Saturday, 5 September 2009

The Great Mrs. Alloway (A play in four acts), written by Douglas Murray, and performed at the Globe Theatre, London, in 1909.

   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...



Miss Lena Ashwell, who is playing Mrs Hartland in "The great Mrs. Alloway" at the Globe


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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