The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-26
BROWN UNIVERSITY.
First Dress Rehearsal OF the ere
turn Of 0dysseus."
The Cast Of the Play is Now Practically
Completed.

1t has been decided not to present tho
Greek play at the Women's College of
Brown University Wednesday evening,
Dec. 1, In order not to conflict with the
first of the series OF lectures in Sayles
hall, under, the auspices Of the Brown
University Lecture Association. The play
will be given for the benefit of the public
Tuesday afternoon and evening, Nov.
80. in Pembroke hall. "Wednesday Iafter-
noon there will be performance espec-
tally for the students.
1he first dress rehearsal OF the play the
Return OF Odysseus, was held at the
Women's College this morning. The
dancers looked quite fantasticnl with cos
tunes of every color of the rainbow, and
their legs 'bare up 10 their knees and In
some cases above. Everything is designed
after the Greoian method as shown on
vases and works OF sculptures.
= The play consists OF prelude and six
scenes. The prelude is sting about an
altar to Apollo by a chorus OF about 40
voices, accompanied by harp and flutes.
The hymn dates back to the third CEN
tury Is. c., andwas found by the Fro
school at Delphi four years ago, a trans
lation of it being made by DIR. Francis
Greenleaf Allison.
The first act opens at the hoase of
Odysseus where Telemachus and the
suitors of Penelope are seated feastinR.
Athene, disguised as Mentes, advised
Telemachus to search for his lost father.
Phenois. the harper plays to the suitors
and sings the mournful tales or Troy
while Telemachus Ia considering this
advice. Penelope then enters accom-
panied by her maideps, and entreats the
harper not TO awake the memories Of her
absent lord
The second act consists entirely Of
tableaux showing Odysseus with Circe
In her palace and the nympbs.
ND bar rna
ing handball in the third act.
In the next scene Odysseus arrives at
the palace OF Alkinoos ani asks hospi-
tality. Alkipoos with his entire house,
hold and the Phaecian mobiles are seen.
:. Act five is also at the court of Alkinoos
their games of jumping, boxing, run
ming. leaping, wrestling and throwing
the discus.
The sixth act closes the play with the
return of Odysseus TO his homo and the
recognition by Penelope.
Under the supervision OF Professor
Manatt a translation Of the odyssey by
Professor q. III. Palmer Of Harvard will
be read between tho acts
Miss Evelyn Hay Bnrrows under
whose direction the play Is being pre-
pared, spent two years at Radcliffe col
lege, one year at Athens and one at Leip-
sig studying Greek. Miss Barrows sup
eIinVenueu tno prouuouion VI eho eoihe
play at Radcliffe inils9a after her return
from abroad.
The cast Of the play Is now complete
except the selection of forty children.
The children take only minor part and
DO not need to rehearse: The cast Is as
follows: Odysseus, Il. :. johnson; !;
Athena, Florence j. Writings Penelope,
Netta Goodale: Pherenos, Woodbury. j.
Scribner; Euryoleia, winnifred u. King;
serving msidens, Susan Macxie, Pearl
Grant; Circe,. Helen Hunt; nympbs,
Louise Hunt Mollle Wilson; Arete, May
Aldrich; Laodamus, W. n. Detmers;
George Goulding; Euryalus. L. B.
Adams Elatreus, M. q. johnson; Prince,
Shehadi Sohehadi; housekeeper, Daisy
Chase; Patronius, eli. K Cross: hand
maidens, Edith jackson, Helen Camp
bell, Agnes Troup, Anna Thomp-
son, Elmor Congdon, Bessie Al
drich; children, Annie Chapman.
Bessie Brown; Nausisa, Ethel
Parks; harpist Frank Raia;
priestess, Laura Thomas; attendants
Phebe Clifford, Grsoe Inman; chorus
Balloon, kuth Batchelder. Harriet Brooks.
Pearl Grant Catherine Littlefield, Helen
Manatt, Sara Manatt, Susan Mackie,
Adrienne Mathews, Mary Stark, Laura
stone, Eulalia Towne Helen Waterman,
Luther B Adams, Howard &. Barber,
Clarence s. brigham. Harold =. Capron,
Edwin ,. Cobb George :. Cooper. Walter
II. Dctmers, Albert J. Frohook, Frank
4. Hallett, Thatcher Guild, H.M Hovey,
John NJ. Huse. Jesse II. Stinard.
Maidens, Misses Applston, Batohelder.
Valley, McAllister. Mathews, Stark, Tower.