MR. PUNCH'S MORAL MUSIC-HALL DRAMAS.

No. III.--THE MAN-TRAP.

Illustration: THE MAN-TRAP.

This Drama, which, like our last, has been suggested by a poem of the

Misses TAYLORS', will be found most striking and impressive in

representation upon the Music-hall stage. The dramatist has ventured to

depart somewhat from the letter, though not the spirit, of the original

text, in his desire to enforce the moral to the fullest possible extent.

Our present piece is intended to teach the great lesson that an

inevitable Nemesis attends apple-stealing in this world, and that Doom

cannot be disarmed by the intercession of the evil-doer's friends,

however well-meaning.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 January 11, 1890 · 第 20 / 23 题