ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143767, 16 April 1912, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

“EVERY WOMAN,” The modern spectacular drama “Everywoman,” which has created quite *a sensation in Sydney and Melbourne, will he staged for the first time in New Plymouth on Monday night, nt the Theatre Royal. “Everywonian ... first staged in America, whore " ;*t present being staged

by qm- cumber of companies. For its Australasian representation. J. C. Williamson, Ltd., searche' pretty well the whole of the globe to find suitable exponents of the principal parts. In bis introduction to “Evorywoman.” the author, Mr. Walter Browne, who died on the evo of the Erst production of the piece in New York, thus described the motive that is at the basis' of it: "Since the days of chivalry, when knights clashed steel for their lady loves, and went on crusades to prove their prowess, while they remained secluded in cloisters or in moated castles, womankind, of which the title role of this play is intended to he a typo, has grown more self-assertive and more bold. To every woman who nowadays listens to flattery, goes in quest of love, .and openly lays siege to the hearts of men, this'play may provide a timely warning. To every man it may suggest an admonition, the text of which is contained in the epilogue io tjie play; Be merciful, he just, he fair to every woman, everywhere. Her faults are ' many. Nobody's the blame.’’ Miss Hilda Spong. who will take the role of "Evcrywoman,’’ is. with Margaret Anglin, Katherine Grey, and Julia Marlowe, described as being one of the best actresses in America. Miss Spong will be supported by William Desmond, who appeared so successfully as "Alins Jimmy Valentine,’’ and a company of over sixty artists. Tho bos plan will bo opened at Collier’s on Friday morning next at 8 a.m. A queue will be formed from 7.30 a'.m.