The Salvation Lass, her harlot-friend, and slum realism in Edward Sheldon's Salvation Nell (1908).(Critical essay)

Theatre History Studies | January 1, 2006| | Copyright

Doctors, lawyers, butchers and bakers And some sporty old fellows, as well, They've been sinners for years Yet they burst out in tears, And join the Army, join the Army Just to be around Salvation Nell.

--FROM THE SONG "SALVATION NELL" (1913)

As the lyrics from the popular 1913 song "Salvation Nell" make clear, Progressive Era culture was preoccupied with stories of salvation. When Edward Sheldon's drama of the same title opened in 1908, the play dazzled audiences with its remarkably realistic portrayal of tenement life, bar culture, and the path to ...

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