The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-09
A DRAMA BY STUDENTS
THE sHOEHAkER'S HOLIDAY" AT
ENGLISH's THURSDAY NIGHT.
IL VIII BE Put on by Young Men and
Women of ButIer-TheatricaI
and Musical Notes.

edy Thomas Dekkers THE Shoemaker
Holiday at English's next Thursday even
ing by the English department of Butler
College will be d notable event. For the
first time people in Indianapolis will have
an opportunity to witness an attempt to
revive the old English stage i'm all it's de-
tails. since there will be specially con-
structed on the stage of E9glish's an al
most exact reproduction of the stage and
interior of the Fortune Theater, Golden
lane, London, where Dekieer's delightful
comedy was given in 1893. Nowhere else
IN this country has it been attempted to
revive the stage of the Fortune Theater
or on so large a scale. The event, there
fore, may be regarded as one of great in
terest to those students of the English
drama who are DESTROYS of seeing a faith
full revival of Shakspeares stage and also
to those who take delight in truly good
AnClo-saxon comedy. since THE Shoemak-
er's Holiday" is by common consent of the
scholars OF the very best and most
representative anti-classic plays of the six
teentn century.
Thomas Decker was a contemporary of
Shakespeare and is famous for some ex-
cellent prose work and considerable num-
great quarrel with Ben Jonson, which was
begun by Jonsons The Poetaster." The
argument of Dekkers best play, as given
by Decker himself, is as follows: Sir
Hugh Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, had a young
gentleman of his own name, his near kins-
man, that loved the daughter of the lord
mayor OF London, 10 prevent and cross
which love the earl caused his kinsman to
&c sent colonel OF a company into France;
who resigned his place for another gentle
man, mis- friend and came disguised like
Dutch shoemaker, 10 the house OF Simon
Eyse, in Tower street, who served the
mayor and his household with shoes; the
merriment that passed in Eyse'S house.
his coming TO be lord mayor of London
Lacy's getting his love and other acct
dents.
me historical PROTOTYPE of the Jolly shoe
maker was that Simon Eyse, the wealthy
upholsterer, who built Leadenhall in 14l9
and became lord mayor of London in lii
The play has been given once before in
full form I'm this country by the Delta
Epsilon Chapter at Harvard University in
1873 and with great success. -Four perform
ances were given in Boston and Cambridge
and one by request of the Wellesley College
authorities before the young ladies of that
institution. Members of the English facul-
ties of Harvard, Yale and Chicago were
consulted with reference TO the Butler
College attempt and have shown a most
kindly interest in it. The indianapolis
production Will however, be the most per-
feet yet undertaken.
The old-time pit" with it's trained Elz-
abethan audience on the stage OF English's
will be very mirth-provoking. The old
Morris dance is to be restored while the
music is to be genuine ElizabeIhan tunes
especially prepared for the occasion No
expense has been spared 10 perfect the de-
tails. The costumes for the fifty players
have been ordered from the famous cos
tuners, Wolff a Fording, of Boston. In
addition Mr.. Edgar Morris has been care
fully training the actors for number OF
Vnrnn !, f1I. II,
really perfect amateur performance. The
complete cast OF characters is as follows:
Simon Eyre. Frank Long; Fjrk, Earle Ed
son; Hodge, Eversen Mediation; Ralph
Theodore Vance; The King, Samuel Offutt;
Hugh Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, George Kern;
Roland Lacy, afterward Hans. George
Brewster; Roger Oakley, lord mayor. Jas
per Moses; Askew, William Langley: Ham
mon, Harry Fuller Warner, Cleo Hunt:
Dodger. Walter Lybrand servant, Walter
Holmes: ballad monger. Arthur Waters;
Rose. Florence Moore; Sybil, Minnie Wink
Margery, Jessamine Armstrong; June, Net
la Campbell.
The sale of tickets at the Bowen-Mer
I'LL Till company r for the performance has mas
the event is as follows: Miss Jessie Allen.
NJ y. +. Armstrong of Kokomo. Mrs Her
vey Bates, Mrs. II. l.. Beveridge Mrs. A.
w Brayton. Miss Flora Bridges. Mrs Ar
thur L. Brown, Mrs. Demarchus 9. Brown,
Mrs. Hilton L. Brown. Miss f. G.. Brown
ing. Mrs. Henry l.. Bruner. Mrs. w. W.
Buchanan, Mrs. Scot Butler. Mrs Smiley
\: Chambers. Mrs. Lowe Carey, Mrs. j.
w. Piercy, Mrs. a. f. Potts, Mrs. Kate
Miner Rabb, Mrs. /. n. Richie. Mrs Myla
+. Ritzinger, Mrs. a. X. Rogers. Mrs. Nor
ris Ross. Mrs. o. s. Runnels, Mrs. Martin
w. Sampson of Bloomington. Mrs. Her
man Sayles, Mrs. May Wright Sewall. Miss
May Louise Shipp Mrs. j. Cumming Smith,
Mrs. Alexander Spruance, Mrs. Lucius b.
Swift, Mrs. Thomas Taggart Mrs. CT. c.
Seldom, Mrs. +. c. Thompson, Mrs. H H.
Van Hon. Mrs Gordon Varney, Mrs Sarah
Fletcher Wagner. Mrs. Charles Walker,
Miss June Williams, Mrs. John r. Wilson,
Mrs. j. M. Winters. Mrs Evans Woollen.
Mrs. w. w Wooden. Mrs. Emil Wulschner
Mrs. Charles 3. Clarke -Lrs. Perry II. Cliff
ford. Miss Nellie COlsan, Mrs. w. II. Cook
Mrs. Edward Daniels, Mrs. John Candee
Dean, Mrs. May w Donnan, Mrs. Jacob
=. Dunn. Mrs L. III. Dunning. Mrs. John 3.
Elan. Mrs. William T.. English Mrs Chas
w. Fairba nks. Mrs. Ida Davis Finley Miss
Emily Fletcher Mrs. Fl. w Foltz. Mrs
j. ID. Forrest. Mrs. Clarence Forsyth Mrs
Chaplin Foster Mrs William Dudley Foulke
OF Richmond. Mrs. w. T.. Garrison of ST
Louis. Miss Louise Garrard. Mrs John L.
Grifliths. Mrs. Arthur b. Grover. Mrs NJ
.. Haldeman, Mrs. w. j. Hasselman, Mrs
Fraklin W. Hays Mrs. George G Hit Mrs
e. F. Hodges, Mrs. {. b. Holenbeck. Mrs.
7; c. Howe. Mrs. Lois G. HufTord, Mrs.
Alexander Jameson. Mrs. Henry Kahn.
Mrs. T. X. kautz. Mrs. Calvin N Kendall
Mrs. Hugh Nick. Landon. Mrs. James r
Layman, Miss Kate Layman, Mrs ]. M.
feathers. Mrs Max Leckner, Mrs. j. c.
Loves of Hanover. Mrs Hugh McGioeny,
Mrs. Horace Mckay, Mrs. John Mckee.
Mrs. IL. G. Martin. Miss Nina Merrill Mrs
y y. Milford of Crawfordsville. AIrs. Hugh
NJ Miller of Columbus, Miss Julia Harrison
Frank \. Morrison. Mrs. S. E. Morss, Mrs.
Harry New, Miss Anna Nicholas Mrs ID
M. Parry, Mrs j. O. Perrin, Mrs. ~ &