The New York herald., 1879-01-03
AMUSEM ENTS.

UNION LEAGUE THEATRE FAIR RosAMoSD.
The cosey little theatre attached TO the Union
League Club House was filed to its utmost capacity
last evening by representatives of the wealth and
fashion OF this city to witness amateur perform
ance OF the buresque of Fair Rosamond," with the
following cast OF characters
King Henry the Two....,.........,..Mr A. NJ Sherwood
can exrerueiy atahe monarch in not hafahc TO keep
himself ont OF mischicil
a lord ia he kings conaience: characser ~honi the
muthor has manai TO steal fr,m addison,
q FSs,ca "oSieman, fond OF Far Iio;s@.aal !,
tIis squire ana as description Of this squire would take
~ twenty sheets can't dream Of giving onel
a enr Jester seldom, cangh jestin an,hor Riddles
Dictionary. ''cum mnitus aliis rebus-i { and many
@d beng porter half half clsrsssrl
Nho is devoted TO his chip and has been known to take
his steak -
e Of Henry 50 gentle character that Unless taiknr to
and aw,ng her she is meyer
he Fair about whom So much has been said which is not
Marrery ........'.'.'.'.... .n Mr. David Urquhar.
ca poor orphan treated ly .chooims,ress very
c,,,. oh'haho manner ~ =, = .
a schoolms'ress. and cool possible under hs cir
courtcrs. peasants schoolgirls, miserable rufans. &C.,
X nrr Msif r q ena omdn " II as L. msrdns
Q. l.. Perkins. g. r. Shcldon andJ. A Wright, Jr
1t will be seen by tho above that there
l1uicS III the cast tulr sex Deliiy Dy
bearless young men. Tho performance given
III aid of the Harvard Boat Club, and most of the
performers Harvard Every in the
audience had personal interest in the success of the
entertainment. and there were quito number OF
Bostonians present The piece is very amusing and
tho acting bcttcr than is usual with non-procs-
sionals There dragging, and. another I'M
usual thing, all the performers knew their lines The
picco might be called perpetual song and dance,
for there seldom moment when
there was not dancing singing going on,
and most of the time both together.
The young gentlemen were very graceful.
and of them had good voices, that of Mr. Shcae
being perhaps, the best Mr. Sherwood was very
Jolly King Henry, and looked a giant i'll his kngly
clothes. AS Fair Iosamond Mr.. Farnsworth was
very captivating and nsed his fan with feminine
archness. Mr.. Curtis acted Bonbon with great vim
and sang very well, though evidently suffering from
cold. The most amusing characters i'll the piece
Queen Elnor and Crideline the schoolinstress,
in which Messrs Butler and Sprague showed more
than amateur talent The entire performance was
with shouts Of laughter. The actors dressed their
parts gorgeously the extravaganza OF the schoolgirls
being enough. to ruin their fond parents. The
orchestra under Mr.. Vogritsch, composed of the
following gentlemen, who played with skill and
precision that is seldom found among amatcurs:--
Piano Messrs. Gustav Kobbe and H. kobbc; first
vioins. Messrs. +. Kobbe, Halliday. I4cwenbcrg
and Jaroslawsky sccoud violins. Mcssrs George
Kobbe and Dodson: volas Messrs. Paris and Swain;
viooncco, Mr. Gordon double bass, Mr. Gray flute and
Thomas Mcssrs Shelton and Juyce drum Mr. q.
G. Smith; Triangle Mr.. Taylor.
The performance will be repeated this evening and
tomorrow afternoon.