THE FANATICS
A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS
BY MILES MALLESON
[Illustration]
“_I believe you’ve got to have something of a fanatic in you to
do anything worth while these days. The thing is to keep one’s
fanaticism and to keep one’s humanity._”
LONDON
ERNEST BENN LIMITED
_Bouverie House, Fleet Street_
1927
MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
_First published February 1924_
_Second Edition April 1927_
_Second Impression_ (_Second Edition_) _April 1927_
_Third Impression_ (_Second Edition_) _July 1927_
NOTE
AT the first performance of the production at the Ambassadors Theatre
several extensive cuts were made, and for particulars of these cuts for
acting purposes application should be made to the author, c/o Messrs.
Curtis Brown, Ltd., 6, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 2.
_All rights reserved._
_Application regarding performing rights should be
addressed to the author care of the publishers._
TO THOSE WHO LIKE THE PLAY
THE author desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to Mr. Harold Scott
for certain incidents and characteristics in “The Fanatics” derived
from a previously projected and abandoned collaboration.
PERSONS OF THE PLAY
MR. FREEMAN
MRS. FREEMAN
JOHN, _their son_.
GWEN, _their daughter_.
COLIN MACKENZIE
FRANCES SEWELL
MARGARET HEAL
TOBY
ROSIE
SCENE: _Mr. Freeman’s Home_.
ACT I _Downstairs_.