Scenes from The Great Mrs. Alloway (A play in four acts), written by Douglas Murray, and performed at the Globe Theatre, London, on November 8, 1909.
New York Times : 1909/11/09 LONDON PREMIER OF GREAT MRS. ALLOWAY; Charles Frohman's ... LONDON, Nov. 8.-Charles Frohman presented to-night at the Globe Theatre a play entitled "The Great Mrs. Alloway," which just missed being a huge success. The first act was excellent in...
The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, November 27th 1909, "The Great Mrs. Alloway," by Douglas Murray, at the Globe Theatre."
a- The watchful and friendly Ayak (Miss Adeline Bourne) warns her mistress, Mrs. Hartland (Miss Lena Ashwell), that she is in danger of becoming identified with " The Great Mrs. Alloway," of odious memory.
b- Her secret being revealed, Mrs. Hartland proceeds to burn her letters, &c., before taking to flight.
c- Ethel Prynne (Miss Nina Sevening) on the night before her wedding with "The Great Mrs. Alloway's" son, is informed by her future mother-in-law of that lady's lurid past. Ethel however remains faithful to her engagement.
d- Sir Charles Hewitt-Gore (Mr. Fred Kerr), with the latters which prove Mrs. Hartland and Mrs. Alloway to be the same person, and a remarkably obnoxious one at that.
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