The Heir of Morocco, with the Death of Gayland

About the show

Altemira, the Princess of Algiers, is overjoyed when her lover, Admiral Altomar, tells her that the king of Algiers, Albuzeiden, has allowed him to marry her. However, the pair's happiness is short lived, as Albuzeiden has a change of heart and decides to marry his daughter off to the arrogant usurper Gayland, who has just arrived in Algiers. The scheming courtier Meroin hatches a plot to murder Altemira and her father, but is prevented from doing so by Altomar, who saves Albuzeiden and Altemira by stabbing Meroin. Because Altemira refuses to wed Gayland, Albuzeiden places Altomar in prison, where he is confronted by Gayland, who desires to challenge him. After Altomar kills Gayland in self defense, he is brutally tortured and executed. As Altomar dies, Albuzeiden finds out that the man he has sentenced to death is a natural born heir to the seat of Morocco, but was sent out of the country as an infant in order to avoid being murdered by the woman who occupied the throne at that time, the titular villainess in The Empress of Morocco. Altomar was brought up without being aware of his true heritage. Albuzeiden laments Altomar's death, as he could have married Altemira to a potential emperor. Shortly there afterwards, a mad Altemira commits suicide before Albuzeiden. An anguished Albuzeiden then kills himself as well.