“The King of the Opium Ring” Playbill showing the exciting climax as police raid an opium den in Chinatown, San Francisco. Set in 1890, the play by Chas A Taylor produced by Chas E Blaney opened on 27 February 1899 at the Bijou Theatre, Jersey City, New Jersey. See description for more information.
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The play is about opium smuggling in San Fransisco, opium dens, white ladies who fall victim to the pipe habit and "highbinders" (members of Chinese-American secret societies involved in organised crime); interspersed with vaudeville acts. As stated in the play's program: "No attempt has been made to introduce high art and moral teachings. While upholding the virtues of the sinner, care has been taken to discourage vice and offer no offense to morals. To instruct and entertain is its whole object." Photograph of original 1899 poster.