Penelope (A Comedy in Three Acts), written W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), and producued with the director of Dion Boucicault Jr. at the Criterion Theatre, London, on 9th January 1909,

   Penelope (A Comedy in Three Acts), written by the British playwright W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), and producued with the director of Dion Boucicault Jr. at the Criterion Theatre, London, on 9th January 1909, 

   It was originally called Man and Wife and was first produced at the Comedy Theatre on Saturday, January 9, 1909, with a cast that included Marie Tempest and Graham Browne. It was later taken on tour by the Hutchinson Company, including performances at the Theatre Royal, Bath,on the 1st November 1909. The text was published by William Heinemann in the series The Plays of W.S. Maugham in 1912.

   The play was very successful when it was first produced and simple story of the stratagems that Penelope employs to regain the love of her husband, who has been having an affair with an attractive married woman. True to her namesake (Oddyeus's faithful wife), Penelope's patient sacrifice is rewarded and the husband returned.

Marie Tempest & Graham Browne in Penelope

Ethelwyn Arthur Jones

 as Peyton

Cast & Crew

Dr O’Farrell W Graham Browne

Mr Anderson J H Brewer

Mr Beadsworth Herbert Ross

Mr Davenport Barlow Eric Lewis

Mrs Ferguson Norma Whalley

Mrs Golightly Kate Bishop

Mrs Watson Mrs Charles Calvert

Penelope Marie Tempest

Peyton Ethelwyn Arthur-Jones

Professor Golightly Alfred Bishop