Word: childhood
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Arthur Clare forbids his daughter, Millicent, to marry the lover of her childhood, Raymond Mounchensey because the latter has had a reversal of fortune and picks out Frank Jerningham as a better match. Jerningham is, however, a true friend of Raymond and, when Millicent is sent to a convent to forget her old love, aids Mounchensey in his attempts to steal the girl away. The merry Devil confounds the pursuing father in the forest and thus helps the young couple to escape. Forgiveness and marriage bring the episode to a close. Though the devil hardly comes into contact with...
...story of the play concerns Millicent Clare and Raymond Mounchensey, two childhood lovers. Because of a reversal in the fortunes of Mounchensey, Sir Arthur Clare, Millicent's father, forbids the wedding, and decides upon a match with Frank Jeringham, who is Raymond's close friend. In order to make Millicent forget her love for Mounchensey, she is sent to spend a year in a convent, after which her marriage with Jeringham is to take place...