The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

The birthday of the immortal bard
of Avon was commemorated last nlght
by entertainments of a distinctiVely
Shakespearean character in the audi
torium Of the high school and In the
Green Ridge library.
AT the high school the dramatic club
of that institution made its debut be-
fore an audience that filled the large
auditorium, The entertainment was
under the direction of Miss Leah
Heath, of the faculty of the school.
1t was in spots what some of the
youngsters in the audience deemed In
tensely collegiate. The spots were In
terruptions in the way of beets and
cabbages, which were SHE'D at the
actors on the stage.
When julius Caesar was being per-
formed, the body of Caesar (Harold
Battin) was carried on the stage, and
as Mare Antony was delivering his i'm
mortal speech, IF you have tears, pre-
pare to shed them now" some unruly
youngster in the front seat hit the
sacred remains with a large red beet.
A DECORATED CABBAGE.
Previous to this, in the very first
number Twelfth Night" while Ar
thur Sanction and Miss Grace Will
Jams were on the stage, a cabbage,
decorated with beets, came from some
where and rested with thump on
the stage. There were other beets
that fell like punctuation marks.
Some of the more disnified students
went for a police officer, Patrolman
Moir responding. No arrests We're
made, however.
1t must not be understood by the
public that these little unprogrammed
incidents were aroused by the acting
of the Dramatic club. On the contrary
the young people gave a very delight
full entertainment and as readers of
Shakespeare showed a great degree of
Intelligence and some dramatic talent.
Simon Nyc. as Mare Antony gave an
especially fine defamation of the fam
Gus speech over the corpse of Caesar.
Miss Grace Williams as Viola in
Twelfth Night" spoke her lines with
remarkable clearness and she has a
good idea of the style of gesture and
speech peculiar to the professional
stage.
The curtains parted at SIS o'clock.
The first number was a piano solo,
| we'll played by Miss Anna B. Williams.
Scenes from Twelfth Night" followed.
Miss Salmon, accompanied by Miss
Williams, sang Words of Shakes
peare" and another selection and the
club gave scenes from the fifth act of
LAS You Like It." Miss Maud Estelle
made a charming "Rosalind." Charles
Sweet played a banjo solo, and was
encOred.
JULIUS CAESAR.
The second scenes in acts 1 and of
Julius Caesar" were then performed
| The cast for this was.
| julius Caesar ............... Harold Battin
| Marc Antony ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Simon Nye
| Brutus .....................Ed Edward Hughes
| CaSsiuS .......................... .George Orr
| First Citizen ....,..........,....., Kay Rice
| Second Citizen Walter Shan2
| Third CltlZon .................'John NeWng
| Fourth Citizen Harry Rost
Citizens-R. Hull, Shurtleff, L. Morse
| Davis, Landau, Moses, Codr, II. Oliver
| Teal, McHale, Pearson, Spoerl, Brown
| Baas, Schuler, Rudy, Cooper.
| Edward f. Hughes spoke the lines
of "Brutus" in a forcible way. Each
| play was given in correct costume
| The success of the entertainment
should encourage repetition. The pu,
pills showed excellent training and the
Interpretation of Shakespeare is de-
cidedly complimentary to the instruc'
tor, Miss Heath.
AT THE GREEN RIDGE LIBRARY
The entertainment in the Greer
Ridge libray attracted a good sizeC
crowd. The Misses Reynolds capti,
waited with an instrumental duet anC
| Miss Spencer sang.
The rest of the evening was spent il
a reading of parts of Shakespeare will
the purpose of emphasizing his author
| shin