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Set in 1905, it uses Lizzie's friendship with O'Neil and other theatrical players as a vehicle for a play within a play. The actors recreate scenes from the murder trial in an improv-like setting, coached or criticized by Lizzie and Emma. The play implies that Lizzie was innocent, and the real
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in the climax of the third act, and obtained a good reception." Unfortunately, two other plays in which O'Neil also starred in London that same month—
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