Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-11
SOCIETY FOLK IN
CLASSIC ROLES
FINAL REHEARSALS HELD At
SINGLETON COURT
CHARMING SETTINGS FOR PLAYS
OF SHAKESPEARE
Clever Actors, Professional and ANA
teur, Prepared to Give Excellent
Presentation of Great
Drama

Final rehearsals were held on Single
ton court last night of both "a Mid
summer Nights Dream" and GAS You
Like IT. which will be given there
Friday night and Saturday matinee,
respectively, for the Civic federation,
and every detail was found perfect.
Both plays will be given at the Hotel
Maryland today and tonight, for the
benefit of the Tournament of Roses
and it Is thus assured that the ANA
tours who have the minor parts in The
cast will be both letter perfect ind
over their stage fright when the big
doings come off Friday night In this
city.
The completed cast for each play was
given out yesterday. In "As You Like
1t" Charles Marriott, an old Shakespe-
rean actor of wide experience, will play
the banished duke, and Jaques will he
done by David Edwin, well and favor
ably known for his stock work here
A. G. Wilkes will be Orlando; Henry
Yerba will be Oliver; VIII Kellogg Will
interpret Amiens and Grin Knox VIII
be Colin Joseph Cox, well known
stock actor of these parts, will be old
Adam, and Kendrick Chamberlain will
play William, with Wayland Trask.
social favorite and actor Of experience,
as MdTleSt. IOuCHStOle, Oh COuISe,
will be Precy Aylmer, who put on the
entire production.
Among the women, Jean Bridgha III
will interpret Audrey, and her skill Is
too well known to need praise. Ger
trude Workman, the leader of Boyle
Heights society, will be Celia, and
better choice 1t would be hard to fad.
Lillian Houston will be Phoebe, and
Gertrude Keller, who ranks as high
socially as she does professionally, VIII
be Rosalind. Miss Keller's reading of
her lines, her beauty and sprightlin ess
and her clever histrionic ability COM
bine to make her ideal in this. the
leading feminine role in the play.
OF course. there will be fairies.
courtiers, foresters, maids of town and
country and all the people created by
the master hand for the establishment
of his most delightful pastoral. In
these parts the social world will be
most in evidence; young men and wo-
men whose names adorn every party
list are enlisted for these roles, and
the elect will thus be seen in a new
character.
| In "A Midsummer Nights Dream"
Friday night Virginia Berry. prime
favorite both professionally and So
| cially, will be seen as Puck, a char
actor in which she fairly revels. and In
which Annie Russell appeared here
only recently. Nigel de Bruillier viii
be Theseus in this fairy spectacle; Hip
polyta will be interpreted by Miss
Holmes; Hernia by Lucille Culver;
Helena by Rose Lambert; Titania, the
fairy queen, by Marion Tiffany. and
Oberon, her husband, by Charlie Clay.
The funny quintet, ounce, Snug, Bot
tom, Flute and Shout, will be handled
by Messrs. Stanley de Wolf, A. H.
Lewis. Percy Aylmer, Wayland Trask
and Kendrick Chamberlain, respective
ly, and a stronger team 1t would be
hard to find. Joseph Cox will be
Starveling, and the host Of fairy parts
will all be taken by young girls Of So
ciety. who will do many clever dances
and posings. Among them are June
fitzpatrick, Aileen Chase. Nanon
Welsh, Rosetta Ashton, Portia de
Veney and a host Of others. Light
effects and the like have received es-
pecial attention, and with stately Sim
gleton court as a background, with it's
wealth OF trees. it would be hard to
conceive a finer setting.
The Civic association is giving this
series of plays for the fund for play
grounds, and the sales have already
been heavy enough to insure their sue
cess. Some good seats can still be OBJ
tanned at the Bartlett music store,
however. though they will not last long
In the face of the present demand.