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THE GREAT FREEHOLDER^[1]

A THREE ACT DRAMA

Translated from the Bohemian by Beatrice M. Mekota

Cast

Dr. Ludvik Svoboda, A great freeholder
Klementina, His wife
Anezka	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Their children
Filipina
Jaroslav
Count Mitrovec of Mitrov
Baron Siegdorf
Jiri Prokop, A journalist from Prague
Waldemar Scheffel				$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Manufacturers
Josef Kytka
Max Neufeld, An officer in a bank
Aron Lewi, A money loaner
Broz, Treasurer at the estate
Skala, A farmer
Prouza	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Their children
Cerny
Valtera
Prochazka		$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Public Commisioners
Dub
Cizek, Clerk
Mrs. Hromadka
Servant

Scene laid in a castle in eastern Bohemia, year 1872

ACT I

A salon in a castle with a balcony at one end, and doors at the sides.