Her Own Way

Her Own Way, by Clyde Fitch

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Title: Her Own Way A Play in Four Acts
Author: Clyde Fitch
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HER OWN WAY

[Illustration: Macmillan Logo]

Her Own Way
A PLAY IN FOUR ACTS
By
CLYDE FITCH
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK MCMVII LONDON:
MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. ALL
RIGHTS RESERVED.
Set up and electrotyped. Published April, 1907.
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Fitch. Performances forbidden and right of representation reserved.
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Transcriber's Note: various printer's errors--typos and missing
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TO MAXINE ELLIOTT AND EVERYTHING IS SAID! C.F. 1907

HER OWN WAY
ACT I. THE PLAYROOM.
Ten days elapse.
ACT II. THE DRAWING-ROOM.
Eight months elapse.
ACT III. GEORGIANA'S ROOM.
Four weeks elapse.
ACT IV. THE DRAWING-ROOM.
PLACE--NEW YORK.

THE PEOPLE IN THE PLAY
GEORGIANA CARLEY. MRS. CARLEY Her step-mother. MRS.
STEVEN CARLEY Her sister-in-law, born "Coast," and daughter of
Mrs. Carley by a former marriage. PHILIP } CHRISTOPHER }
Children of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Carley. TOOTS } ELAINE From next
door. LIZZIE Mrs. Carley's maid. MISS BELLA SHINDLE "The Lady
Hair-dresser." LIEUTENANT RICHARD COLEMAN. SAM COAST

Louise Carley's own cousin. STEVEN CARLEY Georgiana's brother.
MOLES Butler to the Carleys. A FOOTMAN At the Carleys.

Produced at the Star Theatre, Buffalo, September 24, 1903, and on
September 28, 1903, at the Garrick Theatre, New York, with the
following cast:--
Georgiana Carley Miss Maxine Elliott Mrs. Carley Miss Eva Vincent
Mrs. Steven Carley Miss Nellie Thorne Philip Master Donald Gallaher
Christopher Miss Beryl Morse Toots Miss Mollie King Elaine Miss
Marie Hirsch Lizzie Miss Susanne Perry Miss Bella Shindle Miss
Georgie Lawrence Lieutenant Richard Coleman Mr. Charles Cherry
Sam Coast Mr. Arthur Byron Steven Carley Mr. R.C. Herz Moles Mr.
Francklyn Hurleigh Footman Mr. B.M. Parmenter

Produced at the Lyric Theatre, London, in May, 1905, and afterward at
the Savoy Theatre, London, with the following cast:--
Georgiana Carley Miss Maxine Elliott Mrs. Carley Mrs. Fanny
Addison Pitt Mrs. Steven Carley Miss Nellie Thorne Philip Master
Donald Gallaher Christopher Miss Beryl Morse Toots Miss Mollie
King Elaine Miss Marie Hirsch Lizzie Miss Susanne Perry Miss Bella
Shindle Miss Georgie Lawrence Lieutenant Richard Coleman Mr.
Charles Cherry Sam Coast Mr. James Carew Steven Carley Mr. R.C.
Herz Moles Mr. Francklyn Hurleigh Footman Mr. B.M. Parmenter

ACT I
The nursery. Half-past two in the afternoon. A cool, delightful white
room, with a frieze of children playing in the ocean spray; shelves of
bright-colored books on the walls, and the months of a large calendar
by Elizabeth Shippen Green framed underneath. There is a deep
bow-window at the back; the principal door is at the Left, and a
smaller one on the Right. Toys of all sizes, for all ages, are scattered

about with a holiday air. There is a sofa on the Right and a hobby
horse on the Left.
There are four charming though somewhat spoiled children, with
intermittent manners, with napkins tied up under their chins, sitting
around the table, which is a little to the right of the centre of the room.
The FOOTMAN is busy removing the plates; the butler, MOLES, who
stands behind PHILIP, always takes PHILIP'S plate. It is PHILIP'S
birthday.