The Theatrocrat: A Tragic Play of Church and Stage

TO THE GENERATION KNOCKING AT THE DOOR

INTRODUCTION WORDSWORTH'S IMMORALITY AND MINE

II HEAVEN AND HELL

III INTERLUDE

IV GOD AND SIN

PERSONS

Scene: London. Time: The Present A month elapses between the third and fourth Acts. - THE THEATROCRAT - ACT I - Scene: Sir Tristram Sumner's study in his house in Piccadilly. Sir Tristram is reading an old letter. When the door opens he puts the letter hastily in his pocket.

ACT II - Scene: The stage of the Grosvenor Theatre, set for the first act of "Troilus and Cressida." Warwick Groom as Troilus and Silas Orchard as Pandarus are seated in the entrance to Priam's castle. Each has a bottle of wine and a silver drinking-cup, and Groom is turning over a book of the play.

ACT III - Scene: Sir Tristram Sumner's Reception-room in the Grosvenor Theatre. At the back a door opens into a business-room. On the left is the Dressing-room. The entrance to the Reception-room is on the right. Hildreth is writing at a table when the act begins.

A MONTH ELAPSES - ACT IV - Scene: Sir Tristram Sumner's Reception-room in the Grosvenor Theatre, as in Act III. Hildreth is sitting at a table with letters. Enter Abbot.