Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-11
THE FORESTERS.
TcnnysOn's Last Comedy Played by
College Young Women.

The commencement season at the Uni
versity was opened most pleasantly Thurs
day night by the young aides in their out
door play at Grass Mount. This al frcsco
enter tainment has come to be recognized
as the most unique and one of the most
attractive features of the closing college
year. and having so successfully passed
the experimental stage, it has certainly
won the right to permanent place upon
the commencement programme.
Having previously given the most
adaptable of Shakespearcs comedies, the
young ladies this year chose that most
charming of plays for open-air prescnta-
tion of Tcnnysons "Foresters" Mr.. NJ
w. Andrews, to whose ability and untirng
efforts was due the success of last years
production, was again the instructor this
year, coming from Boston for the pur-
pose. He was able to give the young
ladies only four weeks of training and
the smooth and finished performance
Thursday night was triumph of nara
work and patience over time.
The weather was as nearly perfect as
n June evening in Vermont can we'll he,
although the cool temperature combined
with the long waits between acts tended
to chill somewhat the cn,nusasm of tho
audience. Nothing, however. not even
the temperatures, could dctract from the
the beauty Of the natural stage setting;
the picturesque old mansion almost hid
den by the trees and all lighted by the
soft rays of the moon made background
loveier than any painted scene and in
Keeping with it all was the use of garden
flowers in the place of footlights.
The cast of characters was as follows
Robin Hood, Earl of Huntington,
Miss Mary l.. Tracy, 03
King Richard, Occur de Lion,
Miss Amy +. Morse, 'O6
Prince John,
Miss Florence y. Post o3
Little John, viii Scarlet. Friar Tuck
Much. followers OF Robin Hood.
Miss NJ. Elizabeth Durfce. %. Miss Cen
eva a. Jones '0i. Miss Francis j. Bos-
well. %, Miss Frances L.. Little, M.
A Justioiary.
Miss Bessie T.. Lewis, 'O6
Sheriff of Nottingham,
Miss Sylvia S. Shilvock, 05
Abbott of st. Nlarv's
Miss Emma p. Bean, 'O5
Sir Richard Lea,
Miss Ethel w Chapman. O5
Walter Lea, son of Sir Richard Lea,
Miss May L. Clifford. 'o5
Maid Marian. daughter of Sir Richard
Lea........M Miss Bertha NJ. Miller, 'O4
Kate, attendant on Marian,
Miss Della y. Harding. '0i
! RctainerS messengers. merry men, mcr-
cenarics. frars. etc.
| Sccnc-Shcrwood Forest.
1t win be noticed that the leading roles
| of Pobir Hood aud Aroid N1,ri,n r.o,c
| talon I, >iiss Tr,,. nnd l,is- ,,iir
who scored succrsscs last vc,r nc Dnlo
| orsiuo and Olivia in "Twcfth Night 4"
| Miss 1racY'S clear voice and enunciaton
! was - doiirbt To mo o,,diorco ,,d hor
! RENDERING, of tho cxoctinr rolo of Rohin
| Hood vac eniritod nrd cIevor alboi, hnr
| gestures ana noecs hcsnn,,o mo otar,,,i
| for,i,inc Misc Niller.e doliroatior or mo
| ouoon of tho Wood v,s nItocotbor DO
| liobtf,,l ana M ,,iror Mail ,,,,ian o,.o~
| Gre. cod tho nrofoseion.l st,c,, Mi.
| Hardness nrottv cnouettirc with I'LL
| John courbt no f,nn,. of .ba a,,di,,,,o
and she made ono of the hits of tho
evooirp
These two rolos of Marian ,nd E.,o o,o
the only fominire rolcs in tbo nIav .nd
all tbo otb.re of tho n,st ,ahornd ,,,,1',,.