CROYDON HIPPODROME.
“THE UNMARRIED MOTHER.”
Among the many problems the war has raised in an acute form, and which will inevitably lead to new adjustments, is that of the unmarried wife and mother. The fact that it has become fashionable to use terms that a few years ago would have seemed absurd paradoxes shows the spirit of the times. Whether that be for the better or worse we will not discuss, but that is the question that the drama of this week, “The Unmarried Mother,” sets out to solve. “Private Walter Newton,” the lover, represented by Mr. Hugh Wallace, has to leave for abroad before he can marry “Eileen,” who is soon to become a mother, and whose character is interpreted by Miss Beatrice Malvern. Directly her secret is known she is turned away from the service of two worldly-religious souls called “John and Martha Chalmers.” These roles are taken by Mr. Conrad Clerke and Miss Maud Malvern. Eileen eventually falls into the care of “Mrs. O’Goblin,” a good old soul who is represented by Miss Army Wood. After the birth of her child she gets work, but loses it through the machinations of “Gerald Blake,” who, as Mr. J. Cook Hinton presented him, is a fairly contemptible villain. The other characters are “Ethel Chalmers,” who leaves her home to share the fortunes of Eileen, and is a good character in the hands of Miss Pattie Dene [Edith (Cox) Wallace]; and “Lieut. Dennis Allen,” who is in love with her, and whom Mr. Roland Hope does his best to make interesting. Mr. Archie Grant is the chaplain of the hospital, who eventually marries Eileen at the supposed death bed of the hero, who of course does not die, so that all is well that ends well.
(Dorking & Leatherhead Advertiser, 19th February 1916)
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