Lady Audley's Secret
Lady Audley's Secret
Author: Colin Hazlewood
First Performance: 1863, London
Published: 1863
Genre: Drama in 2 acts
Setting: Audley House and its grounds, and the Castle Inn, 1863
Cast: 4m, 3f, extras
The 24-year-old Lady Audley, formerly the governess to Sir Michael Audley, is now happily married to her elderly employer. Her ‘secret’ is that some years previously she married George Talboys, who went off to India to make his fortune. When she heard nothing from him, she pretended to die so that she could begin a new existence. Her present prosperity is jeopardized by the return of her husband George, the friend of Sir Michael's nephew Robert. When George threatens to denounce her as a bigamist, she hits him over the head and throws him down a well. A drunken lout Luke Marks witnesses the crime...
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