![]() 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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