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Etta Berter is a doctor's wife in 1905 who has been unable to have children. The couple has one adopted daughter but she has always wanted more children. Julie Harris's character is the family's cook and close companion to their daughter. Her granddaughter is the family's maid. When a visiting friend of Etta's arrives for a visit both she and the maid are attracted to him. When he seems to prefer the younger woman (the maid) the other woman is very jealous and when the maid becomes pregnant by him the older woman vows to make that child her own.
Theatrical
May 25, 1995
Cast
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Veronica Hamel
Etta Berter
R
Richard Kiley
Dr. Will Berter
S
Shae D'Lyn
Edwina Phelan
T
Thomas Gibson
Hailus Tuckman
R
Reed Diamond
Thomas Rafferty
J
Jessica Bowman
Anna Berter
J
Julie Harris
Caroline Phelan
S
Shannon Eubanks
Clara
A
Ann Bronston
Lucy Minchion
B
Beatrice Bush
Edith
E
Erin Williby
Beth
R
Rob Brownstein
Reverend Goode
R
Rick Warner
Douglas Phelan
