Alas! Poor Yorick!

A mentally deranged sanatorium patient imagines that he is the world's greatest actor.

Cast

Wheeler Oakman

as Real Montgomery Irving

Tom Santschi

as Deranged Actor

Lillian Hayward

as Ophelia Jones

Hobart Bosworth

as The Theatre Manager

John Lancaster

Frank Clark

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

as Player in Female Costume

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