PAUL KAUVAR

Steele MacKaye's five-actmelodramaof the French Revolution opened on 24 December 1887 at the Standard Theatre for approximately 100 performances. Paul Kauvar behaved heroically during the French Revolution, but by 1794 he is horrified by the rampant violence and intrigue under Robespierre. Paul helps the Duc de Beaumont and his daughter Diane to hide from the terror, but he is recaptured and nobly takes the guise of a royalist general in order to save him. Before Paul can be executed, he is reunited with Diane and learns that Robespierre is dead and that the Reign of Terror has ended.