1942 First performed: January 16, 1899 ACT I. Griffith Davenport Mr. James A. Herne Beverly Davenport , his son Mr. Sydney Booth Roy Davenport , his son Mr. Bert Young Colonel Armour , a lawyer Mr. Newton Chisnell Hamilton Bradley Mr. Frank M. Cornell Squire Nelson Mr. Logan Paul Lengthy Patterson Mr. Robert Fischer Uncle Ned , slave of the Davenports Mr. Lawrence Merton Pete , slave of the Davenports Mr. Joseph H. Hazleton John , property of Mr. Bradley Mr. John W. Bankson Free Jim , a free nigger Mr. H. G. Carleton Free Jim's boy Master Kenneth Barnes Jack , a recent purchase of Mr. Nelson Mr. E. P. Sullivan Katharine Davenport Mrs. Herne Emma West , a young Tennessean Miss Julie A. Herne Sue Hardy , a young Virginian Miss Chrystal Herne Little Margaret , Davenport's daughter Gertrude Nelson Sallie , private property of Mrs. Davenport, and married to Mr. Bradley's John Miss Helen Robertson Mammy , Margaret's nurse Miss Mollie Revel Aunt Judy Miss Sadie Stringham Tilly , the cook Miss Lucy Nelson Dinah Miss Dorothy Thornton Lippy Jane Miss Rachel Blake The Twins , children of Pete and Tilly By the Twins Sallie's Baby by herself Major Hardy , father of Sue Mr. Thomas M. Hunter Leader of the Horsemen Mr. H. G. Carleton Oliver P. Morton , Governor of Indiana Mr. Warren Conlan General Lamoine , U.S.A. Mr. T. C. Hamilton Surgeon U.S.A. Mr. Fred Jerome Major Hunter , Chief of Engineer Corps Mr. Pierre Young Orderly Mr. Rowland Edwards Sergeant Morris Mr. C. C. Quimby Private Bates Mr. Thomas Ince Private Hoey Mr. Robert Gray Private Lang Mr. George Culver Private Stevens Mr. J. Hancock Hervey Private Alberts Mr. Howard Raleigh Mr. Monroe , old Virginian Mr. John W. Bankson Mr. Sutton , old Virginian Mr. J. B. Early A Confederate's Widow Miss Susan Goold Her Mother Mrs. Isabella Preston An Old Southern Woman Mrs. Rose Atkins ACTS II AND III. Major Hardy , father of Sue Mr. Thomas M. Hunter Leader of the Horsemen Mr. H. G. Carleton Oliver P. Morton , Governor of Indiana Mr. Warren Conlan General Lamoine , U.S.A. Mr. T. C. Hamilton Surgeon U.S.A. Mr. Fred Jerome Major Hunter , Chief of Engineer Corps Mr. Pierre Young Orderly Mr. Rowland Edwards Sergeant Morris Mr. C. C. Quimby Private Bates Mr. Thomas Ince Private Hoey Mr. Robert Gray Private Lang Mr. George Culver Private Stevens Mr. J. Hancock Hervey Private Alberts Mr. Howard Raleigh Mr. Monroe , old Virginian Mr. John W. Bankson Mr. Sutton , old Virginian Mr. J. B. Early A Confederate's Widow Miss Susan Goold Her Mother Mrs. Isabella Preston An Old Southern Woman Mrs. Rose Atkins ACT IV. Oliver P. Morton , Governor of Indiana Mr. Warren Conlan General Lamoine , U.S.A. Mr. T. C. Hamilton Surgeon U.S.A. Mr. Fred Jerome Major Hunter , Chief of Engineer Corps Mr. Pierre Young Orderly Mr. Rowland Edwards Sergeant Morris Mr. C. C. Quimby Private Bates Mr. Thomas Ince Private Hoey Mr. Robert Gray Private Lang Mr. George Culver Private Stevens Mr. J. Hancock Hervey Private Alberts Mr. Howard Raleigh Mr. Monroe , old Virginian Mr. John W. Bankson Mr. Sutton , old Virginian Mr. J. B. Early A Confederate's Widow Miss Susan Goold Her Mother Mrs. Isabella Preston An Old Southern Woman Mrs. Rose Atkins ACT V. General Lamoine , U.S.A. Mr. T. C. Hamilton Surgeon U.S.A. Mr. Fred Jerome Major Hunter , Chief of Engineer Corps Mr. Pierre Young Orderly Mr. Rowland Edwards Sergeant Morris Mr. C. C. Quimby Private Bates Mr. Thomas Ince Private Hoey Mr. Robert Gray Private Lang Mr. George Culver Private Stevens Mr. J. Hancock Hervey Private Alberts Mr. Howard Raleigh Mr. Monroe , old Virginian Mr. John W. Bankson Mr. Sutton , old Virginian Mr. J. B. Early A Confederate's Widow Miss Susan Goold Her Mother Mrs. Isabella Preston An Old Southern Woman Mrs. Rose Atkins Act I. — Virginia, April 1860. "Coming events cast their shadows" Act II. — Virginia, May 1860. The nomination of Abraham Lincoln Act III. — Virginia, November 1860. The election of Abraham Lincoln Act IV. — Washington, March 1862. An unofficial patriot Act V. — Virginia, April 1864. First scene — the Shenandoah Valley. Second scene — the next evening . SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY Act I. House and grounds of the Davenports in Virginia . Act II. and III. Griffith Davenport's study and library . There will be an intermission of four minutes only between Acts II. and III . Act IV. A room in the Davenports' Washington home. Time: March 1862. Act V. in the Valley of the Shenandoah . ACT IV. Scene 1: Interior of a room in a house in the suburbs of Washington in 1862. The house is on a supposed elevation and through the window — a large square old-fashioned window — in the center may be seen — over the landscape — the White House — and Washington Monument. There is real glass in the window panes — it is a regular March day — rain and sleet beat on the panes at intervals — the room is a sort of study, library and office combined — one or two of the most prominent pieces of furniture were seen in Act III in Virginia — but in the main the furniture is different, colder, more modern — the atmosphere of the place differs from that of the Virginia home . [ note : the Washington Monument was only partially built in '62 .] During the entire act there is heard at intervals drum corps, bands, and the noise and movement of marching men — very distant — to suggest war times in Washington in '62. All trimmings are gloss white and ornamented . A fine large engraving of Mr. Lincoln — in 1861 — in a plain walnut frame must hang so as to be seen by entire audience [ note : Governor Morton must show that the first part of this scene has no interest for him, that he is here upon an important and delicate mission, and that he is puzzled just how to lead up to it successfully, but after he has led up to it he becomes very earnest Abstractedly Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars . Griffith is smoking and talks and stops and talks to show that he and Morton are intimate and stand upon no ceremony with each other Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 85 chars . Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars . Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars . In loud whisper Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars . Gets up as child enters, talks through Mammy's scene Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars . Laughs Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars . Walks up and down, stops occasionally — sometimes with his back to audience and talks Contains 53 words in 2 sentences using 277 chars . Walks Contains 47 words in 1 sentence using 228 chars . Stops and shows a little more interest Contains 35 words in 2 sentences using 156 chars . Contains 53 words in 4 sentences using 272 chars . Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars . Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars . Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars . Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 11 chars . To Parrot Contains 43 words in 4 sentences using 207 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars . Grinning Contains 38 words in 3 sentences using 178 chars . Giving him the change in two notes Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars . Stammers Contains 55 words in 1 sentence using 253 chars . Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 115 chars . Grinning Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 82 chars . To Pete Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 97 chars . Seating himself in his own chair. Laughing Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars . Laughing Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 45 chars . Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 90 chars . Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars . Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars . Cheerily Contains 38 words in 2 sentences using 169 chars . Getting up Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 76 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars . Going to window Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars . Cheerily Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 161 chars . Quickly Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 66 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars . Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars . Contains 38 words in 2 sentences using 185 chars . Contains 54 words in 4 sentences using 237 chars . Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars . Getting up and going to window Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 143 chars . Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars . With his face to the window and his back directly on Griffith Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars . Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars . Smiling Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 74 chars . Turning around Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars . Writing Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars . Half to himself Contains 37 words in 2 sentences using 146 chars . Astonished Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars . Sitting in his chair Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars . Contains 32 words in 1 sentence using 146 chars . Takes his cigar out of his mouth Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 79 chars . Carelessly Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars . Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars . Cheerfully Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 60 chars . Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars . Smiling Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars . Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 72 chars . Contains 26 words in 5 sentences using 111 chars . Breathlessly Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars . Putting table to rights. Without turning points to L.H. door Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars . Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars . Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars . To Governor Morton Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars . Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars . Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars . Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars . Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 87 chars . Trying to be cheery. Throwing his cap on a table Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars . Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars . Enthusiastically Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars . Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 135 chars . Tentatively Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 86 chars . Wearily Contains 42 words in 5 sentences using 207 chars . To Governor Morton Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars . Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars . Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars . Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars . Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars . Reading Contains 481 words in 23 sentences using 2379 chars . Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars . Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars . Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 114 chars . Emphatically Contains 49 words in 4 sentences using 238 chars . Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 94 chars . Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars . Smiling Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars . Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 133 chars . Excitedly Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 116 chars . Contains 37 words in 2 sentences using 212 chars . Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars . Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 97 chars . Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars . Contains 76 words in 4 sentences using 368 chars . Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars . Almost resentfully Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars . Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars . Drawing his chair in front of table and sitting down again close to Griffith Contains 129 words in 8 sentences using 605 chars . With much feeling, but with great firmness Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 70 chars . Contains 47 words in 5 sentences using 222 chars . Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars . Vehemently Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 87 chars . Smiling Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars . Enthused Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 60 chars . Showing a map which he has carried in his hand. It is wrapped in a black oil cloth Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 96 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars . Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 137 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars . Slowly and impressively Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 164 chars . Who has scanned the map carefully, speaks in very positive tones Contains 200 words in 19 sentences using 966 chars . Following up his advantage Contains 46 words in 5 sentences using 218 chars . Is dazed Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars . Slowly and almost sadly Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 43 chars . Contains 35 words in 3 sentences using 165 chars . Contains 53 words in 4 sentences using 223 chars . Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 83 chars . Indignantly Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 66 chars . Quickly and pacifically Contains 52 words in 6 sentences using 274 chars . Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 99 chars . Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 89 chars . Horrified Contains 58 words in 6 sentences using 290 chars . Sternly Contains 46 words in 3 sentences using 240 chars . Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 15 chars . Refuses to take it Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars . Contains 101 words in 11 sentences using 472 chars . Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars . Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars . Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars . Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars . Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars . Partly astonished and partly disappointed that his father does not respond to the order Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars . Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars . Decisively Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars . Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars . Cheerily Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars . Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 66 chars . With more emphasis Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 80 chars . Extending the paper. Shakes his head to indicate "No" Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 65 chars . With a long breath Contains 56 words in 13 sentences using 311 chars . Hesitatingly Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars . Surprised Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars . Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars . Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars . Almost shrieks Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars . Rising and quietly taking the paper from her Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars . Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars . Slowly Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 64 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars . Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 99 chars . Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 60 chars . Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 111 chars . Indignant Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars . Astonished Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 35 chars . Indignantly Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 84 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars . Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars . Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 121 chars . Still indignant Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars . Continuing Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars . Amazed Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars . Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars . Astounded Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars . Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars . Proudly Contains 48 words in 6 sentences using 227 chars . Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 12 chars . Contains 142 words in 7 sentences using 717 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars . Contains 74 words in 6 sentences using 381 chars . Contains 52 words in 6 sentences using 255 chars . Earnestly Contains 95 words in 7 sentences using 448 chars . Contains 188 words in 15 sentences using 947 chars . Almost heart-broken Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 82 chars . Contains 38 words in 4 sentences using 210 chars . Horrified Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars . Contains 43 words in 3 sentences using 187 chars . Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars . Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars . Contains 36 words in 2 sentences using 192 chars . Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 113 chars . Going to him. Firmly Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars . Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars . Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars . Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars . Contains 88 words in 14 sentences using 425 chars . Contains 55 words in 5 sentences using 258 chars . Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars . Contains 57 words in 4 sentences using 257 chars . Seeing that argument is useless Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars . Relieved Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars . Going to her tenderly Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars . Smiling sadly Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 100 chars . Astonished Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars . Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 30 chars . Horror-stricken Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars . Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars . Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars . Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars . Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 74 chars . Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars . Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars . Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars . Contains 39 words in 2 sentences using 183 chars . Pleading Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars . Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 124 chars . Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 58 chars . Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars . As if talking from a dream or reverie. Looks at watch Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars . Contains 49 words in 4 sentences using 248 chars . Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars . Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 5 chars . Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 114 chars . Going to her Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars . Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars . Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars . Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 48 chars . Enthusiastically Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars . Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 101 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars . Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars . Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars . Stops crying, loses all interest in herself and her own trouble, frightened and anxious Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 58 chars . Tottering towards the door opposite from that which Davenport made his exit, speaks slowly, brokenly Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars . Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars . Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars . CURTAIN