The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-13
SWEET AMY ROBSART
LIVES AGAIN TONIGHT

This evening the Neill company will
present the four-act romantic drama,
Amy Robsart." The play is a drama
TIA uon of SCOTS novel, 'Kenilworth,
and lin general follows very closely the
story OF the book. although the char
acters of Michael Lambourne and
Wayland Smith in the novel are
merged in the one character of
Wayland Lambourne in the play. The
Countess Amy in the play is not muir
dered, but instead, the villain, Richard
Varney, is hurled to death through the
zap which he had des. gned for his vic
tim.
me scene opens in the tavern of old
Giles Goslin, where Lambourne on a
drunken wager. proposes to discover
! the secret of Conner Castle and the
mysterious prisoner. The second scene
/ is laid in Conner Castle, and where
Edward Tress .lian. who has accom-
panied Lambourne finds his former
sweetheart. Amy Robsart. for whom
/ he has been searching, kept there in Sc
clusion by the Earl of Leicester. to
whom she Is secretly married. Then
comes the sudden arrival of Richard
Varney his quarrel and duel with Tres
7
cester's arrival and interview with
Amy, his hasty departure when Varney
warns him of his danger; Varney's at
tack on Amy and her rescue by Lam
bourne. The close of the first act finds
Tressilian on his way to the home OF
Sir Hugh Robsart. Amy's father. and
Leicester Fastening to the court OF
Queen Elizabeth to parry the attack
L. 10.
The second act opens in Queen Eliza
beth's throne room. Tressilian who be-
lieves that varney is the villain who
has wronged Amy. has made charge
TO this effect to the queen. Varney. TO
prevent the exposure of his master $
marriage, pleads guilty. His cunning
fiattery wins his forgiveness by the
queen, but places Leicester in the posi-
ton of being favored sutton for the
fand of his sovereign. In this position
the Earl dares not avow his marriage
to another; to avoid exposure Varney
plots to poison Amy. The second scene
shows the old inn, where Tressilian is
planning to rescue Amy. In the thlrd
scene Varney forces Amy to take pois-
on he has prepared, and fees to Leiees-
terss castle of Kenilworth. Amy's life
is saved by an antidote which. Lam
bourne. disguised as a peddler, induces
her to take. The fourth scene shows
the postern gate by moonlight, and
Amy's fight to Kenilworth.
The third act shows the Earl OF Lei
& cester's castle of Kenilworth with
Queen Elizabeth and all her train on
visit 10 the Earl: he has arranged
royal reception for his sovereign.
The fourth act shows Amy in Var
news power at Conner castle, his fiend-
ish plot for her destruction, Leicester
timely arrival and Varney's terrible
death. The play ends with Amy safe
in her husbands arms, her trials are
|. at an end acknowledged before all the
/ world as the Countess of Leicester his
lawful wife.
Mr.. James Neill as Leicester. is sale
to present a finished, courtly inter
probation. Handsome. graceful and dis
tinguished, he adds another to his Ions
list of triumphs.
. AS a scenic production Amy Rob
sart'' is said to rank as one of the bes
the Nefll company has ever presented
: The old inn, the interior of CONNER
Castle the throne room of Queen Eliza
: beth. Kenilworth Castle. Conner Tow
! ers and the moonlight scene of the OLD
! postern gate are fine examples of scenic
art.