National Republican., 1882-07-08
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The Play which VIII Create the Most I'm
tereat Next Season.

tcrcat Next SenNOu.
This play which has met with such phenom-
email success in London, will bo the greatest at.
traction in this country next season, having been
secured by Mr.. Sam Colville exclusively. Frank
Farrell will be associated with Mr.. Colville, and
have the active management of the piece, which
will be well mounted, and will be interpreted by
first-class company. Tho plot Is as follows:
The story opens with delightful rural picture--the
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barrassed and Is in the power of an adyenturer
Philip Rddieu De1by has pretty sister, Rdte, who
unfortunate artist OF gentle birth and noble in
stncts. RddleD striving to gain position In So
ciely persnedes John DENLY to accept him es "a a
till, threatened by Radiey with exposure,
he II, yields. Prompted by Rgdley, the
| scene compels the young artist TO avow his mar.
rage with RJe. Incidently in the first act there
| is introduced one lpWidDi Mcguire, an agrarian
| agitator, who for misdeeds bad been ordered
away by DENLY. Mcguire pleads for his home in
behalf OF sick wife, but Denly is ine3oraole.
Mcguire threatens II his wife dies ne VIII nave
life for life. In the second act we find Waller Le
and his wife, to whom n child has been born,
| struggling for bread in miserable London lodg-
| ing They are very poor, but happy. Rddley dis
covers their abode, and plots with DENLY to steal
the child, so as to induce Kate to desert her nus
band. The child is stolen, and the discovery of
the robbery leads to very exciting scene between
| Lee and D,nby The latter attempts TO use n
| knife on Ice, who In defending himself accident
| ally WOuuuS MS DrOtncr"ln-laW. Ice, nOtrlHeu,
| rushes for surgical assistance, and during his abb
sence, Mcguire, who, driven to desperation by the
| death OF his wife, Is now socialist appears upon
| the scene aud murders DENLY. Rdd!eH who wit
nesses the deed. allows Mcguire to escape and fixes
the crime on Lee, who is arrested, tried aud con-
| victed. The third act shows the walls of the
prison. Mcguire promises to assist Kate in releas-
| Ing her husband. The walls OF the prison become
transparent and Lee is seen in his cell. Kate tells
| him Of q chance of escape If he obeys a certain
| signal. Mcguire aud his companions place an in
| fernal machine against the prison walls and an
explosion takes place. The walls are shattered
and Lee after desperate struggle with the prison
| guards, escapes. Iii the fourth act-the stable
| yard Of Joe Gallon, u trainer of race horses-the
| young artist is next seen as stable
| man. Some years have elapsed, and nothing has
| been heard of him since the escape. RddLep has
| consigned the stolen child to Gallon as drudge
| Lee is drawn toward the child, and III an .un-
| guarded moment dscoses himself TO Rddtey, who
puts the police OH his track as an escaped convict
In the yard stands Comet, the iayOrite race no. sc
| Lee leaps OH the flyer and quickly effects his
escape, greatly to the chagrin OF Rdopey The last
act occurs in the drlwiug-room of an heiress who
| has befriended Kate. Mcguire in tile meantime
dying, has confessed his crime and the disclosures
of confederates lead to a restoration OF the child
| Rddicy, who has never ceased to hunt down Lee
is at last entanged i'll the meshes of the law and
arrested for forgery and murder. Kate Is restored
| to her husband aud child and gains possession o.
her brothers property which had been ursurped
| by RdOiey. The whole being Taken from Life.