Poems Dramatic and Lyrical, 1911. A fewremaining copies can be had from Hendersons
The Poetasters of Ispahan. A Comedy in Verse1912. (Out of print.)Goschen
A House of Words (Poems)Blackwell 5s
Twenty-five Chinese Poems, paraphrased byClifford Bax. Second Edition Revised and EnlargedHendersons 1s
Friendship (An Essay) Batsford 3s
Antique Pageantry: Four Plays in verse (includingThe Poetasters). (In the Press)
BY
CLIFFORD BAX
LONDON: HENDERSONS
66 Charing Cross Road, W.C.
1920
To
H. F. RUBINSTEIN
This play was first performed at Farthingstone onJune 19th, 1919, by Phyllis Reid (Hilda Gray) andMargot Sieveking (Gioconda), having been written attheir request.
CHARACTERS.
Hilda | A Modern Girl. |
Gioconda | A Fifteenth Century Venetian. |
SCENE.
A Garden. Entrance right and left. Left, a table and twochairs. (The general effect should suggest a little lawn whichleads outward in several directions.)
The arrival of a taxicab is heard, off. Enter left, Hildain summer hat and dress and with a light cloak on her arm.She carries a folding-map and a small book.
Hilda (speaking off, left).
What's that? As certain as your name's Joe Billings
The taximeter points at fifteen