The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-23
HIGH SCHOOL TO
PRESENT PLAY
.Between the Acts" to be Staged
May 28-Rehearsing Under
Miss kucntzel.

On the night of May 2Sth the stu
! dents of the high school will present
a three-act comedy entitled Between
the Acts.
Much amusement is promised as
the comedy is based on the hard luck
of man who marries and tries to
keep. it quiat. The plot gets thicker
every minute.
Rehearsals have been carried on
under the direction of Miss Ella
Kuentzel, and the production prom
ises to be a great success. Tickets
will be on sale tomorrow, the pro-
ceeds to go to the school library.
Argument.
Dick Comfort lives comfortably.
upon an allowance given him by his
Uncle Meander, upon the condition
that he shall not marry. Despite
his uncle's wishes, he has fallen in
love and married, being careful to
keep the news from his uncle's ears.
He and his wife, Edith, have set
tied a few miles out of New York,
and finding the time hang heavy up
on his hands, he occupies himself
by writing a play, hoping thereby
to win a prize that has been offered.
This play he has completed, and all
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must be done by the evening of the
day in which the story takes place.
He has revised the first act and is
taking a rest Between the Acts,
when the morning mail brings him
a letter from his Uncle Meander,
stating that he expects to drive that
Wery deg to remain until the after
noon.
What is to done? How is he to
keep his uncle from seeing Edith
and so discover that they are mar
ried?
He finally decides that the only
thing for him to do is to play bach
elor.
He dispatches his wife to town
upon an errand, having great diff
Guilty in preventing his uncle from
seeing her, who arrives just before
she leaves. Shortly after George
Merrigale. an old friend of Dick 5, ar
rives, having run out from town to
spend the day. Seeing a picture Of
Edith he inquiries who is the original
and Dick informs MIN that it is a
photograph of a maid-seYvant. This
deception is kept up throughout the
play.
Later in the day Mrs. Meander,
Dicks aunt, comes from town. She
is not upon very friendly terms with
her husband, and so took later
train. Edith also returns, and not
knowing Dicks uncle and aunt,
thinks Dick has sent her to town so
that he could make love to another
woman. The others take her for the
maid having been told so by Dick,
and Merrigale, misunderstanding Il
remark that Harris, the man-servan: |
has made, thinks Dick is not only |
married to his maid, but mas another
wife beside. He tells this to Meander |
who is furious, and after an inter-
view with Edith, dismisses his own
wife, whom he does not recognize,
and thinks is the other woman. Edith |
assists him in making peace with |
Mrs. Meander, and she is So very
sorry for mistrusting Dick that she
willingly forgives him. Meander II |
so. although blaming Dick, who is |
heartily sorry for the way he mas
acted, forgives him for Edith's sake,
whom he pronounces "a jewel"
He tells Dick to continue writing
plays for an amusement if he will. |
but when he is in need of the where
withal to sustain life to draw upon
him Between the Acts
Cast of Characters.
Dick Comfort. :. Fred Ellis, 'O3.
George Merrygale. $3.50.
.Thayer Littlefeld. 'OS
Alexander Meander. Roy Smith, '0s.
Harris. Harry McCarden, '05
Mrs. Clementine Meander.
Vida Van Cleave, 'O5
Mrs Edith Comfort
Anna Sumner, 'OS.
Sally. $50. =. Edna Browning, 10.
The Big Entertainment.