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''Our Boys'' is a comedy in three acts written by Henry James Byron, first performed in London on 16 January 1875 at the Vaudeville Theatre. Until it was surpassed by the run of ''Charley's Aunt'' in the 1890s, it was the world's longest-running play, up to that time, with 1,362 performances until April 1879.〔Booth, Michael R. Review of plays by H. J. Byron including ''Our Boys'' in ''The Modern Language Review'', Vol. 82, No. 3, pp. 716-17 (July 1987; Modern Humanities Research Association)〕 Theatre owner David James (1839–93) was Perkyn in the production. The production also toured extensively.〔(Pascoe, Charles Eyre. ''Our actors and actresses. The dramatic list'', pp. 47, 61, 78, 133, 209, 244, 285, 289, and 371 )〕 The play contains the famous line, "Life’s too short for chess."〔(Image of page from the script with the quote )〕 The piece played in New York in 1875, at the New Fifth Avenue Theatre,〔(IBDB listing for the 1875 Broadway production )〕 and in 1907 at the Lyric Theatre.〔(IBDB listing for the 1907 Broadway production )〕 It also played in Philadelphia.〔(Philadelphia production mentioned )〕 Arthur Williams appeared in a 1914 London revival of the piece. ==Roles== *Sir Geoffrey Champneys (a county magnate) – William Farren Jr. *Talbot Champneys (his son, a washed-out youth) – Thomas Thorne *Perkyn Middlewick (a retired butterman) – David James *Charles Middlewick (his aristocratic-looking son) – Charles Warner *Poddles (Middlewick's butler) – W. Lestocq *Kempster (Sir Geoffrey's servant) – Mr. Howard *Violet Melrose (an heiress) – Kate Bishop *Mary Melrose (her poor cousin) – Amy Roselle *Clarissa Champneys (Sir Geoffrey's sister, an elderly spinster) – Sophie Larkin *Belinda (a lodging-house slave) – Cicely Richards 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Our Boys」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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