By Killarney's Lakes

Examiner of Plays' Summary:

This play makes extreme use of the theatrical convention that good people always believe the worst of one another at the slightest suggestion from the bad people. The young lord takes the honest Irish girl Kathleen to London to introduce her to his family and marry her. The villainess forges a letter to the girl's blind cousin to the effect that he means to make her his mistress. The clou of the play is a scene in which the villainess introduces Kathleen's brother, who, also deceived, had come to "rescue" her to her bedroom, under the impression that he was her lover-Kathleen having gone to have a bath. Then the blind girl arrives and accuses the young lord, who takes her also to Kathleen's bedroom. The result of this is that (1) The brother thinks the blind cousin, with whom he is in love, is the young lord's mistress and (2) the young lord thinks Kathleen is false to him. ( There is nothing in the least offensive in the bedroom scene-no getting into bed etc.). After this the villainess throws vitriol at the blind cousin with the sole result that it restores her sight. Then everything is explained and the villainess driven off. Harmless imbecility. Recommended for Licence. G. S. Street.