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The Return of the Soldier (Van Druten)

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The Return of the Soldier (1928)
by John Van Druten

Van Druten’s play was adapted from the novella of the same name by Rebecca West.

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JOHN VAN DRUTEN


THE RETURN OF THE
SOLDIER


A PLAY
in three Acts

LONDON

VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD

14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden

1928

THE RETURN OF THE SOLDIER

THE RETURN

OF THE SOLDIER


A PLAY IN THREE ACTS


by
JOHN VAN DRUTEN

adapted from Rebecca West’s novel
The Return of the Soldier

LONDON
VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD
14 Henrietta Street Covent Garden
1928

Printed in Great Britain by
The Camelot Press Ltd., London and Southampton

CHARACTERS

(In order of appearance)

JENNY

ELLEN

KITTY

MARGARET GREY

REV. FRANK BALDRY

CHRIS BALDRY

DR. GILBERT ANDERSON

MR. GREY




Scenes Act I: The Drawing-room at Baldry Court, Harrow Weald (Afternoon).
Act II: The same (The following afternoon).
Act III: The same (Afternoon. A week later).




The action passes in the spring of 1916.



This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1957, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 66 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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