Under the Gaslight
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Under the Gaslight is melodramatic play by Augustin Daly (1838–1899)[1]
It was Daly's first successful play, and is a primary example of a melodrama, best known for its suspense scene where a person is tied to railroad tracks as a train approaches, only to be saved from death at the last possible moment. First performed at the Worrell Sisters' New York Theatre in New York, starting on August 12, 1867
