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Sketch from the New Drama of "Jessie Gray", at the Adelphi Theatre, [London], 1850. '...the joint production of Mr. Robert Brough and Mr. Bridgman...Jessie Gray, who gives name to the piece (Madame Celeste), is the supposed daughter of an apothecary, who rejoices in the complimentary title of Dr. Gray (Mr. O'Smith), and who becomes beloved by the nephew of a haughty baronet... The former (Mr. Boyce) courts her in the disguise of an artist; the latter (Mr. Hughes), to wean the boy from Jessie, contrives a plot for the ruin of her fame... The Baronet succeeds in his object; but, to "make assurance doubly sure," resolves on removing the humble object of his love out of reach. Just at this juncture, however, he discovers that Jessie is none other than his own child, and is then, consequently, as eager to unite the lovers as he was previously to separate them'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.