Scenes from Diplomacy (an 1878 English play which is a translation and adaptation by B. C. Stephenson and Clement Scott of the 1877 French play Dora by Victorien Sardou (1831 – 1908), produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, on 12 January 1878.
From 12 January 1878 to 10 January 1879 it ran on a single bill and long held a record as the only English theatre production to stay unchanged for a year. A revival opening on 8 November 1884 by the Bancrofts at The Haymarket ran for another 117 performances. Later English revivals occurred in 1893 at the Garrick, in 1913 (featuring Owen Nares and Gladys Cooper) at Wyndham's.
Madge Kendal as Dora; William Hunter Kendal (William Hunter Grimston) as Captain Beauclerc in 'Diplomacy' 1878
Marie Wilton as Countess Zicka in Diplomacy at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
Original London cast (1878)
John Clayton as Henry Beauclerc
William Hunter Kendal as Julian Beauclerc
Arthur Cecil as Baron Stein
Squire Bancroft as Count Orloff
Mr. Dean as Antoine
Madge Kendal as Dora
Effie Bancroft as Countess Zika
Roma Le Thiere as Marquise
