Photograph of a scene from the play 'A Scrap of Paper' that was performed on two occasions at Balmoral Castle, once on the 24th October 1893 and again on the 30th October 1893. On the left, the Honourable Mary Hughes as Suzanne de Ruseville, tries to wrestle a shotgun out of the hands of Baron de la Glaciere played by Arthur Bigge, who is wearing gaiters and a large moustache.

'A Scrap of Paper' was adapted by John Palgrave Simpson (1807-87) and was originally written by the French Playwright, Victorien Sardou. Other performers in the tableau included Princess Beatrice (1857-1944), Queen Victoria's youngest daughter and Princess Aribert of Anhalt. The play centres on Louise, Baroness de la Glaciere and her lover Prosper Couramont. Charles Wilson was the youngest son of George Washington Wilson who was Photographer to the Queen in Scotland. Charles succeeded his father George as photographer at Balmoral in 1887, the year prior to George Washington Wilson's retirement.