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| THE TIMES | |
| THE PROFLIGATE | |
| THE CABINET MINISTER | |
| THE HOBBY-HORSE | |
| LADY BOUNTIFUL | |
| THE MAGISTRATE | |
| DANDY DICK | |
| SWEET LAVENDER | |
| THE SCHOOLMISTRESS | |
| THE WEAKER SEX | |
| THE AMAZONS | |
| * | THE SECOND MRS. TANQUERAY |
| THE NOTORIOUS MRS. EBBSMITH | |
| THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT | |
| THE PRINCESS AND THE BUTTERFLY | |
| TRELAWNY OF THE “WELLS” | |
| † | THE GAY LORD QUEX |
| IRIS | |
| LETTY | |
| A WIFE WITHOUT A SMILE | |
| HIS HOUSE IN ORDER | |
| THE THUNDERBOLT | |
| MID-CHANNEL | |
| PRESERVING MR. PANMURE | |
| THE “MIND THE PAINT” GIRL | |
| * This Play can be had in library form, 4to, cloth, † A Limited Edition of this play on hand-made paper, | |
THE PINERO BIRTHDAY BOOKSelected and Arranged by MYRA HAMILTON |
THE“ MIND THE PAINT ”GIRL |
A COMEDYIn Four ActsBy ARTHUR PINERO |
| LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN MCMXIII |
Copyright 1912
by Arthur Pinero
This play was produced in London, at the Duke of York’s Theatre, on Saturday, February 17, 1912; in New York, at the New Lyceum Theatre, on Monday, September 9, 1912; and in Germany, at the Stadttheater in Mainz, on Monday, January 13, 1913
THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
| Viscount Farncombe | |
| Colonel the Hon. Arthur Stidulph | |
| Baron von Rettenmayer | |
| Captain Nicholas Jeyes | |
| Lionel Roper | |
| Sam de Castro | |
| Herbert Fulkerson | |
| Stewart Heneage | |
| Gerald Grimwood | |
| Carlton Smythe (Manager of the Pandora Theatre) | |
| Douglas Glynn, Albert Palk, Wilfrid Tavish, and Sigismund Shirley | (Actors at the Pandora) |
| Vincent Bland (A Musical Composer, attached to the Pandora) | |
| Morris Cooling (Business Manager at the Pandora) | |
| Luigi (MaÎtre d’hÔtel at Catani’s Restaurant) | |
| Waiters | |
| The Hon. Mrs. Arthur Stidulph (Formerly, as Dolly Ensor, of the Pandora Theatre) | |
| Lily Parradell | (Of the Pandora) |
| Jimmie Birch | |
| Gabrielle Kato | |
| Enid Moncrieff | |
| Daphne Dure | |
| Nita Trevenna | |
| Flo Connify | |
| Sybil Dermott | |
| Olga Cook | |
| Evangeline Ventris | |
| Mrs. Upjohn (Lily Parradell’s mother) | |
| Gladys (Lily’s parlourmaid) | |
| Maud (Lily’s maid) | |
The action of the piece takes place in London—at Lily Parradell’s house in Bloomsbury, in the foyer of the Pandora Theatre, and again at Lily’s house.
The curtain will be lowered for a few moments in the course of the Second Act.
The following advertisements are to appear conspicuously in the programme.
MIND THE PAINT (the complete song), words by D’Arcy Wingate, music by Vincent Bland, as originally sung by Miss Lily Parradell at the Pandora Theatre in the Musical Play of “The Duchess of Brixton,” may be obtained from Messrs. Church and Co. (Ltd.), Music Publishers, 181 New Bond Street.
After the Theatre. Catani’s Restaurant, 459 Strand. Best cuisine in London. Milanese Band. Private Rooms. Urbano Catani, Sole Proprietor. Tel.: 10,337 Gerrard.
