New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30
d" ANTIGONE" At TASSAR.
THE ARRANGEMENT FOR PRESENTING THE
DRAMA OF soPHOCLEs As HE HIMSELF

MIGHT HAVE WISHED 1T


DRAMA OF soPnOCLEs As HE HIMSELF
| MIGHT HAVE WISHED 1T DONE.
Pouchkcepsic. y. Y. April 90 CspccaD.
| interest Is manifested In III" efforts Of the young
ladies Of Vassar College who have had In hand the ar
Engagements for the presentation OF Sophocles tragedy
"AngOnc.' 1t Is now four months since the project
| was conceived by the dramatic society of the college
and the work Of putting into dramatic unity the
| numerous details connected with the production was
| begun
The cast had 10 be- selected the parts learned the
| play adapted TO music and last and perhaps most
important the costumes had to be designed. Previous
attempts 10 give a Greek play In this country nave
lent their suggestive influence TO the undcyeOpcd ideas
of the Vassar girls. and the selection Of McsSrs Dos-
and Sargent trainers has insured drilling ny
instructors probably the most capable In America to
crystallIze the confused dramatic notions Of the pro-
jccors of the VasSar. This Is the second
| attempt 1T presentation in this country In the
original Greek, It's predecessor being the production
OF one at Harvard few years ago The dramatic
/ society Of smith College tried the presentation Oh
Electra four years ago. adopting Dean Pumptrc's
translation. and number Of ladies OF N"w-iihVeh
made exactly the experiment with "Antigonc'
three years ago. The latter attempt WAS most sue
cesSfu and for This reason Max DcNsauer' the d.
rector of the Ncw-IIavcn production. was chosen to
drill the Vassar actresses for their performance.
Herr Dessaucr has adapted the original words to
McndelssOhn'S music. and has directed the musical
detail OF the rchcarsais in every PARTICULAR besides
the work OF Herr Dcssaucr, Mr. sargent principal oi
the Lyceum School of Dramatic Art, Ncw-lork has
drilled the principals I'm matters connected with the
stage action and dramatic detail
Miss Abbie Leach instructor in Greek ut Na'oAr,
mas had charge of the production as regards the cor
rect delivery of The individual parts, and her success
has been most marked. Miss Leach WAS graduated
from the Harvard Annex, and studied In Lellsic ana
JchuS uonllius has since 1855 been
instructor at Vassar.
In detail the play will be historically accurate
The Instructors interested in the presentation have
ransacked the volumes Of the college library for IN
formation as to the correct style 81 costume a!d
neither history, ancient play nor work Of sculpture
has been spared IN the cdcavor TO arrive at exactly
the p opcr detail. The play will be presented almost
exactly as in ancient Athens in the days OF Spioc'S'
In the preparation Of the costumes every I'll rt mas
been maze TO the harmonious and graceful
effects which the cliuGng folds and artistic drdperS
80 characteristic of GIccian costume produce. Ihc
! cid ATTIC dress will lie duplicated in general FORM
The male characters will wear IL long sack chltoh
reaching to thu knees. while over this rectangular
shaped mantle Will be drapcd about III" hguTc Ill
pleasing manner. The female characters VIII weir
papluS fastened al the shoulders and cncirclcd al
| the waist by Il grdlc. I>mcne and the Queen al
tcrdans will diplodion, with graceful lali
of garment The clifton. The fenr" characters
1
effect Of the simple Attic dress.
several of the characters will be clothed in The short
Doric clifton with high b VI laccS in 'front.' ana others
Will have sandal, with cross strap reaching 10 ihc
skirts Ingenious methods Of arranging III" manu-" OF
hima,ion have enhanced the attiactiNencos of ia"
general effect.
The orchestra which will assist the young ladies al
the final production will lie selected nom the lead
ing musicians OF S.idl's and DamrOscAo companies
The parts have been assigned Us follows:
Kng con, Emclinc Iaitlctt. Of Providence, X. ].
Anlieone. Helen >ladc, OF Quincy. Mas
llaemon E"s l frs@y OF r GT I6y r. H.
Teircsias. Grace Cooley, Of ilaniied. " !.
| Guard. Mildred Matthews, Of Mcmrn.>. Tenn
First Messenger. Frances Jolnc, OF IAN Francisco
sccond Messenger, Geneva rryon, Of Cambridge
Lo.dcr of the chor:,s, Alice barry, Of or ,'viie
" y. instructor in Latin.
VIM A wnnne far r Douglas and oTsSn iayo
son of President Taylor. ,,,,.. ,,.u,,.,.. ..,.,r
! Crompon Bessie Curtis, ilazcltine Fletcher. lia
cnlan, whc%ina kircncr AGbe l Lcrrnyd' M%nl
sarah Mccarthy. Elizabeth Iiccher Henrietta Pratt
Ella Rudman, Ellie saunders. Flora >immon' Laura
Marian WEIGH, Clara White aud Harret' wood.
The plans for the presentation Of the play nav"
inst been nat rally changed II WAS he original IL
tcntion Of the projectors 70 have sing" performance
only, but when the tickets were placed on SAFE 'cE
we're purchase, so speedily that it has been found
| desirable TO have another production. The original
| performance will take place contemplated Friday
evening, May 20. and tie matinee on saturday after
| noon MAY -. \, planned from the first. a
| ,uncial 1rain will be- from New YORK 70 accom-
mediate the people from that dty VINO desire 10 De-
! present ,,. , . Anti.
Interest attaches TO the prrscnlauOn OF AnlE
one from the fact thai - many professor Of 'rerh
| included Professor, GOODWIN, Lane. Gtcrnon@h
Wright, Allen, Ktridge and nmi'l, OF Harvard
! ,rymou1 and GOolcl Of Yale; War and Young, of
Columbia Fcnald Of Williams, and Van Nch'chotcl
! and Goodwin. Of Wesleyan. . -
4 large number Of pcopl" from NcwlIavcn will
also be u! ,eml to enjoy the performance ana compare
IL with their presentation OF the same pay lHiee years
ago