Project Gutenberg 2012-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 59 Grundy, Sydney 1848 1914 The Silver Shield: An Original Comedy in Three Acts Produced by Paul Haxo from page images generously made available by Google and the Harvard University Library. "The Silver Shield: An Original Comedy in Three Acts" by Sydney Grundy is a comedic play written in the late 19th century. The narrative centers around themes of love, identity, and societal norms, involving characters such as the painter Tom Potter, who desires to propose to Lucy Preston, and Sir Humphrey Chetwynd, who has his own set of traditional views. The complications arise with the unexpected arrival of Alma Blake, a character with a mysterious past, who intertwines with the lives of these characters. The opening of the play introduces a lively scene set in a hall, where Tom Potter is working on a painting while his friends, including Ned Chetwynd and Lucy Preston, engage in light-hearted banter. As Tom reveals his artistic pursuits and discusses the fable of the Silver Shield, we get hints of hidden romantic tensions, particularly surrounding Lucy's relationship with Ned. Sir Humphrey Chetwynd, serving as Lucy’s guardian, is anxious about his son’s reckless behavior, and the dynamics between the characters are further complicated by the impending arrival of Alma, who seems to captivate the attention of those around her, setting the stage for both comic misunderstandings and the exploration of deeper emotional conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41033/41033-h/images/cover.jpg en Comedies English drama -- 19th century PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 213049 213059 2024-09-17T09:24:11.004014 2023-09-18T04:37:05.932075 text/html text/html 218513 2012-10-12T09:42:44 text/html; charset=utf-8 539191 2012-10-12T09:42:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 543827 2024-09-17T09:24:17.827005 application/epub+zip 547495 2024-09-17T09:24:12.200039 application/epub+zip 233861 2024-09-17T09:24:11.463033 application/epub+zip 642552 2024-09-17T09:24:21.030011 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 701654 2024-09-17T09:24:17.335998 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388430 2022-09-18T18:12:15.247540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135787 135685 2024-09-17T09:24:09.901024 2023-09-18T04:37:04.706064 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 135527 2012-10-12T09:42:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 50518 2012-10-12T09:42:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 135518 2012-10-12T09:42:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50504 2012-10-12T09:42:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20239 2024-09-17T09:24:21.179961 application/rdf+xml 22504 2024-09-17T09:24:11.571011 image/jpeg 3100 2024-09-17T09:24:11.517110 image/jpeg 541807 2024-09-17T09:24:11.029089 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog