The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-19

| standpoint is as strong a company as
| could be selected from Worcester
large corps of capable singers and am
| ateur performers. 1t includes: Prince
| of Andaiusia, VIII A. Gray; Don Mig
uel, Henry d. Temple, Sancho Pedro,
| court Jester, Bert w Kincaid; Baltha-
Ear, Irish minister of police, Harry P.
! Foley; Don Romerio, captain of the
guard, w. E. Callahan; Hiram Hatch
| way Yankee sailor Percy G. Smith
| Camilla bride of Seville Mrs. Ada
! Lawrence Harrington; Donna Isabella,
mistress of Santa Maria inn, Miss Ber-
| tina Maud Bottomley; NEonice, Miss Eva
| 7. Dansereau; Galliana, Miss Claudia
Rondeau; soldiers, peasants, toreadors,
senoritas, royal guards, maids of the
mist, flower girls, sprites. etc.
| The production is undertaken on a
grand scale, with a chorus of more than
$50 voices, and more than 100 dancers,
selected by the leading teachers of
dancing in the city. Elaborate calcium
and electrical effects will be employed
| in the production, and special and cost
| ly scenery will be brought on from New
York especially for the opera The
wardrobe is uneXcelled for complete
ness and costumes for all parts have
been arranged with the same attention
to detail that marks the arrangements
play several popular hits of previous
productions in the city will be revived,
notably the "Chappies and soubrettes'
dance" Of the Dixey Ministries, and the
RED hussar drill of the Carnival Of
| Opera"
Of the principals, the role of Prince
Ramon is the most important and is
capably handled by Will A. Gray. Mr.
Gray is novice on the stage, but his
work in the part would give no indi-
cation of the fact. His is much a sing
ing part, and he has rich tenor voice
| well suited to he part. He is well
known in the city as church choir
| singer. He has good stage presence
| SO unusual in tenor singers and those
who have been permitted to attend the
rehearsals predict hearty reception to
the prince from the audiences.
His costumes are among the hand
soonest used in the play and include
sailors uniform for the first act, a
| princes costume for the second act and
| a wedding garment for the third act
The prince costume is richly trimmed
and includes dark tights and the we'd
ding garment IS of pale blue magnifi-
Gently trimmed with gold and lace.
Henry D. Temple, to whom is as
| signed the part of Don Miguel, is we'll
known in amateur productions in which
| he has established a reputation of more
than local extent. He has the heavy
role of the play the chief conspirator
of the Malvolio type. Mr.. Temple came
| into prominence in Tech theatricals in
the rendering Of the part of Prince Mo
rocco in "Shylock Jr." His latest hit
was made in the Carnival of Opera"
as soloist of the police squad.
BERT w. KINCAID
has wide experience in theatrical pro-
duetions in his home in New York state
but while his abilities have been known
in WORCESTER, he has not appeared in
any of the amateur productions of the
city except in a monologue act in the
Dixey MINISTRIES. He has played the
! title role in Jim the Penman," Mink
Jones in THE Temperance Town" and
has appeared in many other legitimate
plays In this production he has part
well adapted to his powers, and he
| makes the most of his opportunities
| FOR creating fun. His costumes help
out, his act materially, notably in the
! first act when be appears in q hybrid
arrangement Of TESTERS costume from
the waist down and golf enthusiast
from the waist up In the second act
he is respondent in a costume of an
| American swell.