Cairo (The Play Pictorial volume 39) The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Shayle Gardner as the Sultan, Oscar Asche as Ali Shar, Courtice Pounds as Abu, Miss Lily Brayton as Sharazad, Julian Cross as Abu Shamah, Conway Dixon as Al Khasib, Norman Harle as Abdullah, Frank Cochrane as Wei San Wei and Gracie Leigh as Wei Wa Shi. 15.10.1921