perform it, whether by Amateurs or Professionals, must be obtained in advance from the author’s Sole Agent, R. Golding Bright, 20 Green Street, Leicester Square, London, W.C., from whom all particulars can be obtained._ JACK STRAW THE FIRST ACT SCENE: _The lounge and winter garden of the Grand Babylon Hotel. There are palms and flowers in profusion, and numbers of little tables, surrounded each by two or three chairs. Several people are seated, drinking coffee and liqueurs. At the back a flight of steps leads to the restaurant, separated from the winter garden by a leaded glass partition and swinging doors. In the restaurant a band is playing._ _Two or three waiters in uniform are standing about or serving customers._