Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-30
LELAND AND CRAY SEMINARY
Highly CreditabIe Presentation of
The Merchant of Venice" by the
Students

BY far the best entertainment ever
given by students OF Leland d Gray Sem
mary, so say the Old residents of Towns
bend, occurred Friday evening, May %,
at Seminary hail, when SHAKESPEARE :
comedy Of the Merchant of Venice" was
presented before a large. attentive and
appreciative audience.
twelve scenes were given fully cos
; TUNED, although no attempt was made
at appropriate stage setting Following
Is the program with the cast of charac-
ters:
Street Scene. Act ]. Scene I.-Antonio.
Bessie Hardy; Bassanio, Jessie johnson;
Salarino' Cora Barnes; Satanic. Cora
Brown Lorenzo. Ethel Eddy: Gratiano,
Florence Kidder
Room in Portals House. Scene IL
Portia. Eta Cobb Nerssa. Alice Derry
Stephano, Hollie Wilson
street Scene. Scene III.-Bassanio Oren
smith; Antonio. Harry Cobb; Shylock,
Willie Harvey
Street Scene. Act. II. Scene IL
Launcelot, Josephine Taft; Old Gobbo.
Annie Gale; Bassanio, Bessie Hardy
Gratiano, Jessie Johnson; Leonardo,
Ethel Eddy.
Farewell Scene Scene III.-JessIca.
Alice Derry; Launcelot, Josephine Taft.
Letter Scene. Scene IV.-Lorenzo. Bes-
sic Hardy; Gratiano. Esther Dale; Sala-
l-auncelot, Josephine Taft.
Before Shylock's House. Scene V
Jessica. Alice Derry; Launcelot, Josephine
Taft; Shylock. Esther Dale.
Pent House Scene. Scene VI-Gratiano.
Harry Cobb; Salarino. Oren Smith ;
SaIanlo. Hollie Wilson; Lorenzo. Florence
hldder; Jessica, Cora Barnes
Street Scene. Act III. Scene I-Sala-
rino, Abhie Starr; Satanic. Esther Dale;
Shylock, Willie Harvey; Tubal, HollIe
Wilson.
Casket Scene Scene I.-Portia. Mabel
Sage; Nerissa. Jessie johnson; Jessica
Eta Cobb; Bassano Ethel johnson
Gratiano. Abbe Starr; Lorenzo Harry
CopD' Salerio, Willie Harvey; Balthazar,
Holie Wilson.
Court Scene Act ". Scene I.-Duke.
Ethel Eddy; Antonio. Oren Smith: Ras-
sanio' Willie Harvey; Gratiano, Josephine
Iatt; Salerio, Hollie Wilson; Salarino.
harry Cobb; Shylock. Esther Dale /;
Portia. Abbie Starr; Nerssa. Mabel Sage
Dukes Clerk, Annie Gale; Magnificoes'
Florence kidder and Cora Barnes.
Moonlight Scene. Act V. Scene l.
Lorenzo. Esther Dale: Jessica. Cora
Brown; Portia, Ethel Johnson; Nerissa.
Mabel Sage; Bassanio, Abbie Starr
Gratiano' Jessie Johnson; Antonio Ethel
EDDY; Balthazar Florence Kidder
Usually IN presenting anything OF this
character where the work is all taken by
students there will be three or four
whose work is inferior and detracts from
the whole, but in this case ii was not so
as the work of each was excellent and
all who took part acquitted themselves
creditably.
In the first scene mention should he
made or the excellent work of Miss
Hardy who finely portrayed the part OF
Antonio, Misses Barnes and Kidder also
appeared at their best. Miss Eta Cobb
made very pleasing appearance In the
second scene when she played the part
OF Portia most creditably.
Scene III. was particularly fine. and II
was in this that Mr.. Smith did his best
ana strongest work. One of the most
pleasing scenes of the evening was the
fourth, the Gobbo scene, where Miss
Gale as Gobbo and Miss Taft as Launce-
lot, took their parts to perfection ana
ELECTED much applause from the audi
ence.
Perhaps none was more attractive in
costume than Miss Jessie johnson who
took the part of Gratiano and deserves