Litchfield enquirer., 1877-12-27
Washington.

4aSt Frlday evening Wtlnesseu at tM tidII representation of the drana Among the
 Breakersr by the Washington Dramatic Asso- ciation The night was favo able, and the l we'll established reputation of the association
 gathered within the walls of the cosy little
 theatre goodly rul-ier, pot osly fto.n " asll- ington itself, but from many of the surround
 ing towns. This play is by the same author as Down by the Sea- and Bread on the l Waters" which were rendered last spring at
 the Hall to the delight of large audiences and it's merits, as demonstrated on Friday, seem
 to almost equal those of Bread on the Wat
 CTS" which won the chief iaurels last spring. It has the somewhat stereotyped variety of
 characters which belong to. the popular play
 of the period Mother Carey, the witch fort ] une teller, who as young woman has suffered
 grevious wrong, but lives long enough to right
 that wrong. and regulate satisfactorily the fin- aie of the play David Murray, the villain of
 the plot, who with every disposition and op- portunity for outrage. finds himself thwarted in the end by the witch whom he has despised,
 and is at length brought to the stool of repent ance, and to the threshold of an honest old age; the Hon. Bruce Hunter, the dignifed gentleman of fortune and education and Bess
 Starbrght, Cast up by the Sea- who be-
 comes naval heroine and is a very interesting
 character in the plot The remaining person. ages supply the humour and piquancy to the play There is Peter Paragraph the news paper reporter, with note book in hand, ever on the look out for an item ;; Clarence Hunter, the handsome lover; Miss Minnie Daze, the mincing fashionable young city lady; ''Scud' Hunters colored servant and the two Irish characters Larry Divine and Biddy Bean, to which last three are given full opportunity to deyelope the negro and Hibernian humour.
 The play was preceded by a duet on the
 piano performed by Mrs. Bell Ford and Miss Mary W. Brown. Mir. Gum, the President of the association, and stage manager. then announced the list of characters and the plot of the drama, leaving to the audience to re- cognize those who should assume the several parts The following names of the actors, with their places of residence, will show the kind of material the Dramatic Association has at it's disposal, and explains in measure it's successful variety of performance; David Murray, keeper of Fairpoint light, and the vil- lain of the piece, was personated by Sturges Shelton, of New Haven, pupil for several years of the Home and School, on Churchill; {; Larry Divine, his assistant, full fiedged young son of Erin, by Miles Aspinwan of Washington, who has been often seen upon the boards of the association in great variety of parts, all of which he assumed with credit to himself Hon. Bruce Hunter, by R. T.
 Bishop, son of Hon. Wm. D. Bishop, Presi- dent of New York. New Haven and Hartford R. R. Co.,; Clarence Hunter, by George Lem- mon of Washington; Peter Paragraph, newspaper reporter, by Richard E. Burton, son of Dr. N. Burton, of Hartford; 'Scud," Hunters colored servant, by Henry More house, son of Henry H. Morehouso principal
 of the Home and School on Churchill; Miss Minnie Daze, by Miss Jennie yM.- Ford, of
 Washington Bess starbright, Cast up by the Waves by Miss A. F. Crandall, of Provi- dence, K. l.. <; Mother Carey, the fortune tell CT, by Mrs. J. c. Brinsmade, of Washington Biddy Bean, an Irish girl, by Charles Cham berlain, of Worcester, Mass You will only record the universal voice of the appreciative audience, if you assure your readers that all of these young ladies and gentleman acquitted Themselves handsomely and won the we'll earned applause of the listeners, one and all < Al the close of the drama Messrs, Bishop and Burton acted an original negro extrava- ganza, which abounded in characteristic hits and numerous allusions, and dismissed the au- 6ience in a happy humour to their several
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