By Harold Brighouse

Previous

Hobson's Choice was originally produced in America. Its first English production took place on June 22, 1916, at the Apollo Theatre, London, with the following cast:

ALICE HOBSON . . . . . . . . Miss Lydia Bilbrooke.
MAGGIE HOBSON . . . . . . . . Miss Edyth Goodall.
VICKEY HOBSON . . . . . . . . Miss Hilda Davies.
ALBERT PROSSER . . . . . . . . Mr. Reginald Fry.
HENRY HORATIO HOBSON . . . . . . Mr. Norman McKinnel.
MRS. HEPWORTH . . . . . . . . Miss Dora Gregory.
TIMOTHY WADLOW (TUBBY). . . . . . Mr. Sydney Paxton.
WILLIAM MOSSOP . . . . . . . . Mr. Joe Nightingale.
JIM HEELER . . . . . . . . . Mr. J. Cooke Beresford.
ADA FIGGINS . . . . . . . . . Miss Mary Byron.
FRED BEENSTOCK . . . . . . . . Mr. Jefferson Gore.
DR. MACFARLANE . . . . . . . . Mr. J. Fisher White.

The play produced by MR. NORMAN McKINNEL.

The SCENE is Salford, Lancashire, and the period is 1880.

ACT I. Interior of HOBSON'S Shop in Chapel Street.
ACT II. The same scene.
ACT III. WILL MOSSOP'S Shop.
ACT IV. Living-room of HOBSON'S Shop.


CONTENTS

PUBLISHER'S NOTE.

HOBSON'S CHOICE

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

ACT IV


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Clyx.com


Top of Page
Top of Page