The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-03
THE STAGE
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Walter Browne has joined william
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00u 10 hear the plaudits which hi
ItefyWoman" lnspired-but bettel
are has been taken OF his fame vi
y date in enc respect. No town criel
n speaking his lines In the Henry M
#4gafe troupe that was entrusted
With the original production OF this
'IiIgrimage in quest OF love-" ant
Which came direct 10 Detroit from the
1ltne OF its initial triumph at the
Lyric theater, New York (Some rea
1on for Motortown to rejoice In the
rtfIsed itinerary OF dramatic pilgrim
Frederick warde, who speaks mo
body Jane oaker who portrayi
rEyerywoman" (everywoman may vel
feel compllmented by the implication
Of physical and spiritual charms)
Marie Wainwright. who personifies
Truth, make up a trusteeship TO whom
any aspiring playwright may leave
the last forthputting OF his genius and
die content. The brave purpose. the
brilliant imagery of the lamented NOR
alist lives In them. Departing, he
has left behind him such skill and
sympathy of Interpretation that there
n no installing the impress he has
made upon his time. In the symbol
ism, satire. raillery, music and action
Through which Everywoman's pursuit
az love carries the audience for a dur.
afion OF Ave canticles, the three adj
ministrators OF the authors legacy
above mentioned, have the loyal sup
port of most capable group OF men
and women.
Throughout- for some slips
inseparable from the readjustments
OF the first night on the road--the
powerful message OF the allegory TOOK
q powerful hold upon the audience
The principals were repeatedly sum
moned from the recesses OF the impal
DabIe portieres to bow their acknowi-
edgments and Nobody's closing ad'
duration,
"Be merciful. be just, be fair,
To everywoman, everywhere.
Her faults are many. Nobody's
the blame"
was interrupted by an outburst OF ap-
prevail.
walter Browne is the John Bunyan
81 the modern woman's quest. While
Christian struggled upward toward the
Wicket Gate and the Shining Light,
Everywoman gropes blindly for King
Love 4 Flattery appears In her mir
ror and points her TO the city play
house. AS q radiant star, she loses
ali OF her cherished companions. MOD
oefv. Youth and Beauty, and learns
thai Passion and Wealth are only ter
rible mockerles OF what she has set
forth to seek. In the shadow or the
church she finds Truth transformed
from ugliness into beauty and accepts
her guidance which she spurned when
voufh. Beauty and Modesty were her
compaaions. Trust leads ner loving
~ back to her own freside
noble son, King Love !. has been Keep
Ine the hearth warm against the time
81 Everywoman's return.
The reader can fill In. II not, see
daily papers for what befalls Every
woman every day who seeks the
sort OF love that Is not the offspring
81 truth, and whose misguided rect
carry her where Modesty cannot ac-
company her.
we ought, though, epitomize here to
the extent OF commencing the stage
for mercilessly reviewing itself In me
scene behind the scenes. Canticie 2.
We can fancy the author having many
4 ouiet chuckle over the spectacle OF
me modern theater rebuking itself
through the sordid standards OF Blum,
stun and Pun. II is something de-
cide{lly new and relishable to see the
commercialized drama applying whips
and scorpions to itself, while moral
izinx unsparingly along other lines.
"Everywoman. will be at the Gar
rfck All the week with usual matinees.