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y separately published work icon Within the Law (International) assertion single work   drama   - Four acts
Issue Details: First known date: 1912... 1912 Within the Law
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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Within the Law W. J. Lincoln , ( dir. Monte Luke ) Australia : J. C. Williamson's Ltd , 1916 6190450 1916 single work film/TV crime thriller

'Miss Muriel Starr, the popular American actress who is undoubtedly one of the best actresses ever witnessed in Australia is seen in the picture in her famous character, Mary Turner, the poor girl who was wrongfully imprisoned, and who, after serving her three years in prison, was continually hounded down by the police until in desperation she became a "crook," and set out to beat the police at their own game by working "Within the Law." No drama ever stirred the emotions of an audience more than this heart-touching subject, and when Mary Turner eventually secures her revenge on the proprietor of the store who had her imprisoned by marrying his only son, one cannot help but feel pleased at her success and admire her for her grit and determination in beating the police, with all their hateful "third degree" and other methods for keeping a poor individual down once they have had them in their clutches.'

Source:

'Within the Law', Warrnambool Standard, 12 February 1916, p.2.

Notes

  • Within the Law is included in AustLit because of an Australian-written adaptation.

Production Details

  • First performed c. 1912.

    First published in 1917.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1912
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