CHARACTERS.

Factory Owners. Ephraim Barlow; John Heppenstall

GUY Barlow, Ephraim's son.

CAPTAIN Las celles.

MATTHEW Butterworth

Weavers. Martin Kelsall; Joseph Healey; Henri Callard

MARY Butterworth, Matthew's wife.

RUTH Butterworth, his daughter.

The Scene is laid in Lancashire in 1820.

Act I. Evening in Matt Butterworth's Cottage.

Act II.—An evening six months later in Ephraim Barlow's house.

Act III.—The next night. A quarry on the moors.

Act IV.—Later the same night in Ephraim Barlow's house.