Christopher Sly by Giovacchino Forzano (19 November 1884 ? 28 October 1970) translated by H. B. Cotterill and starring Matheson Lang (May 15, 1879 ? April 11, 1948). First produced at the New Theatre in London (now known as The Noel Coward Theatre) on 31st August 1921. Sly, in the blue cloak, has been taken from Shakespeare?s ?The Taming of the Shrew?. He still drinks too much, but becomes a tragic figure, when, given a nobleman?s clothes and admitted to court, he kills himself because he cannot stand the mockery. The artist is Charles Buchel (1872?1950).