Great War Theatre

Examiner of Plays' Summary:

A picturesque miniature melodrama, recalling in its tone and atmosphere the tragedies of the desert as depicted in its author's previous romances of the Nile and the Sahara. An English woman is staying at an Algerian inn by herself while her husband is away at Beni Mora gazelle shotting. She learns from a traveller, arriving late at night, that he has just killed an Englishman in revenge for the seductio nof his wife, "the Law of the Sands". The woman's horror at the crime gradually changes to horror of another kind as she discovers from the murderer's story that his victim was her own husband, in whose faithfulness she had devotedly believed. So when she hears of the approach of Police bent on the arrest of the fugitive, she deliverately helps his escape, expresses her approval of the crime, and gives herself up to the authorities for punishment, as accessory after the event. Grim and effective, and unlikely to be impressive in its rendering by its proposed interpreter, Mrs Patrick Campbell. Recommended for Licence, Ernest A. Bendall.

Licensed On: 25 Sep 1916

License Number: 474

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British Library Reference: LCP1916/23

British Library Classmark: Add MS 66144 D

Performances

Date Theatre Type
9 Oct 1916 Coliseum, London Unknown Licensed Performance