In the Palace of the King

In the Palace of the King (1900), a play by Lorimer Stoddard. [Republic Theatre, 138 perf.] To be near her beloved hero, Don John (Robert T. Haines), the spunky Dona Maria Dolores (Viola Allen) disguises herself as a blind woman at the court of Philip II (Eben Plympton). She witnesses an attempted murder for which Don John is framed by her treacherous rival and wins his acquittal by defending him before the King. One of the many dramatizations of floridly romantic novels that were popular at the time, this Liebler and Co. offering was based on F. Marion Crawford's best‐seller. Stoddard was an actor and dramatist, probably best remembered for his adaptation of Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1897) for Mrs. Fiske.