Produced at the St. James's Theatre, London, on December 29th, 1881 with the following cast:--
| The Rev. Paul Dormer | Mr. Hare |
| Lieutenant Thorndyke | Mr. Kendal |
| Gilbert Hythe | Mr. T. N. Wenraan |
| Gunnion | Mr. Macintosh |
| Izod Haggerston | Mr. T. W. Robertson |
| Fell | Mr. Martin |
| Robjohns, Junior | Mr. Brandon Thomas |
| The Representative of the "Pagley Mercury " | Mr. Steyne |
| Kate Verity | Mrs. Kendal |
| Christiana Haggerston | Miss Ada Murray |
| Felicity Gunnion | Miss Stella Brereton |
| Villagers. |
Scene:—The exterior of a decayed, weatherbeaten, Elizabethan 'mansion, overgrown with ivy and autumn-tinted creeper. On the R., the lower part of a tower, square or circular. Facing the audience, about five feet from the ground, a door opening into the tower, the entrance proper to the house. This door leads out on to a stone terrace, which is run off the stage R., and which terminates R. C., in a few broken and irregular steps. At the foot of the steps, C., of stage, an old halting stone. Below the terrace, R., a wooden garden seat. On the R., of garden seat, a small rustic table, on which is a work-basket with materials for needlework. At back, up stage, the house runs from R., to L., In R., corner, a piece of broken stonework, almost concealed by ivy, forming a footing to gain a broad beam which runs about twelve feet from the ground, from R., to L., Above the beam, two substantial casement windows, R., c. and L., Below the beams, R., C., a window, and on the L. a large archway, with broken iron gates leaning against its walls. Through the