Our Flat

[2] The Gazette, January 9, 1895 The story of the play runs as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester are two young persons who have rushed into matrimony on the Micawber Principle; are living from hand to mouth in a London flat, husband and wife alike striving hard to get a foothold in the literary sphere, in which they are confident they can ultimately acquire both fame and fortune.

The flat they have hired is invaded by a continual stream of creditors; the cook threaten to leave, and at the height of the excitement three men in and deliberately carry off all the furniture, which has been bought on the installment plan, because the last payment has not been made.

At that instant Mrs. Sylvester receives a note informing her that a play she has written without the knowledge of her husband, describing her own marriage experience, has been accepted, and that the manager is coming to settle as to its price.

However, much in it was laughter provoking, and the scene in which Mrs. Sylvester cleverly provides makeshifts for the furniture procured on the installment plan, which is seized because of failure to pay on account, is really very good.

[4]The Gazette, January 9, 1895 Much interest is manifested in the appearance of Miss Emily Bancker and her company, at Grand Opera House, next Saturday night in Our Flat, one of the finest and most humorous farce comedies on the American stage.