Palace, Frome

Advertised in the Somerset Standard, 23 January 1920 as ‘For Adults Only’. The cast was Private Walter Newton, the lover, Alfred D. Adams; Lieut. Dennis Allan, in love with Ethel, Frank W. Fenn; Gerald Blake, a man of the world, N. A. Langlois; John Chalmers, just a man, Conrad Clerke; Martha Chalmers, his Wife, Louis Adams; Ethel Chalmers, his daughter, Hilda de Pass; Mrs. O’Goblin, a good old soul, Audrey Canning; Jimmy O’Goblin, her son, Allan Carruthers; the Chaplain of the Hospital, Claude Macdonald; Eileen, the unmarried mother, Betty Emery; The Baby, by himself. Scene 1, a room in Chalmer’s house, London, her secret discovered. Scene 2, near the docks, Porthampton, too late to be married. Scene 3, Mrs. O’Goblin’s cottage, Porthampton, working for herself and child. Short Interval. Scene 4, a room in Chalmer’s house, London, the wickedness of men. Scene 5, a street in London, news of her lover. Scene 6. A Hospital in London, are they married???’.