The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-29
WILL Be BIG
SOCIAL EVENT
George Herbert's Produc-
ton of Chimes of Nor
mandy Will be Brilliant,
FOR MAY | AND z.
Cast of Characters and Synopsis of
Libretto-Society VIII At
tend En- Masse.

George Herberts production of the
Chimes of Normandy al Towle's on
Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
viii be one of the biggest things from
A social as well as q dramatic stand
point that has been done in Hammond
for a long time. Great preparations
are being made for it and the proceeds
viii be used in defraying a part OF the
expensing of staging Barnie Young's
opera.
The cast of characters viii be as fol-
SERPoLETTE, the good -for-nothing
Miss Anna Rubin. ........ Soprano
GERMAINE. the lost marchioness.
Miss Emma Champaign. Mezzo Soprano
GERTRUDE, G. Twiss,
JEANNE. Julia Reflley,
MANETTE. Miss Hattie N Honcraft,
SUZANNE, Miss Florence Howell, VII
lage Maidens
HENRI. Marquis of Normandy.
Mr.. Major Naughton. Baritone
JEAN GRENICHEUX, a Fisherman.
A. NJ. Stephenson. on.............. Tenor
GASPARD, a Miser,
MR.. GEORGE HERBERT. ..... Bass
THE BAILLI, Mr. NJ. kolb. Bass
/ II ,,
Mr.. Clyde Eastwood ........ Tenor
ASSESSOR G'ASSESSEUR),
Mr. Ralph Young Tenor
! NOTARY Gle TABELLION)
| Mr.. James G. Carr. Bass
| VILLAGERS. Attendants Of the Marquis
Synopsis of Chimes of Normandy.
Henri. Marquis of Normandy. who
has been since childhood, owing K
civil war. an exile. returns to his ances
trail home on the oeca. .an Of the grea
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in the village that receives It's nam.
from his chateau. 1T is one of the old
fashioned Norman villages OF the sew
enteenth century.
In the first act. the curtain rises OF
an assemblage Of village gossips. dis
cussing scandal and small talk Ser
polette, cross between Fanchon an,
Boulotte, is the topic Of conversation
/ among the bellies of Normandy. Sh
comes in just in time to turn the table
on the others, and changes their taunt
into expressions Of rage. Gaspard. al
old miser. wishes to marry his niece
Germaine. to the principal magistrat
of the district. the Bailli. This ar
rangement does not suit Germaine, no
a young fisherman named Jean Gren
icheux. who pretends that he has save
her life from drowning on a certai
occasion. To escape from the powe
of old Gaspard, Germaine takes advan
tage of the privileges of the fair {
similar scene to that in the first act c
'Martha'D, and becomes the eervant c
the Marquis. Her example is followe
by Grenicheux and Serpolette.
The second act is taken up with tn
supernatural visitors who have mad
the Castle of Normandy so long an oil
ject of dread. Henri determines to fin
out the real character Of these ghostl
appearances, and discovers that it
all the work of the old miser. who ha
concealed his treasures in the chatea1
The discovery drives Gaspard crazy, e.
: pecially when he hears the bells Of tt
chateau ringing for the first time sine
the flight of the old Marquis
= The third act represents the gran
fete given in honor Of the return
Henri to his ancestral home Serpo
l cite arrives as a Marchioness. as son
papers, found in the chateau. indica
2 that she is the lost heiress. The mise
4 however. RECEIVERS his reason. and shov
that Germaine is the true Marchiones
r A love duet between her and Henri. al
j the reconciliation of all the partie
bring the romantic story to a close