Under the Gaslight
Under the Gaslight
Alternative Title: Life and Love in These Times
Author: Augustin Daly
First Performance: 1867, New York; rev. 1881
Published: 1867
Genre: Melodrama in 5 acts
Setting: New York, 1860s
Cast: 16m, 7f, 1 child (m)
The beautiful young Laura Courtland is looking forward to marriage with Captain Ray Trafford, but when he discovers that she was adopted when arrested as a child-pickpocket, he turns from her. In despair, she runs away from home and ends in court, where the villainous Byke claims to be her father. A decent one-armed ex-soldier Snorkey and a repentant Trafford intervene to prevent Byke abducting Laura to New Jersey. In the ensuing fight, Byke throws Laura in the river. She swims to safety and returns to her adoptive home, where she selflessly...
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