Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-05-02
LOCAL DRAMATIC TALENT.
The Amateur Dramatic Club Scores
Success in Presenting
among the Breakers.'
A Large Crowd Witnesses the Pre-
sen tatiOn and joins in the
Verdict 'sWeIl Done"
Jamestown Secures the Headquar-
uers OF the Alliance Insur.
ance Company.
Elvaiing Professionals.

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The Amateur Dramatic club covered
itself with glory Tuesday. Its members
presented the play, "Among the Break
ers," and the verdict was, swell done. y
There have been less meritorlous presen-
tations in this city by professional, trav-
cling companies than that which the local
dramatic club gave last night. And this,
notwithstanding the fact that sickness
and other reasons have made it necessa-
ry to recast the play several times. The
presentation was first decided on nearly
three months ago, but only one or two of
those who we're in the original cast re-
mained through until last night. There
| were two members who were only as
signed the parts which they personated
, four days ago.
The play is pleasant intermixture of
trials, tribulations and villiany with VIC
tory, JOY and love, punctuated with the
usual quantity of marriage and giving in
marriage. The hero comes out Of his
dramatic viclssitudes victorious, the yil-
liam repents, reforms and is reclaimed,
the heroine marrles a handsome fellow,
and when the curtain drops on the last
act everything has eventuated just as it
should have done, without any bloodshed,
and on the principle that virtue and up
rightness are ever triumphant. The fol-
| lowing is The cast:
David Murray. keeper of Fairpoint
| Lights. .....................FB b. Fancher
Larry Divine. his assistant. w. ?. Larcy
Hon. Bruce Hunter. ter...................J A. Frye
Clarence Hunter, his ward. Or. D. S. Moore
! Peter Paragraph, q newsna2ar re-
porter. Chas. I. Eliis
| Scud, Hunters colored servant. +. II. Chapman
Miss Bess Starbright, least up by the
| waves" ".....................M Miss Juna Eddy
Miss Minnie Dazc, Hunters niece.-....
| ................ Mrs +. Chapman
Mother Carey, Il reputed fortune tel
| ler........................ Mrs. II. ID. Adams
Biddy Bean, an Irish girl Miss Grace Vincent
The evenings entertainment opened
with a musical selection by the James
town brass band, under Leader Tunstall.
A male quartette, consisting Of Messrs
Voigt, Holgate, Adams and Karcher
sang, and then the curtain was rung up
and the play proceeded. Sandwiched in
between the first and second acts. were q
finely rendered, and loudly applauded sole
by Mr.. Holgate, cornet solo by Mr.
Voigt, which was encored, and another
selection by the male quartette.
It is not the purpose of The Alert tc
criticize this performance. but were il
such there would be but little opportu
nifty. The scene of the play is laid along
the sea coast near the light house o1
which David Murray is the keeper. The
first act opens with a scene in which
Larry Divine,' Murrays "Hiburnicum'
assistant, gets smitten with the charms
of Biddy Bean. w. P. Larcy, as Larry
was easy, natural and could hardly have
been improved upon His make up was
especially good. His red wig, hanne
shirt and high top boots, enclosing his
trousers, gave him decidedly Irish ap-
pearance, and his accent, while it easily
disclosed his nationality, proclaimed the
wisdom OF his selection, and left nothing
to be desired in his impersonation. Mis-:
Grace Vincent won many compliments il
her role as Biddy Bean, who captures
Larrys heart Her mastery of dlalec
was almost equal to Mr.. Larcy's. Th'
Alert is unable to pass upon the realism
of the love scenes, but accepting the yer
dict of experienced married people, pro
nounces it ''perfectly natural"
F. B. Fancher did the heavy TRACED,
of the evening, playing David Murray,t ht
lighthouse keeper who is the convention
al william. Hisi manner and bearing art
those of an actor and he seems quite a
home on the stage. His excellent acting
convinced everyone that no play b!
local talent would be complete withou
he had place in the cast f. II Chap
man as Scud, the colored servant. wa
the iavorite with the boys. jamestown
theater goers have seen colored parts les
satisfactorily impersonated by profes
sionals. He knew his lines, said then
just as darkey would and cut up tn
coon caperssin very realistic manner
J. A. Frye was Hon. Bruce Hunter, tn
dlgnitied. gentlemanly and importan
parsonage of the play. Jesse did tn
r part full justice and never failed to ris
S to the dignity of the occasion. Dl
g Moore as Clarence Hunter had pal
/ which gave no particularly opportunit
, for the display of unusual dramati
:, talent but he made the most of it.
D Charley Hills found his former repoI
torial experience useful and kept tt