Night Off; or A Page From Balzac
Author: first_name: Augustin
last_name: Daly
first_name: Franz von
last_name: Schönthan
Language: English
Year: 1912

There are a number of subplots going on in this play. The Professor has unearthed a play that he wrote back in his University days. He has read it to his housekeeper while his wife was away at the expensive spa ... she disapproves of the theatre ... and said housekeeper was so fascinated by it that when a travelling dramatic troupe manager lobs into town, the Professor is receptive to the manager's manipulative and unscrupulous offer to put on his play.

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