The Galley Slave
Cast & Crew
J. Gordon Edwards
Theda Bara
Claire Whitney
Lillian Lawrence
Ben Hendricks
Stuart Holmes
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Synopsis
Francesca Brabaut, who married an artist against her father's advice, regrets her decision when her husband Antoine, in debt, sends her to his misanthropic uncle to plead for money. After Francesca refuses the uncle's offer to change his will if she will have sex with him, the uncle, declaring that he has misjudged women, decides to leave money to provide for Francesca and her child but dies of heart failure first. Antoine inherits a castle and title and deserts Francesca. Later, while posing in Florence for an American artist, Francesca meets the artist's sweetheart, American heiress Cecily Blaine, whose mother wants her to marry someone with a title. When Francesca learns that Antoine plans to marry Cecily, she threatens to expose him, but he convinces Cecily that Francesca and the artist are married. Cecily then consents to marry Antoine. After Francesca and the artist are sent to the galleys unjustly for theft, Antoine is exposed. When he tries to kidnap their child, Francesca shoots him, whereupon Cecily marries the artist.
Director
J. Gordon Edwards
Cast
Theda Bara
Claire Whitney
Lillian Lawrence
Ben Hendricks
Stuart Holmes
Jane Lee
Hardee Kirkland
Henry Leone
A. H. Van Buren
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Although the play was produced in New York in 1879, it is uncertain whether it opened in that year. The play was later called No Escape; or, The Galley Slave.
