Jennie (musical)
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In 1906 Jennie Malone and James O'Connor tour the United States in popular [melodramas](/wiki/Melodrama "Melodrama"); they are both an acting team and married couple. In a small town in South Dakota, Jennie is appearing in the play "The Mountie Gets His Man, or Chang Lu, King of the White Slaver", and must perch on a tree limb, which lowers her over a fake waterfall. In another play, Jennie plays Shalimar in "The Sultan's Last Bride" with bells on her fingers. Jennie and James, with cane and straw hat, do a soft\-shoe dance in another show. 

When Jennie leaves her husband the English [playwright](/wiki/Playwright "Playwright") Christopher Lawrence Cromwell offers her work.


What were some common features of melodramas during this time period?