The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-27
YALE DRAMATICfS TONIGHT
ANDTO-MORROW EVENING WILL
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BE SOCIAL EVENTS.
 Great Interest Taken in Ihe Produc.
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 Cast of Play.
 After long weeks of preparation and rehearsal the Yale Dramatic association win tonight present at the Hyperion theater its fourth annual play, The Good-Natured Man." by Oliver Gold smith. This sterling comedy, which is practically new to the theater-goers of to-day, will be enacted by a cast of sev- enteen bright, wide-awake, intelligent college boys, who have been carefully trained in the essential points of acting Ill general, and in the fine points of this play In particular, by Frank Lea Short, one or the best known of the younger generation of stage directors. Great interest is being taken in to-night's per- tormance and in it's repetition to-mor- row, not only as an event of import anee in dramatic and artistic way, but also as social occasion of more than ordinary interest to both town and gown. The officers of the association announce that the advance sale for both evenings has been highly encour- aging and has been far greater than they had dared to hope for. Unless the sale this morning and the so-called window sale" at the performance in the evening falls off unexpectedly, the association will be able this year to realize handsome profit.
 Two characters stand out in bold re- lief in "The Good-Natured Man." They are "Croaker," an old pessimist, and Lofty" conceited and humbugging flop. These two characters are master pieces of comic creation and they are expected to prove the most interesting features of to-night's performance. "Croaker" will be played by Erastus Corning, 1903, who took the leading role in "'The Critic" last year, and who is president of . the association, and Lofty will be played by Frame c. Brown 1905, who will this evening make his first appearance on the Yale stage. The complete cast is as follows:
 Sir William Honeywood. ..........
 ........W. c. Hirschfeld, Art school Young Honeywood. ....H. R. Stern, 1903 Croaker. Erastus Corning, 1903 Leontine, his son.. Edgar Munson, 1904 Lofty..... c. Brown, 1905 Jarvis, servant to Honeywood. coco. .
 ...........J. G. Brown, Law school MT. Twitch, a bailiff.
 .........,..,.....J. R. Freeman, 1903 Flanigan, his follower.
 .....s............J. M. Minor, 1904 S. nllka rdia1I servant to nffy
 .z.................H c. MacLean, 1903 Butler. F. Kerrigan, 1905 Servant. nt.............C. S. Goodrich, 1904 Postboy. ........ George Roberts; jr., 1903 Miss Richland. ...... Buell. Hollister 1905 Ollvia. .,..................D. F. Fox, 1904 Mrs. Croaker. R. c. Dobson, Art school Garnet, maid to Olivia.
 -..................E S. Hartwell, 1904 Landlady y..............A. B. LaCour, 1904
 The curtain is advertised to rise at S:15 and it is expected that the five acts of the comedy will fill up an evenings entertainment of the average length. Every detail of this evenings perform ance is as nearly perfect as amateurs can hope to make it, and the delightful g, atmosphere of the period of the play will be realized A distinguished audi ence will be present, including the chief men of the university, the leading men and women of the social world of New Haven and a large number of out-of- town guests who have come to New Haven to see what the Yale actors can do. The men themselves are naturally @ little nervous about their perform ance tonight They have been rehears- ed very hard last week, but yesterday rested in anticipation of their trying work tonight. Every man in the, cast is in the best of condition, but even if it were not so the success of the per- formance would not be materially en- dangered, for two understudies have been trained to step into the part of any man in the case in case of neces- sity. These two substitutes are c. l.. Lawrence, 1905 who has understudied all the male parts, and c. K. Brooks, 1906, who has understudied the feminine roles. Both of these men have worked every bit as hard as the regular men in the cast and they deserve great credit.
 The expense of these Yale plays is tremendous, for the best of scenery, costumes and wigs are secured in order that the ensemble effect will be thor oughly satisfactory. A ,1nioue programme will be used this |. year. It is an imitation of a Gold smith playbill of the year 1925, with all the humorously bombastic wording which was then in vogue in the an- nouncements of plays.
 
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