admit the failure. Then suddenly a wild enthusiasm broke loose and
lasted several minutes. According to the regulations--unique in
Europe--of the Royal Theatre, the curtain may not be raised for
any author or actor except at a jubilee. The public, however,
refused to leave the theatre till the manager had escorted Mr.
Kamban to the dais in front of the curtain, and there he expressed
his thanks to the audience.

After four months in Copenhagen, "Hadda Padda" toured the
Scandinavian Countries, and preparations were being made for its
production in Germany, when the war broke out, and the German
theatres were indefinitely closed to foreign dramatists. That is
why, two years ago, he came to America.

K.




CHARACTERS

SKULI, the town judge.
LADY ANNA, his wife.
HRAFNHILD, called HADDA PADDA; KRISTRUN; their daughters.
LITTLE SKULI, their grandson.
RANNVEIG, Hadda Padda's nurse.
THE SHERIFF OF BREIDABOL.
LADY MARGARET, his wife.
INGOLF, law student; OLOF; their children.
STEINDOR, Olof's husband, the sheriff's secretary.