This play was first produced |
Hedwig (Joan) | Mme. Nazimova |
Amelia (Amy) | Mary Alden |
Mother | Gertrude Berkeley |
Hoffman (Joseph Kerman) | Charles Bryant |
Minna | Edith Speare |
Arno | C. Brown |
Hertz (Captain Bragg) | William Hasson |
Peasants, Women and Soldiers. | |
Time--Present. Place--A War-Ridden Country. | |
Personal Manager for Madame Nazimova William F. Muenster |
Good-by! good-by!
Arno: You are wanted.
Hedwig: Franz? Amelia: Franz, too.
Amelia: No, you must not! You have too much to live for.
The war brides were cheered with enthusiasm and the churches were crowded when the wedding parties spoke the ceremony in concert.—PRESS CLIPPING.
SCENE: A room in a peasant's cottage in a war-ridden country. A largefireplace at the right. Near it a high-backed settle. On the left aheavy oak table and benches. Woven mats on the floor. A door at leftleads into a bedroom. In the corner a cupboard. At the back a widewindow with scarlet geraniums and an open door. A few firearms arestacked near the fireplace. There is an air of homely color and neatnessabout the room.
Through the open door may be seen women stacking grain. Others go bycarrying huge baskets of grapes or loads of wood, and gradually itpenetrates the mind that all these workers are women, aristocrats andpeasants side by side. Now and then a bugle blows or a drum beats in thedistance. A squad of soldiers marches quickly by. There is everywherethe tense atmosphere of unusual circumstance, the anxiety and exc