Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-03
THE DRAMA,
'POntia. the Daughter of Pilate''-
 Proceeds for St Patrick's Church.

Proceeds for St Patrick's Charch.
 City hall will undoubtedly be crowded to its capacity Thursday evening when the drama "Pontia, the Daughter of Pilate." will be present. ed by a number of the young people of St Pa&rick's parish. The drama has been tn contemplation for several weeks and all those taking part are thoroughly drilled and well up in thedr parts. The proceeds will be for the benefit of St Patrick's church. The following is the program in full: Pontfa, Pilates Daughter ......... +....... .......... Maud Delaney Corina, Smaller Sister of Pontfa :. ....-... ........ Margaret Marteh l Claudia Proclea. Mother of Pon- 1 tia ............. Margaret Delaney Agrippina, Empress of Rome ..... | ...!.... s....... Katherine Brown ...... EIvira Wdthey l Peronilla. Jewish Maiden, (St Pc trontlla) ..-........ Lizzie Delaney Tullia, Daughter of Jadrus ........ ....... Anna Hughes Dimonah. Daughter of Herodias :. ...... ...... ...... Nellie Corcoran Miranda and Octavla, smaller chil- dren of Emperor Claudius ...... .. Lucy Shanahan, Helen Shanahan Miriam and Ruth, Jewish girls .... -..... Mary Mellan, Anna O'Hearn Cornelia, Roman Augur's Wife .... ............. Katherine McNamara Casandra. Greek; Tabitha, Syrian; Roxana, Persian; Ethelinda, Brit ish-Slave Girls .........
 Nellie Delaney, Bridget Larkins,
 Mary MarteN, Margaret Shannhan Flamentinas a Vestal Virgin ......
 ........ .......... Agnes Sherlock Pamphilia, a Keeper of PaAatine Prison ............. Mary Sullivan Angels-Etta Hughes, Theresa Riley,
 Mary Suspicion, Nellie Delaney, Mary MarteIl, Mary Meuan.
 Slayes-Nora Daley, Dora Stanley,
 Anna Dee.
 Dancing Girls-Lucy Shanahan, Hs- ther Sherlock, Loretta Moss, Ade-
 line Moss, Katherine Griffin. Mar
 garet Phelan. Mary Hennessey, Helen Shanahan, Mary Caldwell,
 Agnes Wfthey. Etta Hughes, Mary
 Stapleton Elsie Nolan. Anna Dillon. Flower Fantasie By Forty Little Ones The Boatman'S Song ....... Chorus Elsie Nolan, Katherine Griffin, Loretta
 Moss, Adeline Moss. Margaret Phe-
 Ian, ElIa Shanahan, Mary Hennes-
 sey, Theresa Riley, Etta Hughes,
 Mary Stapleton. Agnes Withey, An
 na Dillon, Mary Caldwell, Lulu
 Bowers, Nellie Burns
 Act I.-Scene 1. Palace of Pontius Pdlate. Pont1a's reception room. Mi- rdam and Ruth in attendance. Mi rdam'S song of sorrow. Pontia's story. Visit of Dimonah, Little Corina, Tul- ha,. Claudia.
 Act u.-Scene 1. Pontia's apart ments in Pilates house. Pontia asleep. Ruth tells of the capture of Our Lord. Scene during the Crucifix- ion. Oh God! cannot curse my own fnther. Tullia and PetroniIla describe the capture and Crucdfxion. Scene 2. The Easter carol, "Resurrexit." An angel announces the Resurrection. Petronilla describes the Resurrection. Parting of Claudia and Pontia.
 Act III. Scene Pontta in the irn- perial garden, Rome with Ethelinda, the slave. The children of the emper- or give a lesson in Roman etiquette. Visit of the empress. Song and dance of the dancing girls. The Augur's an nouncement. Pontfa shall espouse the imperial son. The anger of Agrtp- pima. Tulha and Petronilla arrive from Jerusalem. Pontia and Petron- fila captured and chained.
 Act IV.-Scene. Prison dn the Pala- tine palace. Pontia and PetroniLla chained Flamentina, the Vestal vdr- gin, addressing them. Warming of Pamphilia. Entrance of Agrippina. The final decision. ''Thou shalt die Agrippina has spoken" The baptism of Pontda. The death. Conversion of Elamentina.