The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02
STANLEY HALL PLAYERS
'"The Princess Will Be Given With
a Series of Beautiful Tableaux and
Tennyson's Lyrics Sung as Incl
dental Music. - ..i 1885,

The elocution department of Stanley Hall
will give dramatic entertainment this even
ing that promises to reflect as much credit
upon the school and the performers as the
championship basket ball team has done.
Under@the direction Of Mrs. Charles Holt some
excellent work has been, done in the. school
this year along dramatic lines and the first
public exhibition of the work will be given
this evening. : s'..=... :.-:~..L{i -
The program will include "a three-act
comedy originally produced at Radcliffe COL
lege, "a Detective in Petticoats,"< which is
full of ,unrestrained merrment, and Tenny
sons Princess" arranged in dramatic form
In adapting The Princess for the stage,
Mrs. Holt has awaited herself to some extent
of the work of others, but did much of the
work herself. In this, beauty Of scene and
of reading are the points especially en-
phasized almd the rendition of blank verse has
been given very careful attention with most
satisfactory results. The stage Of the school
has been remodeled and newly equipped for
the performal ce and many beautiful settings
have been provided for THE Princess: The
costuming OF the women scholars is Greek,
as the choice of such a moce would have been
quite in keeping with the aspirations Of the
learned maids. The girls who take the parts
Of men represent the picturesque medieval
period in which the loose fitting tunic was the
principal garment. The contrast OF these two
modes is harmonious and effective, making
the tableaux, in which the production
abounds, very beautiful
1.-The Princess contains some Of the finest
of Tennyson's lyrics and these will be sung
and also SCI eral others which have been set
to music. The songs include Tears, Idle
Tears. ASK Ne No More ''sweet and
Low, 1.-The Rugle Song Where Is An
other swee: as My sweet?'' and Home They
Brought Her Warrior Dead During the
singing the tableaux will be given. Colored
lights will add to the beauty of these,
+, The cast of ''Tte Princess is as follows:
Lady Psyche and Lady Blanche, instruc-.
: - Lucia Bremen and Lille Kroner
Melissa daughter of Lady passmore
Violet, pupil, daughter of lpse;; Ina oJnes
Fielria hi. his friend and brother 70
cyril friend to Prince .Maybelle Schneider
Gamma, father to the Princess. .Evanelle Lewis
Hubert, father to the Prince. .......::..
1pse, nobleman in Game's COURT.
The plot of the comedy hinges on case Of
mistaken identity and has a full allotment
Of the absurd complications that arise out OF
such a situation. A Chicago woman detec-
tive is on the trail OF a burglar, whom sho
has discovered is passing himself off upon
man and trying to marry her sister. Mrs.
Warrington, the society woman, is expecting
q visit from baroness whom she has not
met ana mistakes the detective for her. The
detectives efforts to do the proper thing:
in the unknown land of fashionable society
afford many laughs, but she acccmplishes her
purpose of catching the burglar and spoil
ing his game. The cast is entirely feminine
and includes:
Mrs Evelyn Warrington ...... Florence Hale
Octavia rockingham, her sister and
Radcliffe graduate Janet Mcclure
George Napier, detective from Chi
cago ............... Nell STANFORD
Mary, Mrs. Warrington's maid.
Grace Townsend
Mrs Cummings and Mrs. Green, friends
OF Mrs Warrington NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Margaret Flannery and Fanny Passmore
Jane, servant ......:......... Oulda WlnsloW
This production is the first to call attention
to the dramatic work of Mrs. Holt, who came
to Minneapolis three years ago from Boston.
She is graduate of the Emerson School of
Oratory and has had practical stage expert
enee in q company organized in the school,
and did much coaching and teaching in Cam
bridge and Boston before coming to Mime
apolis. Mrs. Holt has also done private work
With Fanny Addison Pitt known here as Sol
Smith RusselHs leading lady, H. M. Pitt and
Joseph Proctor. This is Mrs. Hollis first year
at Stanley Hall, and she has taught two years
in the johnson school, where she will take
entire charge Of the oratory and dramatic
department when C. D. Gilbert leaves for
EostOn NJ