Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-03-29

A notable event in the dramatic annals
OF Watert0wn will take place next Tues
day evening. st. Patrick's Society of the
Sacred Heart College will give its annu-
al entertainment at The ConcOrdia Opera
house. fine program has been prepared.
This consists of curtain raiser and a
drama. The curtain raiser is that most
popular of all farces, "Box and Cox" 1t
is brimful of funny situations and
laughable incidents. No farce has been
produced so frequently or attended with
more satisfactory results than this one.
"PIzarro' is the title of the drama. 1t
is OF German origin, being among the
best of KotZebue's plays. II was adapted
for the English stage by the Irish play
wright, Richard Brinsey Sheridan. This
play has been great favOrite as we'll
with the Germans as with the English.
1t admits OF gorgeous costumes, and has
few equals in exciting lively interest.
The fact that the celebrated tragic ac-
tress, Mrs. SiddOns, and her brother Kem-
BILE were the leading characters when it
first appeared in England will help much
to immOrtaliZe it. No less a parsonage
than Miss Ellen Terry often took the
part OF ElvlrO and always with remark
able success.
A play written by German is seldom
seen in WatertOwn. Hence the inform
alton that one will be given here, and by
local talent too, is bit Of extraordinary
news. No wonder then that SO many
people are anxious to see it, The inten-
tion is to give "Pizarro" only one night
but circumstances may arise that will
necessitate second production.
The young actors who will come before
the footlights next Tuesday evening are
not strangers to the stage Some of them
made their first bow to an audience a
decade Of years ago. They are not, how
ever, thoroughly masters of the art, for
they are only amateurs. 1t would be ex-
ceeding the bounds of the probable to
expect them to steal away the hearts of
the spectators as Mrs. Siddons, Mr.. KEN
bic and Miss Terry were accustomed TO
do. They will act their parts well and
there VIII be no lack of subjects to amin
ate the minds of all. Those that like to
find fault are sure to be well pleased.
This is not the first standard play
that ST. Patrick's Society has undertake 4.
1t has already staged at least two Of
Shakespere's Richard Third" and ''The
Merchant of Venice" The chief aim of
the society is to raise the morals of the
theatre and in this project it must of
necessity encounter many drawbacks.
These however will be offset by the SYM
pathy and encouragement of all cul-
tured people. The leading ladies of
WatertOwn evince keen solicitude in
the matter. 1t is their desire to foster
every movement that tends to elevate
society. They are fully aware that act
ors and actresses possess a wonderful
influence either for good or evil. They
are convinced that the theater is a school
and being such, they want to have its
tone as pure as possible.
The entertainment to be given Tuesday
evening is under the protection Of Sc
lect number of ladies of high standing
in society who appreciate the efforts of
these amateurs in the histsonic art.
The patronesses are as follows: Mes
DANES, Edward j. Brandt, Joseph Brooks.
John G. Conway, James Moore, A. M. Mul-
len, James Murphy, Charles Salick, Fer
dinand Schmutzler, Edward Schmutzier,
A. Fay SOlliday, W. d. Sproesser, William
Weber, F. c. Werner. II. Wertheimer.
| Misses, Anna Genevieve Brooks, Agnes
Chapman, Libbie Holland, Bertha Miller,
Genevieve Mullen, Lydia Pease, Helen
Rack, Meta Werner.