![]() ![]() He kills the baron, and Roma assumes the blame for the crime. David thinks Roma has betrayed him intentionally. Later she is induced to betray him through lying promises of clemency for her husband. The baron arranges to have David killed, but Roma saves him. David is a socialist agitator, and is particularly passionate in denouncing the baron, who is also the prime minister of Italy. Years later Roma becomes Baron Bonelli's ward, and is supposed to have become his mistress. ![]() Roselli, a political exile, and becomes the playmate of Roma, the doctor's daughter. ![]() Little David is brought up by the sisters, and turned over to a Padrone, who takes him to London and mistreats him. ![]() The plot: The wife of Leone, a member of the Papal Guard, believing herself to have been deserted, leaves her young son David with the Sisters of Charity and commits suicide. It was apparently a good play for a strong female performance as it explored women's agency. 16 pp, illustrated with scenes from the play, plus description of the plot, information about leading lady Viola Allen, etc. 12 x 9.25 inches, pictorial wraps bound with peach colored silk string, very good. Souvenir Program from 1902 for Viola Allen in Hall Caine's The Eternal City, Music by Pietro Mascagni ![]()
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