A One-Act Play By Lewis Beach Copyright, 1914, by Emmet Lewis Beach, Jr. (Note--The author acknowledges indebtedness to "The Least of These," by Donal Hamilton Haines, a short story which suggested the play.) "The Clod" was produced by the Washington Square Players, under the direction of Holland Hudson, at the Bandbox Theatre, New York City, beginning January 10, 1916. In the cast, in the order of their appearance, were the following: MARY TRASK. Josephine A. Meyer THADDEUS TRASK. John King A NORTHERN SOLDIER. Glenn Hunter A SOUTHERN SERGEANT. Robert Strange A SOUTHERN PRIVATE. Spalding Hall The Scene was designed by John King. "The Clod" was subsequently revived by the Washington Square Players at the Comedy Theatre, New York City, beginning June 5, 1916. In this production Mary Morris played the part of Mary Trask. Later it was presented in vaudeville by Martin Beck, opening at the Palace Theatre, New York City, August 21, 1916, with the following cast: MARY TRASK. Sarah Padden THADDEUS TRASK. John Cameron A NORTHERN SOLDIER. Glenn Hunter A SOUTHERN SERGEANT. Thomas Hamilton A SOUTHERN PRIVATE. Gordon Gunnis "The Clod" was first produced by the Harvard Dramatic Club, in March, 1914, with the cast as follows: MARY TRASK. Christine Hayes THADDEUS TRASK. Norman B. Clark A NORTHERN SOLDIER. Dale Kennedy A SOUTHERN SERGEANT. James W. D. Seymour DICK. Richard Southgate THE CLOD CHARACTERS THADDEUS TRASK MARY TRASK A NORTHERN SOLDIER A SOUTHERN SERGEANT DICK SCENE: The kitchen of a farmhouse on the borderline between the Southern and Northern states. TIME: Ten o'clock in the evening, September, 1863. The back wall is broken at stage left by the projection at right angles of a partially enclosed staircase, four steps of which, leading to the landing, are visible to the audience. Underneath the enclosed stairway is a cubby-hole with a door; in front of the door stands a small table. To the left of this table is a kitchen chair. A door leading to the yard is in the centre of the unbroken wall back; to the right of the door, a cupboard, to the left, a stove. In the wall right are two windows. Between them is a bench, on which there are a pail and a dipper; above the bench a towel hanging on a nail, and above the towel a double-barrelled shot-gun suspended on two pegs. In the wall left, and well down stage, is a closed door leading to another room. In the centre of the kitchen stands a large table; to the right and left of this, two straight-backed chairs. The walls are roughly plastered. The stage is lighted by the moon, which shines into the room through the windows, and a candle on table centre. When the door back is opened, a glimpse of a desolate farmyard is seen in the moonlight.