Epigraph
“THE FIRST MAN”
A PLAY IN FOUR ACTS
Characters
CURTIS JAYSON
MARTHA, his wife
JOHN JAYSON, his father, a banker
JOHN, JR., his brother
RICHARD, his brother
ESTHEE (MRS. MARK SHEFFIELD), his sister
LILY, his sister
MRS. DAVIDSON, his father’s aunt
MARK SHEFFIELD, a lawyer
EMILY, JOHN JR.’S wife
RICHARD BIGELOW
A MAID
A TRAINED NURSE
Time—The Present