EAST OF SUEZ

A PLAY IN SEVEN SCENES

BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1922. BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY EAST OF SUEZ. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

Daisy

George Conway

Henry Anderson

Harold Knox

Lee Tai Cheng

Sylvia Knox

Amah

Wu

The action of the play takes place in Peking

SCENES

SCENE PAGE

IA STREET IN PEKING11

IIA SMALL VERANDAH ON AN UPPER STOREY OF THE BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY'S PREMISES17

IIITHE TEMPLE OF FIDELITY AND VIRTUOUS INCLINATION37

IVTHE SITTING-ROOM IN THE ANDERSONS' APARTMENTS59

VTHE COURTYARD IN THE ANDERSONS' PART OF THE TEMPLE81

VIA SMALL ROOM IN A CHINESE HOUSE IN PEKING101

VIITHE SITTING-ROOM IN THE ANDERSONS' APARTMENTS121

EAST OF SUEZ