The Republican journal., 1902-10-23
EvANGELINE BY LOCAL TALENT
Successful Performance for the Belfast I'm
prOvement Society.

Successful Performance for the Belfast I'M
prOvement Society.
very successful presentation of Long
fellows Evangeline was given in Belfast
, Opera House Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings, for the benefit of the Belfast In
provement Society, under the direction of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. }. Rodenbaugh of Boston,
The advanced sale of seats at Mixers was
} large; nearly all the reserved seats were
taken for the first night and large proper
ton for the second, before the sale began
at the box office. The management of the
stage effects during the performances was
in charge of Mr.. Rodenbaugh, and his wife
read the poem from a position at the
left of the stage. She acquitted herself
very credtably under the circumstances,
as she not only read the poem, but gave the
cues to the orchestra and for the curtain
and performers. The work by the local
amateurs was in the nature of moving
tableauX, and was performed in a manner
that confirmed the spectators in the knowl-
edge that Belfast possesses talent for put
ting upon the stage even the most difficult
performances. There were eighty-four
persons in the cast, which rendered
systematic work very difficult, yet the
various tableaux, dances and drills pas
sed off with hardly a perceptable hitch
Mrs L. T. Frost made a model Evange-
line and her solo in the scene before
the signing of the marriage contract was fine
ly rendered. Lee Patterson as Gabriel show
ed that he possesses the true instincts of an
actor, and W. r. Howard took the part of
Benedict in , most fatherly manner
r. 5. Pitcher was notably good as
Basil the blacksmith, and sang solo, fol-
lowing Mrs. Frost's. f. P Frost was state
ly and Impressive as Father Felician, and
w. }. Hayner as the notary and Walter
Clifford as the fiddler took the parts well.
F. q. Spinney was stolid and impassive, as
the Indian chief, while Mrs. E. S. Pitcher
as the Indian woman showed appreciation
OF the part and sang a solo most touchingly
The Indians, soldiers, matrOnS, youths and
maidens, were well made up and entered
with intelligence into the spirit of the poem
The Acadan minuet was very pretty
dance and the flower drill showed pains
taking preliminary work on the part of
both the instructor and participants. The
moving tableau in which Gabriel in his
canoe passes the camp where Evangeline
and her companions were sleeping was well
staged and her awakening was pathetic, as
were also the shore scene, with the death of
Benedict and the burning village, and the
death of Gabriel. A column might be used
in writing up the many good points of the
performance, but space and time forbid
The Improvement Society may we'll feel
gratitied at the results and the performers
elated at the public appreciation of their
talents which this presentation brought
out. Lakes orchestra furnished music
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
Gabriel, .:................L Lee Patterson
Benedict Bellefontaine.. Will +. Howard
basil LIE JeuneSSe. E. s. Pitcher
father r feiiclan. ..............t. =. Frost
hene lie Blanc. .................N W Ill flaVner
Michael, (tiddlerl l.......... Walter Clifford
Indian Chief. ..............F G. Spinney
Indian Woman. Mrs f. s. Pitcher
1nai,ns Frank Twombly, Frank Condon.
ln'''''''S' Clarence Hall, Norman Read
Sommander r,,,i,.....:....;.k f. T. Pll>bury
Natrons'.''.'..'''.'' Mrs. Shtrman SWift
Acadan Peasants-Atia Cunningham. Mar
ion Heal, Matte Wiley, Annie Blotgett,
June Hnwes, Marie kingsbury, Geneva
Heal, Elizabeth Quimby, Bertha Hotfses.
Helen Doak, Katherine Brier, Cora Mori,.
son, Bessie McMahan, Sadie Seavey,
: Lena Ellis, Helen Batchelder, Alice
Heath, Florence Hill, Marian Wells, Eva
knowlton, Charles Sherman Stella Black,
Grace Chadwick, Bertha Wood, Maud
Ethel Wood, Eva Wood, Katherine Quinn
by, Marian llaZeltine, Evelyn Wood, Mar
guerlte Pilsbury, Evelyn Morrison, lisa
Patterson, Mrs. W, j. Dorman, Maud
Ellis, ENERGY CHM, Bertha Wiley, Louise
Heal, lrma Barker, Osborne Lord,
Rena Black, Helen Bird, Florence Clough.
Lotte Welch Clarence Hall, Harry Hun
ter, Frank Condor, Wilbur Blodgett, Her
bert Hanson, Norman Read, Arthur Stan
: tial, Alma Colby, Ralph Sylvester, Frank
: Twombly, Charles Patterson, Maine Hills,
". J.. Dorman, Winfred Hill, Aman
McMahan, Orrln Dickey.
Acadian Mlnuet-Miss Colby, Mrs Dorman,
Miss Cunningham, Miss Welch Miss
West, Miss Batchelder, Miss tlough,
Flower Drill-Evelyn Wood, Katherine
Brier, Marguerite Pilsbury, Cora Mori-
! son, Evelyn Morrison, Bessie McMahan,
Helen Doa5, Marian ilazeltine. lisa Pat
,, Elizabeth Qumby, Katherine Qumby,
Eva Wood, Geneva Heal, Ethel Wood.
Acadan Reel-W. J. Dorman, ". J. Hav-
ner, Herbert Hanson, Ralph Sylvester,
Osborne Lord, Arthur Stantial, AL
. man McMahan, Mrs. Dorman, Misses
Maud Ellis, Lena Ellis, Alma Colby,
Iottie Welch, Katherine Brer, Florence
Clough.
: Following is a synopsis:
MOVING TABLEArX
First Scene-Eillage Street Evening HYMN,
.Solemnly down the street came the par
ish priest
Second -Evangeline's Home 'Sgn-
, ing the marriage contract"
Third Scene-Betrothal Scene Merry Max
ing on the Village Green. Acadian Min
uet
Fourth Scene-Flower Drill.
Fifth Scene-Reading the royal proclama-
ton. Quelling the tumult Resignation
and Hymn of Submission.
Sixth Scene-March to the seashore. "Abide
With Me-
l Seventh SceDe-Encamped for the night
Death OF Benedict. Burning village.
PART SECOND.
First Scene-Boat Scene CANCEL of God.
Was there none to awaken the sumber-
ing maiden"
Second Scene-Meeting with Basil in Louis
lana. ''Gone, is Gabriel gone? ?"
: Third Scene-Peasant Dance.
Fourth Scene-1ndan Camp. "Once as they