Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-01-22
ONE CENT
A DELIGHTED AUDIENCE
AT The Opera House Saturday
Evening.
BRILLIANT DRAMATIC
TALENT.
Charms Large Gathering - An Enter
tanning Comedy = "A Night OFF,
A Splendid Performance


The general verdict after Saturday
nights performance at the Opera House
was: There are Haval he,piRsS in town
as well as SaVaI ke,0sS." "a Night
Of," an interesting, amusing and enter
tanning iour.act comedy. depicting scenes
and incidents in the Babbitt household,
where the patsv kami2iaSaspires to write
drama, and the mater faDiiliaS abhor the
theatre, and where Susan, 1.-THE bras
siest," delights in her masters ambition
and desires him TO become famous as an
author OF play. was presented in most
excellent manner at the Opera House
Saturday evening last before the largest
audience that has ever assembled there
of representative people of Annapolis and
the Naval Academy.
1t was a brilliant gathering. Many
handsome gowns were worn by the ladies
most of whom were in evening dress,
and the uniforms of the cadets and naval
officers sprinkied among the audience.
heightened the brilliant effect. The per.
Torrance was a decided success, and
congratulations are TO be extended 10 all
those connected with the affair. The
vslious characters were impersonaied in
fine style, and from start to finish the
keenest interest was manifested by every
one. The amateurs richly entertained
their friends. and the play eclipsed all
previous efforts. Each OF the four acts
was given in a manner that reflected
great credit upon the participants. and
showed conclusively that they can be re-
lied upon to successfully handle the best
OF amateur work. The dSaRaffS be,SoRae
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fessor of ancient history in the Camptown
University, Mr.. J. Il. Wilmer; Harry
Damask, his son-in-law. Mr.. w. IL. Bull
lard; Jack Mulberry, in pursuit OF for
tune, under the name OF Chumley, Mr..
ID. X. Randall; Lord Mulberry. in pur-
suit of Jack. Mr.. J. L. Chew; Marcus
Brutus Snap, in pursuit OF fame and for
tune under various legitimate aliases, DIR.
NJ. X. Pigott; Prowl, usher at the Uni
versiiy. Mr.. X. p. Melvin Mrs. Zanup-
pa Babbilt. professor OF conjugal man
agement in the Professors household,
Mrs. w. II. G.. Bullard; Nisbe. the
young limp" OF the household. Mrs. ID.
X. Randall; Angelica Damask, the eld-
est, Mrs. +. ]. Schell; Susan. the brass
iest," Mrs. Hood; Maria, servant at Da-
masks, Miss Kearney.
The first act portrayed scene in the
Professors S study; the second act, the re-
cepiion room of DR.. Damask. and the
third and fourth acts were the same
scene as the first act. The stage setting
was particularly attractive and care given
to detail, which is unusual in most anna
teur performances. Prof. Wilmer as
Justinian Babbiit. was a great success
and voted by one in the audience "equal
to Irving" He took his part very natur-
ally. and received warm praise. DIR. Pig
Oft. who has appeared on previous occas-
ions in amateur theatricals. took his char
acter in fine style. Indeed DIR. Pigott is
as good as professional. and very much
better than most professionals" His
character gave scope for his dramatic
talent, which was displayed to great ad-
vantage. and won warm praise from his
audience. Mrs. Billiards work was fine.
She was constantly on the stage and the
portrayal OF her character showed careful
study and quick conception OF effective
work. Mrs. Schell also took her part
well. acting with ease and grace. and
holding "the mirror up 10 nature. Too
much praise cannot be given Mrs. Hood,
who, while portraying mirror character,
made very much OF her part. putting into
it, and bringing out Of it all that it was
possible to make OF the character. Every
body voted Mrs. Hood great success.
The love-making scene between Jack
Mulberry and Nisbe, Mr.. and Mrs. ID.
r. Randall, was very natural and real
istic. 1t was one of the mos. fetching
scenes in the play. All other characters
were we'll taken and all deserve praise.
Too much commendation cannot be
given to those having the performance in
charge II was under the supervision of
DIR. and MIS-. Fell. who are interchangeable
workers in entertainments for charitable
purposes and the advancement Of church
work, and whose efforts are always
crowned with great success. "a Night
Off wasi well staged and a splendid
performance. AT the close OF the
performance, supper was gwen
during which a beautiful silver lamp,
appropriately engraved. was presented
by the actors and actresses OF the even
ing 10 DIR. Fell. to whose earnest work
and uniiring efforts the success OF the
performance was due.