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"The Shaming of the Shrews"

Or

The Conquest of Atlantis.

Each item, of any tale is
To be read cum grano salis.

—P. MacGill.

A Shrewd conception of life on this little world of ours in 1950.

Ridiculous, senseless, idiotic,—but laughable.

Perpetrators.—P. Grey, H. H. Daniell, P. B. Broad and A. E. Caddick.

Libretto by M. Maeterlinck.

Sparklingwit by G. K. Chesterson.

Sundries by W. S. Gilbert, Oscar Wilde and other minor stars.

Cast of Characters :

F. M. B. Disher	Signor Emilio Caruso
(That's why his head was chopped off)
Wom Tilford	Mr. "Pip" Powell
B. C. Dates	Mr. D. C. Bates
Mrs. Spankhurst	Miss Dorothea Baird
Miss Desperado	Miss Lily Brayton
(Hee! Hee !! Hee !!!)
P. K. Dicken	Mr. G. S. Titherage
(You won't recognise him)
Lady Slender	Miss Titell Brune
(Sh! Is Mr. Baeyertz present ?)
Sir Robert Stay-out	Mr. Beerbohm Tree
(What a head he'll have to-morrow)
Rev. A. W. H. Compton	Mr. Julius Knight
(Quite right! Quite right!)
Professor von Zedlitz	Mr. Cyril Maude
Hughie Mack	Mr. Boucicault
(If you can)
Newsboys, actresses, chorus girls, panto, girls, flappers, and ballet dancers.