HOME WHAT'S NEW BIOGRAPHY FILMOGRAPHY PHOTOS ROBERT MONTGOMERY PRESENTS RADIO DAYS BOB AT HOME BOB'S BEWITCHING DAUGHTER PRINT THE LEGEND BRIGHT LIGHTS OF BROADWAY LEADING LADIES THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY WANTED PAGE LINKS GUESTBOOK CONTACT THE WEBMASTER |
THE MASK AND THE FACE | ||||||||||
A comedy in three acts by Chester Baily Fernald, adapted from the Italian, "La Maschera E Il Volto," by Luigi Chiarelli. Produced by Brock Pemberton at the Bijou Theatre, New York, September 10, 1924. | |||||||||||
Cast of characters: Adele Thatcher-Shreve...A Girl John Robert...A Boy Lumsden Hare...Pier Zanotti Charles Hampden...Judge Ugo Praga Beatrice Miles...Wanda Borelli Frederic Monti...Luigi Bunghi Ann Winston...Nina Zanotti Horace Braham...Georges Almaire Edith Campbell Walker...Delia Fanbri Austin Fairman...Franco Spina Catherine Willard...Savina Grazia William Faversham...Count Mario Grazia Ashton Tonge...Andrea Maud Durand...Teresa Robert Montgomery...Tito |
|||||||||||
Acts I, II and III.--A Great Room in the House of count Mario Grazia on the shore of Lake Como. | |||||||||||
Synopsis: Having sworn that he would kill any wife who deceived him, the Count Grazia is forced to make good when he discovers the Countess entertaining a gentleman friend in her rooms. The Count attempts to strangle the Countess, but thinks better of it and sends her away. He tells his friends, however, that he has killed her and thrown her body in the lake. Which leads to a comic funeral and the wife's return, veiled, to watch herself buried. After which she proves her innocence and wins back the Count. |
|||||||||||
From The Best Plays of 1924-1925 by Burns Mantle. |