Mother (Goodman 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

  1. ↑ Vicissitudes of a Playwright, Theatre Magazine, January 1916, p. 17
  2. ↑ (8 March 1910). Jules E. Goodman's "Mother" Staged, The New York Times
  3. 1 2 (8 September 1910). 'Mother's' Woes Win Tears at Hackett, The New York Times
  4. ↑ Plays of the Month, The Theatre (October 1910)
  5. ↑ Who's who in music and drama, p. 376 (1914)
  6. ↑ Mantle, Burns. Best Plays of 1909-1919, p. 423 (1943)
  7. ↑ Emma Dunn - Stage Mother, The Theatre Magazine (January 1911)
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