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The Assumption of Hannele
A dream play in two acts by Gerhardt Hauptman. Opened at the Cort Theater, New York City, February 15, 1924, for 3 afternoon performances. Produced by John D. Williams.
Cast of characters
| Hannele | Eva LeGallienne |
| Gottwald, a Schoolmaster | Basil Rathbone |
| Sister Martha | Alice John |
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Inmates of the Almhouse |
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| Tulpe | Mrs. Edmund Gurney |
| Hete | Olive Valerie |
| Pleschke | Edward Forbes |
| Hanke | Charles Ellis |
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| Seidel, A Woodcutter | Henry Warwick |
| Berger, a Magistrate | Paul Leyssac |
| Schmidt, a Police Official | Stanley Kalkhurst |
| Dr. Wachler | Morris Ankrum |
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Apparitions in Hannele's Delirium |
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| Mattern | Charles Francis |
| The Form of Hannele's Dead Mother | Merle Maddern |
| The Deaconess | Alice John |
| The Village Tailor | Owen Meech |
| The Stranger | Basil Rathbone |
| First Woman | Florence Walcott |
| Second Woman | Agnes McCarthy |
| Third Woman | Georgia Backus |
| Pleschke | Edward Forbes |
| Hanke | Charles Ellis |
| Seidel | Henry Warwick |
| A Child | Teddy Jones |
| "The dream play of Gerhardt Hauptman in which a bruised and beaten
child, dying, visualizes her entrance into heaven. She sees the Saviour in
the person of her most sympathetic friend, the schoolmaster [Rathbone]. Her
enemies are punished, including the stepfather who has beaten her, and the
playmates who had made fun of her quaint imagination and tattered clothes
are properly impressed." [from The Best Plays of 1923-24, ed. by Burns Mantle (Dodd, Mead and Co., 1924), page 400.] |
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