New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-13
THE NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
POLY BOYS IN BURLESQUE.
HAMLET & CO." DREW A CROWD TO THE
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
THE PLAY FUN-MAKER FROM BEGINNING Tc
END-APPI.AusE FOR sPECIALTIEs-To
BE REPEATED THIS EVENING.

END-APPIAUSE FOR SPECIALTTES-TO
BE REPEATED THIS EVENING
Hamlet & Co.." the annual play OF the foiy-
technic Dramatic Association for lss'. was re-
markable success when ii was presented 10 'ne
public last evening for the first time. The Academy
Of Music filled with fashionable auoience.
which went prepared 10 something GOOD ana
in wise disappointed Hamlet d co. Is
three-act musical burlesque. which takes many I'D
critics with Shakespeare and as many other Ia
nous personages as il can use 10 advantage III i''
cast Local hits and Shakespearian quotations an
Interpretations mingled in a way TO pro'oAe
laughter almost continuously
The amateur actors. armed with several poetlcai
licenses and other privileges extended TO play ac-
tors fred their Jokes right and left AT ali persons
within range, from President Cochran. the hedn
OF the institute down TO the lowly street musician
The costumes were. of course. on plane with the
play itself. and the scenery was selected with the
purpose OF adding 10 the fun.
The cast Of the play gives good idea OF the
spirit in which the boys interpreted mr.. Shake
speare's' efforts:
Macbeth the Tin9t,snny Scot Edward Joseph Byrne
Romeo late OF Montague Terrace Emil AUGUST Taucher,
Otheilo an up-to-date minstrel ~:
Peucho sao:er and Richard Mott cahoone
Bassano committed to the bars Paw 0leSp Moore
opheia far. ana foolish. Terence Tiernan Burns
Lady Macbeth, somnambulist. Homer Bates Mason
The shade " Of Shakespeare Edward Joseph
other Shakespearian characters
The scenery represented the courtyard Of the
Avon Hydropathc Sanitarium, prison corridor
on Blackwells Island a drawing-room at the SAM
tarium and the banquet-room at the Saniarium.
The best things on the programme were the spe-
cialties introduced from time time. One Of the
best hits Of the evening was the murderers chorus
in Act ii. The acting and singing of the group
~hoyA ~ xx-htc h
was for Homer b. Mason, the murderer-in- chief.
Mr.. Mason made another hit "Trilby in the
same act. His feat of playing the piano with box
ing gloves on his hands. cloth over the keys and
a bandage on his eyes was well appreciated by the
audience The other speciaties each of which
won rounds of applause. Balcony scene. Mr..
Tauchert and Mr.. Ogilvie song. Mr. skinner; dance
OF the court testers. medley by the cast and the
chorus; acrobatc dance. James A. Dunno jr.;
violin solo, Mr.. Tauchert and solo dance. Allan
Fraser
The patronesses of the evening were Mrs. j. T.
Austen. Mrs. }. 7. Adams. Mrs. T. Achelis. Mrs.
H. c. Anthony Mrs w. NJ. Adams. Mrs. Max
Brill, Mrs. George Bancke, Mrs. r. r. Bosert,
Mrs. Willard Bartlett. Mrs. T. l.. Backus. Mrs. w.
II. Beardsley. Mrs. A. J. f. Behrends, Mrs. D..
Bloodsood, Mrs. J. W. Block, Mrs. G. ". Bonner,
Fig.lSw Mrs G BTowP Mrs fIeld ME- s
ingham. Mrs. r. T. rockingham, Mrs. Alfred
i. w. HaVildnd, Mrs. William Hanly. Mrs. T.. D.
lodgskin. Mrs c. Hertzberg. Mrs Gustav
Heubach. Mrs. Albert Haley Mrs, G. II. Henshaw,
Mrs II; G. Hanan. Mrs; G II; House, Mrs: joel
Mrs 6. W. Mead. Mrs. C. A. Moore Mrs. William
H. Meserole. Mrs. Byron Murray, jr,, Mrs. Albert
G. Macdonald, Mrs. j.. II. MacClure, Mrs Car!
Muller Mrs W. B. Moore. Mrs. William Nc
Carroll. Mrs. w. II. Nichols, Mrs. ]. A. Nichols,
Mrs. A. Nicolovius, Mrs. John S. Ogilvie, Mrs j..
H. Oliphant, Mrs. A. j. Outwater. Mrs. Timothy
Perry Mrs. c. G. Putnam. Mrs. NJ V. Phillips,
Mrs. F. H. Chandler, Mrs. A. B. Chandler, Mrs. j.
NJ. Conklin. Mrs. 6. S. Collins. Mrs. Alexander
Cameron. Mrs. ~ II. Chapman, Mrs. G. w. Chaun-
ssey; Mrs O. \ Gregg Mrs. Mrs G p Cocks Mrs Mrs.
ton. Mrs Horace E. Dresser: Mrs Theodore
Dreier Mrs c. L. Dingee, Mrs. II. c. Du Val, Mrs.
]. Dtmas Mrs. Andrew Dougherty. Mrs. Eliza
beth Edwards Mrs. c. A jain. Mrs Orlando II.
Jadwin, Mrs. II. p. Journeay, Mrs. II. c. Johnston,
Mrs. Rodney G.. Kimball. Mrs. Brainard Kellogg.
Mrs. Z. j. Knowlton, Mrs p Lichtenstein. Mrs.
Donald Lee Mrs G NJ. Luther. Mrs J. r. Itch
field, Mrs. Chester B. Lawrence. Mrs. Seth Low.
Mrs. D, Iador, Mrs. II Lester; Mrs. J Rogers ger
ton, Mrs. j. McGahie Mrs; H. w. Palmer, Mrs. II.
Mrs H. z. Provost. Mrs. d. r. Quick Mrs. J. w.
Rhoades, Mrs. s Sheldon, Mrs F. T. Sherman,
Mrs. Charles A. Schieren Mrs j. A. Slipper. Mrs.
J. T, Story, Mrs. F. II. Sellman, Mrs. r. Schermer-
horn, Mrs. II. r. Steele, Mrs. v II. Seaman, Mrs j.
Schnnitt, Mrs John III. Schumann, Mrs. c. A. Shaw.
Mrs. r. NJ. FOWL Mrs John +. Tousey, Mrs. O. +.
Tauchert, Mrs c. II. Tiebout Mrs. s. j. Young.
Mrs. J. ]. Walton, Mrs. G. G. Ward, Mrs. j. o.
williams. Mrs. S. D. Webb, Mrs. L. a; WILDER.
Mrs b. w. Woodward and Mrs. j. J. Williams.
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