HOBSON'S CHOICE

A Lancashire Comedy in Four Acts

BY

HAROLD BRIGHOUSE



_Hobson's Choice_ was originally produced in America. Its
first English production took place on June 22, 1916, at the
Apollo Theatre, London, with the following cast:

ALICE HOBSON . . . . . . . . _Miss Lydia Bilbrooke_.
MAGGIE HOBSON . . . . . . . . _Miss Edyth Goodall_.
VICKEY HOBSON . . . . . . . . _Miss Hilda Davies_.
ALBERT PROSSER . . . . . . . . _Mr. Reginald Fry_.
HENRY HORATIO HOBSON . . . . . . _Mr. Norman McKinnel_.
MRS. HEPWORTH . . . . . . . . _Miss Dora Gregory_.
TIMOTHY WADLOW (TUBBY). . . . . . _Mr. Sydney Paxton_.
WILLIAM MOSSOP . . . . . . . . _Mr. Joe Nightingale_.
JIM HEELER . . . . . . . . . _Mr. J. Cooke Beresford_.
ADA FIGGINS . . . . . . . . . _Miss Mary Byron_.
FRED BEENSTOCK . . . . . . . . _Mr. Jefferson Gore_.
DR. MACFARLANE . . . . . . . . _Mr. J. Fisher White_.

The play produced by MR. NORMAN McKINNEL.

_The_ SCENE _is Salford, Lancashire, and the period is