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From: The Illuminated Gentleman Takes the Stage


The Illuminated Gentleman! One of Mr Wines' most notable employees of the evening. What a scandal for a moderately respectable theatre! Well, it will be if you have anything to do with it.


Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 125

  • 86 - very chancy (41%)
  • 107 - chancy (51%)
  • 128 - modest (61%)
  • 148 - very modest (71%)
  • 169 - low-risk (81%)
  • 190 - straightforward (91%)
  • 209 - straightforward (100%)

Success

ACTOR OR GENTLEMAN OF THE EVENING?

[…] an instant hit. He's not the most accomplished actor, but his performance has verve and passion. Half the audience wish themselves Beatrice before the third act is exhausted. This is […] a good few inches of breathless half-indignant review […]

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]


Failure

That sounds painful

The lamps dim. The curtains rise. The Illuminated Gentleman is not present in the company. His understudy is hardly worth your attention. At the interval, you learn that the Gentleman is suffering from 'the Belgian complaint'.