The Irish standard., 1904-06-18
AT THE BIJoU.
Pupils of the Holy Angels Academy
Will Present q Drama.


Will Present Drama.
On Monday afternoon and evening,
June 70, the senior pupils of the Holy
Angels Academy will present ut the
Bi.ou opera house Il five act drama by
Ellzabeth Folding, entitled Elizabeth
of Thuringia." The action of the piece
is laid i'll Thuringia, Germany.
Considerable time has been spent in
the preparation Of the piece and the
young ladies who will take part are
said to have Il decided treat in store
for their friends.
The occasion will be one of twotold
interest to the many friends Of the
school. as it will celebrate the twenty
fifth anniversary of this school in Min
neapoliS, as we'll as the first appear
;lnce of the young women in dramatic
performance.
The first act is laid in Il forest of
Thuringia, Germany. kunigunda, Il
poor tenant, with her two children, has
been turned out of her home because
CT her being unable to pay the rent.
She takes refuge in the woods and
when almost about to give up in de-
spair is discovered by the Countess
Elizabeth, who gives her into the
charge of an aged hermit who dwells
Oh the outskirts of the forest.
The second act takes place in the
castle of Martburg. Rosamund, Il dear
friend of Elizabeth's, pleads with the
countess to be more just in regard to
her daughter-in-law, but all to no avail.
Then WibOrad, Il tried and faithful SER
want deties the CASTELAR, and as Il re-
suit is ruthlessly cast into prison, later
on being released through the influence
of her mistress, Elizabeth.
The third act is laid in Elizabeth
apartments in the castle. After musing
for some time to herself the countess is
joined by Sophia, who reads her Il
forged letter, in which her husband,
who has been warning in tlle Holy
Land, officially deposes her in favor of
the dowager, Countess Sophia. The
next scene is located in the forest ut
twilight. Elizabeth invckrs the aid
of the Almighty in prayer aud finally,
being overcome with exhaustion, falls
asleep where she is discovered by the
CASTELAR, and her beloved poor Tie
CASTELAR,, in his rage, takes an oath
to kill her if IL basket which she carries
contains bread for her dependents. but
through a miracle fresh roses are found
and the would-be murderer falls to the
ground in the thrOeS of death. from
whence they bear him to the cell of
the hermit after contrasting his share in
the plot with Sophia for the usurpati0n
of the throne.
Act V. presents the coming of the
empress, who awards Sophia her just
deserts for plotting against the lawful
ruler. Elizabeth. Ros;lmund is amply
repaid for her fidelity, and once mere
the safety of the throne is insured.
Cast of Elizabeth, count
ess of Thuringia. Nellie Mccarthy: So
pli,, her mother-in-law. Sadie Noonan;
ROsamund. countess of Falkenstein.
friend of Elizabeth. May Dwyer; Ber-
tina, IIedwig and Emma, ladies in wait
ing. Loretta Garvin. Sara OI.eary and
Mary Webster: CASTELAR,, Margaret
Donovan: Wib0rnd. servant in the cas-
tie. Clare Hays; K,migunda, a poor ten
ant. Mary Kennedy; Trudchcn and
Gottlentla. her children, Ruth Clapper-
ton and Alice Dwyer; Linda. Mary
Spellman: Gertrude. Adelinda, Martha,
Liebwarta. Gretchen, Hilda and Lucy,
poor women. Catherine Kane, Julia
OLeary, Ethel Mcdonald, Helen Lob
mar. Lillian Murphy. katherine Ha-
gan and Laura Engelbrecht: a messen-
ger, Mary Kelly; hermit, Mary Ham,
mersly: an angel. Flossie Carlson; the
Empress, Jessie Black; pages, Irer,.
O'Connor and Margaret Carney.
Attendants Oh Empress-Margaret
Cullen, Regenia Vincent, Mary Har-
rom. Marie Rylmes. Ella Brown, Lu-
ellie eastman. Mary McCrossan. Hazel
Brennan. Margaret Mullin, Matilda
Hugh. Winifred Goodrich, Isabel Gu
rctin.