Behind the Scenes

Lubin summary: Lord Algernon Fitznoodle arrives in a hansom at the stage door of a well known theatre, and is anxious to present a bouquet to the Spanish dancing girl, with whom he has fallen desperately in love. He is lucky enough to gain admittance. We next see the lady dancer in her dressing room preparing for her turn. Algie now arrives at her door, and with the help of one of the stage hands gets an interview with the object of his affections. He presents his bouquet, and is rewarded by a tender embrace from the lady, but in his excitement falls against her dressing-table, and pulls the lot over. This annoys the lady beyond measure, and she rushes from the room, slamming the door literally in his face as he attempts to follow. Algie, however, not to be outdone, continues the chase, but the lady by this time is on the stage doing her turn. Algie arrives at the back of the wings, and sees her through one of the openings, but in his excitement to get near his beloved he falls and pulls the whole of the scenery with him, completely ruining the act in progress. This causes a general stampede among the actors and stage hands, who very soon lay hold of Algie, the cause of all the trouble, and begin mauling him rather roughly, eventually taking him up bodily and throwing him half-dressed out of the stage door, followed by the remainder of his clothes, which were torn from him in the struggle. We leave poor Algie in a sad state in the gutter outside, no doubt wishing he had thought twice before entering into the mysteries of behind the scenes.