The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-26
COMPANY BOYS MAKE
A PRONOUNCED HIT
GOOD CROWD TOO, AT MILL
TARY PLAY GIVEN LAST
EVENING.

The Captain and the Spy" the
military drama at the Astoria theatre
last night by members Of the First
Company was a pronounced success,
and Il passed off with more vim and
spirit than might have been expected
from the amateur soldier boys.
There was a good house, too, and
that probably gave the players a bet
ter encouragement. Not only were the
seats down stairs well filed, but the
gallery also was well crowded with
appIauding Astorians who seemed to
take delight in giving hand" to
every telling point The play will
be repeated again tonight and II is
safe to promise 10 ali who 90 that
they will enjoy the stirring scenes Of
the drama.
The drama itself Is a good one,
with plot Of love, intrigue and mill
tary action that is easily followed and
Is interesting in itself, and the players
found little difficulty in interpreting
the roles in a satisfactory manner
The play was in fact good; much bet
ter than many an amateur effort that
has been put on the boards in this
city, and those who put on plays by
local talent in the future will have
to succeed very we'll TO attain the
mark set by the boys Of the First
Company last night.
OF course it would be individious
to make comparisons, or TO say who
was good, who was fair, and who was
excellent in the parts. All did very
well and some did exeellently well.
The principal parts like those taken
BY Captain Abercrombie, Lieutenant
Knobloch and Lieutenant Sutton,
we're we'll handled, and Lieutenant
Sutton seems to have histrionic abili-
ties OF no mean merit Three young
ladies took part, Mrs. Lottie Fergu-
son. Miss Fannie Gregory and Miss
Maude Ross, and they looked pretty
and acted their parts as well as they
looked
While once or twice last night there
was forgotten fine or some little
break in the progress Of things, the
play went off better than might have
been expected and tonight it of
course will go much more smoothly.
Those who want to pass couple
of hours pleasantly and at the same
time wish to aid in a very worthy
cause can hardly do better than go to
the "captain and the Spy" tonight.
The cast of characters is as fol-
lows:
Capt. Harry Hale, in love with Cora
..................J. 0. Sutton
Lieut.. Fiske. u. S. A., in love with
his duty. George Steffenson
Milton Murray, U. S. n, in love with
Bess ...........,, Yvon Guilliam
Lieut.. Christobal, S. A., in love with
soldering ......, Karl Knobloch
DR. Harrison, Red Cross H. S. in
love with surgery. lotto Owen
Elmore Walton, banker, in love with
Spanish bonds, Carl Franseen
Phillip Bassett, his stepson, in love
with Ysobei. -, Lawrence Rogers
Fernando Diaz. Walton's cashier, af-
forwards S. A., in love with Cora.
.... Charles H. Abercrombie
Beverly Brown, Walton's butler, at
terwards Red Cross H. S., in love
with chickens, $50, Harry Harbert
Cornelius Dwyer, Walton's coachman,
afterwards U. S. A., in love with
"naygurs" ,... Harry Ystad
Antonio Carlos, a Cuban planter, in
love with Cuba. Oswald Gustafson
Cora Bassett, Walton's stepdaughter,
in love with Harry,
........ Mrs. Lottie Ferguson
Bess Walton, Walton's daughter. in
love with Milton, Miss F, Gregory
Ysobel Carlos, Antonio's daughter, in
love with Phillip. Miss Maud Ross
American soldiers, American sailors,
Spanish soldiers, Guerillos