The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-09
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MARION TERRY. SISTER OF THE
FAMOUS ELLEN, MAKES AMERl-
CAN PREMIERE HERE TONIGHT
-sLEEPLEss WITH ANXIETY.

The interest with which Detroiters
await the appearance of Miss Marion
Terry. sister of the gifted Ellen Ter
ry. In Bourgeois play. Divorce" In
the Detroit opera house, Monday
night, Is only equaled by the anxiety
with which Miss Terry regards her
first reception by Yankee audience.
This Is the first city In the United
States to see her, the only other pres
entation Of the piece on the continent
having been In Montreal.
II am 30 nervous-so nervous that
could not sleep last night" declared
Miss Terry, Monday morning. II do
so hope that your people will be pleas
ed with me. How glad I shall be when
the premiere Is past, II their verdict
Is a favorable one.
Il have never been In America be-
fore, and 1t il all So tew and 80
strange and-so vast. When l was
about to come here my sister said Of
America I can tell you only this-that
you will love It.
try yet. Coming across alone with
my maid, there was only a fortnight
In New York, a fortnight Of work.
Each day ! studied my part In the
hotel and then drove to the theater to
rehearse. then back TO the hotel to
study. The part l had never seen be-
fore, although / had read the play in
the original French, and I worked %
hard because wish to succeed, to
win a place among you Americans.
MY work. love II. 1t is more to
me than anything else, more than. I
can tell you. Al my life has been
spent among the people OF the stage.
1t is everything to me-"
The touch of the Unborn actress 70
in everything that Miss Terry says
and does. her voice. her eyes, her ges-
lures all show the training of a life
time. Every sentence. no matter how
simple. receives triple meaning from
her saying Of 1t. Yet there Is In her
manner nothing Of affection or self.
conceit
II is not her art" but her work"
OF which she speaks. and this devo-
tion to her work Is shown in the fact
that but little OF her time while here
has been given to seeing the sights
Of the cities In which she has been.
81 tell myself that have not seen
New York" she says. THAT will como
later when we go there from here for
a rum hope 1t will be run. What
did see Of that city was so big. SO
empowering"
She clapped her hands to her face
as II to shut out the view OF the rush
ing seething life of the American me-
tropolis.
But coming here. l tried to see
everything. | stood at the rear end
OF the train that nothing might be
unseen.
Montreal is the only city on the
American continent have really seen.
IL Is 80 quaint and so wonderful. And
they were so good to me there. The
hospitality offered would have kept
Inc there a month could have spared
the time. or Detroit have seen moth
ing yet except your beautiful river
and the broad avenue.
1T may sound strange, but I have
never played with my sister, Ellen
Terry. She Is so much older, you
know. Parts? have played every
thing from Portia to comedy. This
play Is one that l think will succeed
here. II was great success al a
book and then Bourget made a play
Of 1t. That was a greet success too.
Bourget Is so fine, HIS lnguage such
literature In its exquisite taste In
words"
The engagement of the all-star cast
in Divorce" Is for the entire week.