On and off the stage

Examiner of Plays' Summary:

A slight burlesque on the lines of 'The Pantomime Rehearsal' the humour consisting of the actors natural interpolations etc in the midst of the dialogue of the play they are supposed to be rehearsing. The play in question is a fragment of old-fashioned melodrama, with a family feud, a treacherous villain and so on, and the stilted dialogue is interrupted by requests for beer, quarrels and so forth [...]