Transcribed from the 1887 Office of "The Commonweal" edition by David
Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
THE TABLES TURNED;
or,
Nupkins Awakened
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A Socialist Interlude
BY
WILLIAM MORRIS
AUTHOR OF 'THE EARTHLY PARADISE.'
_As for the first time played at the Hall of the Socialist League on
Saturday October 15, 1887_
LONDON:
OFFICE OF "THE COMMONWEAL"
13 FARRINGDON ROAD, E.C.
1887
_All Rights Reserved_.
ORIGINAL CAST.
_DRAMATIS PERSONAE--PART I_.
Mr. La-di-da (_found guilty of swindling_) . . . H. BARTLETT.
Mr. Justice Nupkins . . . W. BLUNDELL.
Mr. Hungary, Q.C. (_Counsel for the Prosecution_) . . . W. H. UTLEY.
Sergeant Sticktoit (_Witness for Prosecution_) . . . JAMES ALLMAN.
Constable Potlegoff (_Witness for Prosecution_) . . . H. B. TARLETON.
Constable Strongithoath (_Witness for Prosecution_) . . . J. FLOCKTON.
Mary Pinch (_a labourer's wife, accused of theft_) . . . MAY MORRIS.
Foreman of Jury . . . T. CANTWELL.
Jack Freeman (_a Socialist, accused of conspiracy, sedition, and
obstruction of the highway_) . . . H. H. SPARLING.
Archbishop of Canterbury (_Witness for Defence_) . . . W. MORRIS.
Lord Tennyson (_Witness for Defence_) . . . A. BROOKES.
Professor Tyndall (_Witness for Defence_) . . . H. BARTLETT.
William Joyce (_a Socialist Ensign_) . . . H. A. BARKER.
Usher . . . J. LANE.
Clerk of the Court . . . J. TURNER.
Jurymen, Interrupters, Revolutionists, etc., etc.
* * * * *
_DRAMATIS PERSONAE.--PART II_.
Citizen Nupkins (_late Justice_) . . . W. BLUNDELL,
Mary Pinch . . . MAY MORRIS.
William Joyce (_late Socialist Ensign_) . . . H. A. BARKER.
Jack Freeman . . . H. H. SPARLING.
1st Neighbour . . . H. B. TARLETON.
2nd Neighbour . . . J. LANE.
3rd Neighbour . . . H. GRAHAM.
Robert Pinch, and other Neighbours, Men and Women.