Word: rovers
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...scene of the sketch, which is in one act, is laid on a barren island in the South Atlantic. Robert Chilton, a rich stock broker, has been wrecked on its reefs while cruising in his yacht, the "Rover"; from all the ship's company, the only survivors were Barbara, Chilton's wife, whose father is a Gloucester fisherman, and Jabez, the boatswain. The action of the play is furnished by the struggle between the men for the possession of Barbara...