Mother (play) explained

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]

External links

• Mother on the Internet Broadway Database
• New York Public Library production photos
• Mother (1911) (book version of play on Google books)

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=-wFEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA17 Vicissitudes of a Playwright
2. (8 March 1910). Jules E. Goodman's "Mother" Staged, The New York Times
3. (8 September 1910). 'Mother's' Woes Win Tears at Hackett, The New York Times
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=1Nk5AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PR13 Plays of the Month
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=pf0PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA376 Who's who in music and drama
6. [Burns Mantle|Mantle, Burns]
7. https://archive.org/stream/theatremagazine13newyuoft#page/n36/mode/1up Emma Dunn - Stage Mother