Patrie Trahie
Examiner of Plays' Summary:
This is a sketch of the attempted betrayal of a rising of Belgians against their Prussian conquerors. In the possession of a Belgian colonel are papers giving the names of plans of the conspirators. At the instigation of a 'naturalized' Belgian banker a Prussian spy attempts to obtain these secret documents, which the colonel keeps locked up in his safe. To this end the spy makes frantic love to the colonel's worthless wife, and she in turn makes base advances to her husband adopted son who keeps the keys of the safe. The colonel eventually discovers the treachery, which is punished in the arrest of some of the plotters and the threatened suicide of one. Earnest and vigorous in its crude study of violent emotions, appropriate to wartime. Recommended for license. Ernest A. Bendall.
Licensed On: 7 Jul 1915
License Number: 3581
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British Library Reference: LCP1915/18
British Library Classmark: Add MS 66104 Z
Performances
| Date | Theatre | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jul 1915 | Oxford Music Hall, London | Unknown | Licensed Performance |
| 21 Jul 1915 | Oxford Music Hall, London | Professional |
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Performed on the evening of 21st July 1915 to celebrate the Fête Nationale Belge, and is described as an "impression dramatique en dieux tableaux". (Surrey Mirror, 16/7/1915). The author of the piece is anonymous. The actors were Mme Boine, MM Crommelynck, Boine, Mahy and Goffin. Interesting to note that Fernand Crommelynck was a Belgian dramatist, known for his farces. Pierre Boine founded the Theatre National in Brussels.
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