Mary Brevard Roberts

              MARY BEVARD ROBERTS
INTERPRETIVE RECITALS

REPERTOIRE
EVERYWOMAN......Walter Browne
A Modern Morality Play "Everywoman, thou with Youth and Beauty, Pursued a foolish quest.   Thy suffering led Thee to Truth.  Truth led thee back to home and love."
THE BLUE BIRD      .     .     .     Maurice  Maeterlinck A Search for Happiness "Why, that's the Blue Bird we were looking for ! We went so far and he was here all the time ! Oh, but it's wonderful ! "
THE PIGEON......John Galsworthy
A Fantasy "If I had one prayer to make, it would be, Good God, give me to understand!"
MATER........Percy MacKaye
An American Study in Comedy "For the test of love—
And the best of love—is laughter."
JEANNE D'ARC.....Percy MacKaye
"Out of Lorraine, beside the Ladies' Tree, Shall come a maid—saviour of France."
THE  PIPER    ....     Josephine Preston Peabody The Prize Drama "Beautiful in its conception, exquisite in its expression, tinged with a fine humor."
THE DAWN OF A TO-MORROW
Frances Hodgson Burnett A Story of Cheerfulness and Faith
THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE
Charles Rann Kennedy " The  most  original  and  masterful  play   of modern times.''
THE FALCON......Alfred Tennyson
A Romantic Drama in one act
THE ROMANCERS    ....     Edmund Rostand
A Comedy
"Stolen love tastes sweet as stolen fruit "
THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE
William Butler Teats '* A lyric play inspired with the spirit of the Irish race, full of native tradition, and thought and sentiment."
JUDITH AND HOLOFERNES
Thomas Bailey Aldrich "A truly poetic drama, dignified and imaginative, and with  the  author's  unfailing  insight   into   the   passionate emotions of human nature."
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD   .     .   Mary Johnston
A Story of Colonial Virginia
" We Drink of the Same Cup "

GRANDE POINTE     ....     George W. Cable
The Arcadians in Louisiana
"Knowledge is Power "
THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
Edward Everett Hale " The greatest American short story "

PETER PAN.......J. M. Barrie
Juvenile "When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh  broke into a thousand pieces,  and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies."
MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM    Short Stories. Poems.                               Dramas.
TESTIMONIALS
MRS. BERTHA KUNZ BAKER, New York City—I know few readers whose work can be ranked with the in¬terpretations of Mary Brevard Roberts for high ideality, rare and distinguished beauty, both in the choice of matter and in the manner of portrayal.     It is always an artistic pleasure to hear her.

REV. EDWIN HEYL DELK, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, Pa.—Miss Mary Brevard Roberts has been dowered with a physical beauty and refinement of manner which, at her first appearance on the platform, at once charm her hearers. Added to these native gifts, Miss Roberts has acquired an intelligent mastery and appreciation of the literary material she presents to her audiences. Her reading of the great authors and popular writers evinces culture, purity, passion and self-restraint. There is nothing of the "elocutionist" in her presenta¬tions, but her work is marked by a wholesome naturalness and refinement of method which sends one away glad of the beauty, the joy, the tragedy—yes, the very sorrow of life.

DR. W. L. DAVIDSON, National Chautauqua Bureau, Cleveland, Ohio.—Miss Mary Brevard Roberts, at Mountain Lake Park, gave great pleasure and delight for a week to a group of cultured people in the Hall of Phi¬losophy, as she read to them from some of the great creations of literature.
Miss Roberts knows how to get into the atmosphere of the author from whom she reads, and with finely modulated voice and sympathetic enthusiasm, she brings her audience into the same atmosphere. She has high pur¬pose in all her work.     It is educational as well as entertaining.

HOWARD J. BENCHOFF, Headmaster of Massanutten Academy, Woodstock, Va.—I want to express to you our appreciation of the literary treat you gave us. Our folks were all delighted with the opportunity to hear "The Blue Bird" interpreted by an artist, and I have since heard many expressions of pleasure from the reading you gave us. Your ability to enter with spirit into the world of symbols and dreams, and present each character with a clearness that never for a moment lost the thread of the story to the hearers, was remarkable. I considered your effort a peculiarly chaste and artistic triumph, and wish for you abundant success. You won your audience at Massanutten, I assure you.

REV. W. J. B. EDGAR, First United Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa.—I want to thank you for the very delightful hour spent at your recital of " Every woman" yesterday afternoon. It was the finest perform¬ance of the kind I ever attended.     This is not a testimonial—it is a tribute.

ANDREW THOMAS SMITH, Principal of State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa.—Miss Mary Brevard Roberts presented here Maurice Maeterlinck's mystical play, " The Blue Bird." Her work is refined, sympathetic, and choice. Possessed of a stage presence and voice which are most attractive, she won the eager response of her audience from the very beginning.

PAUL H. STEWART, Chairman of Entertainment Committee, Baltimore, Md.—Among the many readers that have appeared before the audiences at the Masonic Temple, Miss Mary Brevard Roberts deserves first place.
She has fine natural talent which has been highly cultivated and withal a charming personality capable of portraying a great variety of characters and emotions. She is remarkably free from affectation and self-consciousness, winning an audience and holding the closest attention throughout.

A. E. WINSHIP, Editor of Journal of Education, Boston, Mass.—It was my pleasure and privilege to hear Miss Mary Brevard Roberts lecture and read at an institute, and her work was eminently satisfactory to the super¬intendent, teachers, and the public. She is master in the science and art of physical training, vocal effect and literary interpretation.     She will be an unqualified success in any institute or before any audience.

