"ALSACE."
On .Monday afternoon, at Everybody's Theatre, a powerful dramatic spectacular play by ths Eclipse Company, "Alsace," will be screened. Jacques Orbey, a French merchant, marries a very pretty girl with strong Gorman sympathies. His mother fought i'.irsunst the union, but the girl won. Shortly afterwards, war was declared. Jacques" mother hurried fo him to implore him to take up arms for her beioved France, but, his wife forestalled her, making Jacques promise to meet her in a certain German town. The German niy rioting, r.nd in a melee Jacques is mortally, wounded. His mother ?eeks revenge on those who have killed her pon, and this she accomplishes in .a manner which thrills the beho'd-
vrs. Madame Re.jane, as the mother, is said tn reach great heights in her vehement desire for revenge.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16718, 12 August 1916, Page 6
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133"ALSACE." Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16718, 12 August 1916, Page 6
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