Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
ia VERNE COMPANY OFFERS
"TiiE TtLI<ER" THREE DAYS

Florence Trent. the new LEADING
woman o: tn" LA Verne Company. VIII
make her first appearance a; IN" AC.d-
envy OF Music this week in The Talk
or. Marion fairfaN's remarkable prob
lcn play, which ran solid year at the
Harris Theatre. New York. before co
inc upon the road. where ita success
was even greater than hal been it's
metropolitan career. In tho east FOR
the present week will also he. found
florence Davenport. another new add
ton 20 tn" company. Miss Brent nlay-
I'd tho part OF "Evcrywoman n In ono
~ the companies touring the Middle
West last season, ANA is an actress OF
considerable reputation. Miss Duvcn-
BORT is nice" OF tho late Florcmcc
Davcnport. and has also made quite
reputation. The La Verne Company
"iny during III" last three days OF this
week and or Thursday ana Saturday
afternoons.
In The Talkcr." Miss La Verne ana
her director, Alexander Lcltwich, have
selected 4 play thai VIII undoubtedly
appeal II is distinctivcly a PLAY that
invites thought Primarily the play APP
pcals to %ounC married people: but
those who have been long married Will
ind in II much 10 interest them. and
those who arc not married Mt all will
receive lessons from blossoms that
may perhaps save them "A world OF
trouble.
There is large and 1t is feared,
growing class OF women who believe
that members of their sex should live
their own lives. IL ia q present day
idea, and one that has had wide
spread notoriety. Many women who
mold such ideas have gathered them
from the idle talk Of companions and
possess no reason for holding them. In
some cases they advocate danger
Gus freedom for the sex. 1t is just such
half baked theories that The Talker''
picks UP and aims to follow to their
logical conclusion. II shows that tho
practical application OF theories such
rs these doom those who follow them
io disaster. and II presents the entire
matter In an unusually sensible way
and in manner singularly clean and
free from the objections OF narrowness
or prejudice.
Although married to a we'll meaning
husband. who is toiling in the whirl
III Il business world to pay for their
suburban home, Kate I.cnuox cndcav-
ors to show her scorn for conven-
,ional world by taking an automobile
ride with a married man late one night
She had been aroused hy the gossip Of
nciGhbors and talks Of the new ideas
with her sistcr-in-law, Ruth. She also
,"llS OF the ride. and her convcrsati ton,
augmented by The example. leads the
girl to clopc with tho Other man." Tho
.csult Is disaster. Kate is cStranged
rom her husband. and there is much
un"ring until the wandering sister
ID last returns. In tho meantime Kate
h,S realized the inconscqucnce Of the
theories she had gathered, and OF
curse there is a happy ending. But
The problems remain in the mind OF
those who have seen the play. and
ptncrs arc suggested, SO that one re-
members the theme long after the final
curtain has fallen on The Talkcr"
TO Miss Brent has been assigned the
part OF Kate. the wife. Edward Ar
mold will play the par, Of the husband
while Madeline King will interpret
mat OF Ruth, the sstcr-in-law. Miss
Ia Verne has the character role of les
sic Smith, a Gossipy ncighbor. Fred
crick Became will hnvo another admit
riablc opportunity In the role of Mr..
rclls. Miss Davenport is to appear as
ELIZA beth: Mr.. wellington MS Hollister.
the other man; Miss Harrison n.
Maud Tells: Frank Wnpperman as Lon
ME winston and Mr.. Lance as John
Director Lcftwich has succeeded in
securing exact duplicates OF the sets