ROBERT J. MCLAUGHLIN, Teachers' Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.—Your rendition of Aldrich's "Judith and Holofernes" was exquisite. You made one realize to the full the stately beauty of the words and the tragic grandeur of the story.

MRS. FANNY MONCURE MARBURG, Chairman of Literary Committee, Philomusian Club, Philadelphia, Pa. —You gave a wonderfully sympathetic and effective reading of "The Dawn of a To-morrow," and all the members of the club are charmed with your work.

EDWARD F. BIGELOW, Nature and Science Editor of St. Nicholas Magazine.—It has been my privilege and pleasure to be colleague instructor with Miss Mary Brevard Roberts at two institutes, at Lancaster and Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
Her work was most favorably received by the teachers, and her readings and recitations were exceptionally entertaining.     I heard many favorable comments from various teachers.

GEORGE W. HULL, State Normal School, Millersville, Pa.—Miss Roberts is a real artist as an elocutionist. Her pleasant voice, pleasing manner and judicious selections never fail to charm and elevate her audience.
R. J. BRECHT, County Superintendent Public Schools, Lancaster, Pa.—The lady by her native grace and charming personality won the audience from the start.     She is thoroughly at home in her art.

THE PUBLIC LEDGER, Philadelphia, Pa.—A dramatic reading of rare delicacy and understanding was given before the New Century Club by Miss Mary Brevard Roberts. The subject was, "The Dawn of a To-morrow/' the powerful drama by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

THE PHILADELPHIA RECORD.—Miss Roberts won her audience by her refined art in her portrayal of scenes from Mary Johnston's well known novel, "To Have and to Hold." Her skillful management of this subject showed excellent voice control.     Miss Roberts' work commands attention by its sincerity.

THE PRESS, Philadelphia, Pa.—Nov. 13th. At the first in a series of three interpretative recitals from modern drama, Mary Brevard Roberts yesterday afternoon gave a reading of Walter Browne's "Everywoman," at the Acorn Club. The symbolic lines of this "modern morality play" lend themselves admirably to an intimate exposition of this sort, and lost nothing of their underlying beauty of thought in the sympathetic interpretation accorded them by Miss Roberts. Indeed, the literary value of the play was even more apparent than in the dramatic form, because of the absence of stage pictures, which inevitably divert a certain measure of attention from the lines themselves.
Nov. 20th. M The Pigeon," by John Galsworthy, produced by Winthrop Ames in the Little Theatre, New York, was presented by Mary Brevard Roberts yesterday afternoon. Miss Roberts, who possesses strong dramatic power, awoke the keenest interest and sympathy among her audience when she portrayed the sentimental character of Wellwyn, the artist. The artist's daughter Ann was ably impersonated; the wayward woman, Mrs. Megan, Ferrand, the French beggar, and Timson, the old comedian, were all made real.

THE TIMES, Philadelphia, Pa.—Miss Mary Brevard Roberts gave a reading of Poe's " Raven," accom¬panied by the musical setting composed by Max Heinrich. She has a voice and presence of great charm. Her interpretation of Poe was most artistic. In response to an appreciation of " The Raven," she gave an appealing reading of "Annabel Lee."   Miss Robert's remarks on Poe and his type of genius were interesting as well as unusual.

THE NORTH AMERICAN, Philadelphia, Pa.—The work of Miss Mary Brevard Roberts is highly artistic as well as versatile.

THE MORNING REPUBLICAN, Chester, Pa.—The recital of "The Dawn of a To-morrow," given before the New Century Club, by Miss Mary Brevard Roberts, was excellent and was greatly appreciated and enjoyed by all present.

THE PROGRESS, Darby, Pa.—Miss Roberts is finished in her art, and has a pleasing voice and personality. She was heartily received and her work was charming.

EAGLES MERE CHAUTAUC*UAN, Eagles Mere, Pa.—Miss Roberts charmed her audience. She has a most pleasing personality, and this, coupled with the excellent technique of her reading, assures for her a most successful future.

SULLIVAN COUNTY HERALD, Dushore, Pa.—Miss Roberts rendered a varied and interesting selection of readings with marked truth and delicacy of expression.

THE DAILY STANDARD, Hazleton, Pa.—Miss Roberts, though a stranger to the teachers, soon won the confidence of the audience by her pleasing presentation of the subject. Her readings were so elegantly and pleas¬antly rendered that the audience was held spell-bound.
DAILY LOCAL NEWS, West Chester, Pa.—The feature of the afternoon which brought almost the entire club membership to Library Hall, was a literary recital by Mary Brevard Roberts, of Philadelphia. Miss Roberts, whose personality is charming and whose reading has won her a reputation among many club circles, gave Frances Hodgson Burnett's "Dawn of a To-morrow." The story is a touching one, but one which leaves a feeling of hopefulness for better things. It was described as a sermon on hope, faith and cheerfulness, and well merits this description. Those who had never read the book, with its vivid pictures of the misery and squalor of the London slums contrasted with the beautiful faith and helpful lives of" Miss Jinny Montaubyn," little " Glad " and finally (after the awakening), of "Sir Oliver Holt," who first appears as "Anthony Dart," were inspired with a desire to read the whole story, while those who were already familiar with the tale, found its telling by the gifted reader added wonderfully to its interest.

MANSFIELD ADVERTISER, Mansfield, Pa___Those who attended the recital given in Alumni Hall by Mary
Brevard Roberts were amply repaid for their expenditure of time and money. Miss Roberts' reading is marked by great power, and her dramatic action and expression are of high standard of excellence. In "The Blue Bird" she has an admirable vehicle.     She is an entertainer  worthwhile.