A KING’S DAUGHTER
Reading edition
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Uniform with this Volume
REYNARD THE FOX: A POEM RIGHT ROYAL: A POEM ENSLAVED, AND OTHER POEMS KING COLE, AND OTHER POEMS THE DAFFODIL FIELDS: A POEM DAUBER: A POEM GOOD FRIDAY: A PLAY IN VERSE THE FAITHFUL: A PLAY LOLLINGDON DOWNS, AND OTHER POEMS MELLONEY HOLTSPUR: A PLAY PHILIP THE KING, AND OTHER POEMS A POEM AND TWO PLAYS
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A KING’S DAUGHTER
A TRAGEDY IN VERSE
BY JOHN MASEFIELD
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TO MY WIFE
This play was performed at the Oxford Playhouse on Friday and Saturday, May 25 and 26, 1923, by the following cast of the Hill Players:
Jezebel (Queen of Samaria) Penelope Wheeler.
Rose-Flower (First Chorus) Judith Masefield.
Moon-Blossom (Second Chorus) Jean Downs.
Hamutal (the Steward’s Wife) Paulise de Bush.
A Prophet Basil Maine.
Jehu (Captain of the Horse) Ronald Hay.
Micaiah (a Seer) George G. Edwards.
Ahab (King of Samaria) Leslie Davey.
Pharmas (Court Attendant) Wilfred Messenger.
Ashobal (Court Attendant) Henry Chapin.
Naboth (a Farmer) Dudley Barlow.
Ahaziah (Crown Prince of Samaria) W. E. May.
Joram (his Younger Brother) Wilfred Howe-Nurse.
Zakkur (Jehu’s Messenger) H. G. Wakeford.
Pashur (the Bringer of the News) C. E. J. Vincent.
Zikri (Spearman) F. J. Saunders.
Kallai (Spearman) Bernard Griffiths.
Scene: The Palace in Samaria.