On the Chess Board of Fate

The play opens when Colonel Gillard loses his money through the failure of a mining company, and monopolizes that of his brother, who is an inmate of an insane asylum belonging to a Dr. Jacq... Read allThe play opens when Colonel Gillard loses his money through the failure of a mining company, and monopolizes that of his brother, who is an inmate of an insane asylum belonging to a Dr. Jacques. Jacques exercises a hypnotic influence over his patients. Dr. Jacques forces the brot... Read allThe play opens when Colonel Gillard loses his money through the failure of a mining company, and monopolizes that of his brother, who is an inmate of an insane asylum belonging to a Dr. Jacques. Jacques exercises a hypnotic influence over his patients. Dr. Jacques forces the brother, under a hypnotic spell, to make out a will in his favor just before he dies. Armed wi... Read all