Collet- Dobson Dramatic Coy.
* * A drama entitled "Snared was produced at the Opera -House on Satnrday night, and, judging from the applause, the verdict of the audience was in its favour. The plot of " Snarod " is simplicity itself, Graeo Lisle (Miss I. Thornton), a country girl, flouts hor lover, Frank Overtou (Mr. Collot-Dobson), a steady young miller, and marries Philip .Randall (Mr. If. Griffiths), an unprincipled scoundrel, who deserts her in London, but after an interval returns to her, robs hor of her last £5 note, which she is supposed to have earned by Belling oranges out.-ido tho playhouses. Uhe poor heroine undergoes a fearful amount of tribulation, including being half suffocated by her husband and his mate, one Spipkins, who diabolioally attempts her life by holding her head or or a oharooal br»zir r. The good people of the play are the aforesaid virtuous miller, Nibbs, a London street arab, admirably played by Miss "Wiseman, and Korah McCarthy (ilr. J P. O'Noilll, a warm hearted Irish landlady, with a decided leaning towards tripo and rum. Mr. O'Neill at onpe insinuated liimselt into the good graaoa of the audience, who warmly applauded hia songs and dances. Of aourse in the end virtue i« rewarded and vice confounded, and everybody is or should bo happy. " Snared " will bo repeated this evening.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVI, Issue 8, 10 July 1893, Page 2
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220Collet-Dobson Dramatic Coy. Evening Post, Volume XLVI, Issue 8, 10 July 1893, Page 2
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