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Easter and One Day More. The first of these is by Strindberg and the second by Joseph Conrad, and the two were introduced as companion pieces by The Stagers. Michael Strange???she who is Mrs. John Barrymore?made her first important professional appearance in the former and quite confounded the obstinates who had seen her play a small part in a summer stock company last July and said she could not act. She was not exceptional, but she was good...
...throughout, the complications of an ingeniously villainous plot. A trunk full of land-scrip proves a bone of contention and Taisie's own attractions very nearly wreck things at various times?for far too many people are anxious to marry her. The actions of McMasters often seem very strange???can it be that he is a traitor and in league with her enemies? Of course he isn't a traitor?and of course, in the end, he marries Taisie?the expedition is successful?the villain punished in an appropriately ghastly manner?in fact he is flayed alive? and Taisie...
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