WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR _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 ESMÉ HUBBARD Rahel MADGE MURRAY Ozias CAMPBELL GULLAN Holofernes CLAUDE KING Bagoas ERNEST THESIGER Achior GEOFFREY DOUGLAS Chabris E.H. PATERSON Charmis FEWLASS LLEWELLYN Ingur FREDERICK VOLPE Messenger FELIX AYLMER Soldier CLIFFORD MOLLISON Attendant EDWIN OXLEE The play was produced by WILFRED EATON CHARACTERS _Hebrews_ JUDITH HAGGITH, her waiting-woman RAHEL OZIAS, Governor of Bethulia CHABRIS, an elder CHARMIS, an elder A SOLDIER A MESSENGER _Assyrians_ HOLOFERNES, General of the Assyrian armies BAGOAS, his chief eunuch ACHIOR, a captain INGUR, a soldier AN ATTENDANT ON BAGOAS ACT I _A street in the city of Bethulia_. ACT II SCENE I. _The valley near the Assyrian camp. Time, morning; two days later_. SCENE II. _The tent of Holofernes. Time, later, the same morning_. SCENE III. _The same. Time, the same night_. ACT III SCENE I. _Same as Act I. Time, later, the same night._ SCENE II. _The same. Time, the next day_. ACT I