"EVERYWOMAN"

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10619, 26 April 1912, Page 5

"EVERYWOMAN"

AT THE TOWN HALL. | The 'M-astei'ton Towiv Hail was ; crowded latt eveniing with an expect- ;. •ant audience. M-ucli liad been said an ; d written of "Every worn an." It . was in everybody'® ntouth. And those ' who had the pleasure of witnessing ; Mass Hilda Spong iiv- her pureufit of . Love, Hind M\; Wii-iliam Desmond in ; the difficult character of "Nobody,"; will mtain a. lasting -impression- ci a • realistic uinrror of life, a- portrayal of modernity and humanity in their : most imterefiiting, exciting and varying , phases. "Everywoman 1 " i<s not a ro- : ma nee in the truest aooeptation of the -, term. It is a- Kfe Etory, a biography, a' skillfully, conrtirivcd application of the scio-nc 1 !? tif character painting to the art of hum.an existence. It is apCiay wlidoh. the saint' or the etinn-er might see with advantage, for it conveys a iess-on :to both. Although it i-eveals'ithe fotWfcs and frailties <?f femi'.une ?r?at»on iv(- a wriiewlipt" pavnfU l ! [ liyanin«iy ißie morrfl it coutaiiifi is so conviimcing a 4 s to appeal to the finer and inc'bler instincts of either sex. Mess Hi'-lda Spong is a most refined and rt-alented (actress, whio did full justice ,to the titlia roll. At- times her. emotion iseemed somewhat istra'in-ed, but hcv adaptation to the varykig circumstances of a worldly career was always true to nature, and ishe met with a hearty reception 1 from her sym-pathe-trc vaudience. Mr William, D«8rnvr/nd fi-IYed the part of "Nobody" with dignity and skill, and worthily sustained the reputa'tmn he po'see-sses iof a clever actor. Miss -En-id Bennett igave a pleasing and. natural portrayal •df "Mbdesity," a'nd Miss. Emma Tempi o was iseeiu to advantage as "Truth. Tlio" ~w7iok?' of the .remajanrng charac-te-irs were-' well taken. l*he stage effects wr,!'e atlitinrablc - , the setting and dressring .jjerfeet, and the music appropriate. The moral of the play wAsi contained in the last three' lines recited by Nobody: "Be '.merciful, be just, be fair To iErvt>-ryw()man every where'; Her fau'lrtis are many; Nobody's tho blame!"