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''The Poor of New York'' is a melodrama play in five acts written by Dion Boucicault, adapted from the French play, ''Les Pauvres de Paris'' which was written by Edouard-Louis-Alexandre Brisbarre and Eugene Nus.〔 It premiered at Wallack's Lyceum Theatre, of which Boucicault was the General Director, on December 8, 1857.〔(''The Poor of New York'' ) on the Internet Broadway Database〕 The piece revolves around the efforts of a middle-class family, newly impoverished by the financial panic of 1857, to survive against a villainous banker. It was an immediate success and Boucicault went on to present it around the world, rewriting the place names and title to reflect the locales it was playing in. ==Characters== *Captain Fairweather – Father and husband to the Fairweathers, dies in Act I leaving his money in the hands of, *Gideon Bloodgood – Banker; everything he commits he does for the love of his daughter, *Alida Bloodgood – Spoiled, above all else she desires to be admitted to high society and in order to do so attempts to buy the hand of, *Mark Livingstone – Born into society, but has lost all his wealth; in love with the sister of, *Paul Fairweather – Son of Capt. Fairweather, impoverished clerk, looking for work so that he can support, *Mrs. Fairweather – Wife of Capt. Fairweather, willing to commit suicide to ease the burden of Paul and, *Lucy Fairweather – Beloved of Livingstone, but willing to renounce her love so that he might regain his wealth. *The Puffys – Father, Mother, and son Dan. Puffy is a baker who has lost everything in the crash yet still attempts to help his lodgers, the Fairweathers *Badger – A villainous clerk of Bloodgood’s who undergoes a change of heart between Acts IV and V and successfully resolves the action in favor of the Fairweathers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Poor of New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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