Mother (1910 play)
Mother is a 1910 play which was the first successful play by Jules Eckert Goodman.[1]
The play was first performed on March 7, 1910 in Plainfield, New Jersey.[2] Produced by William A. Brady, it debuted on Broadway on September 7, 1910 at the Hackett Theatre.[3][4] It played at the Hackett through December 3, 1910, and then moved to the Circle(?) Theatre, where it opened on December 5 and ran through December 31,[5] for a total run of 133 performances.[6]
The play was adapted to the screen in a 1914 silent film of the same name.
1910 Broadway cast
- Emma Dunn as Mrs. Katherine Wetherill[7]
- Frederick Perry as William Howard Wetherill
- Albert Latcha as Walter Thompson Wetherill
- Arthur Ross as James Bingham Wetherill
- David Ross as John Walton Wetherill
- Minnette Barrett as Ardath Wetherill
- Marion Capman as Leonore Wetherill
- James Brophy as John Rufus Chase
- John Stokes as HArry Lake
- Jane Corcoran as Elizabeth Terhune
- Justine Cutting as Agatha[3]
References
- ↑ Vicissitudes of a Playwright, Theatre Magazine, January 1916, p. 17
- ↑ (8 March 1910). Jules E. Goodman's "Mother" Staged, The New York Times
- 1 2 (8 September 1910). 'Mother's' Woes Win Tears at Hackett, The New York Times
- ↑ Plays of the Month, The Theatre (October 1910)
- ↑ Who's who in music and drama, p. 376 (1914)
- ↑ Mantle, Burns. Best Plays of 1909-1919, p. 423 (1943)
- ↑ Emma Dunn - Stage Mother, The Theatre Magazine (January 1911)
External links
- Mother on the Internet Broadway Database
- New York Public Library production photos
- Mother (1911) (book version of play on Google books)
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