Galsworthy Plays — Second Series — No. 1
Contents:
The Eldest Son
The Little Dream
Justice
The Eldest Son
By John Galsworthy
Persons of the Play
SIR WILLIAM CHESHIRE, a baronet
LADY CHESHIRE, his wife
BILL, their eldest son
HAROLD, their second son
RONALD KEITH(in the Lancers), their son-in-law
CHRISTINE (his wife), their eldest daughter
DOT, their second daughter
JOAN, their third daughter
MABEL LANFARNE, their guest
THE REVEREND JOHN LATTER, engaged to Joan
OLD STUDDENHAM, the head-keeper
FREDA STUDDENHAM, the lady’s-maid
YOUNG DUNNING, the under-keeper
ROSE TAYLOR, a village girl
JACKSON, the butler
CHARLES, a footman
Time: The present. The action passes on December 7 and 8 at the Cheshires’ country house, in one of the shires.
Act I Scene I. The Hall; Before Dinner. Scene II. The Hall; After Dinner
Act II. Lady Cheshire’s Morning Room; After Breakfast
Act III. The Smoking-Room; Tea-Time
A night elapses between Acts I. and II.