Front matter
Reading edition
It Pays To Advertise
A FARCICAL FACT IN THREE ACTS
BY Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett
Copyright, 1914, By Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett Copyright in Great Britain and Canada Copyright, 1917, By Samuel French
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September 8th, 1914
COHAN & HARRIS
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
A FARCICAL FACT IN THREE ACTS BY
Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett
Staged under the direction of Sam Forrest
The characters appear in the order in which they are named
ORIGINAL CAST
Mary Grayson Ruth Shepley
Johnson George Schaeffer
Comtesse de Beaurien Louise Drew
Rodney Martin Grant Mitchell
Cyrus Martin John Cope
Ambrose Peale Will Deming
Marie Cecile Bretone
William Smith Harry Driscole
Donald McChesney W. J. Brady
Miss Burke Vivian Rogers
Ellery Clark Kenneth Hill
George Bronson Sydney Seaward
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES
Act I. Library at Cyrus Martin’s.
Act II. The office of The 13 Soap Company
Act III. Same as Act I.