The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-15
Earlham Students Score a
Success in the Comedy,
''As You Like It."
WAS AN IMMENSE AUDIENCE
ONE OF THE PLEASING FEAT.
UREs OF THE PRODUCTION WAS
THE ACTING OF MISS shuTE OF
THIS CITY.
It was the Forest of Arden.

It was the Forest of Arden.
Signing like q furnace" came the
lover Orlando and pinned his love SOU
nets to the Appletree just back of
Lindley hall. Then came the fair
Rosalind and. after some byplay by
the fool, Touchstone. they all lived
happily ever after and began life in
Morris dancing with the shepherds in
the Forest.
That is to say that the class OF 1909
gave Shakespeare AS You Like IT,
at Earlham last night. la Ben Greet
out OF doors. This was all the more
remarkable inasmuch as for once 1t
did not rain, much to the delight not
only of the 1900 people In the audience
but the performers. as we'll.
Heard Distinctly.
One of the most pleasing phases OF
the whole production was the fact that
every player could be heard distinctly
by the audience-this is particularly
creditable in an out of door perform
ance. The cast in general gave their
AAAOo Will pCIlCSl uAOCI oldAUlASs
made the Elizabethan dialogue full OF
humor to the spectators.
The star of the evening was unques-
tionably Miss Hilda Shute. who took
the part of Rosalind. She was COM
pletely master OF the situation from
start to finish and showed remarkable
ability. The part of Rosalind is a hard
one to take, but she played the parts
in which Rosalind DISCUSSES herself as
a man with spirit and vivacity, and
played the love scenes with simple
charm and without affectation.
A close second, as far as real act
ing ability and Interpretation Of char
acter was concerned, was the playing
OF Mr.. Silas Farquahr as Touchstone.
He caught the serious philosophizing
Of the professional bufYcon in his most
elusive lines, mingling the note of sad
ness with his wit
Hedges Was a Star.
The Orlando Of Horace Hedges was
played with feeling and grace. From
the entrance in the wrestling scene he
captured the sympathy of the audience
and kept 1t throughout the play. He
should be given credit for not allow
ing sentiment to degenerate into SEN
timentality and of being altogether
successful at carrying out the devil
may-care, whip-and-spur, idea Of his
part.
The whole cast caught the true Eliz-
abethan spirit. This was true of Miss
Francisco as Audrey who threw aside
all personality OF evryday life and
went into the rustic atmosphere of
clownishness in company with Leslie
Nanny. who played the country lout
well enough to merit special mention.
All the cast was fully competent to
balance the capable acting Of the prin-
cipals.
The finale. in which the whole class
participated. was artistic and called
forth together with the presentation
Of the play great amount OF applause
which brought Miss Shute and Horace
Hedges back on the stage.
Setting a Relief.
The setting Of the whole play was
good. The barriers of green boughs
and the foliage OF the trees was a re.
lief after the indoor scenery Of the
theater. The music was appropriate
and interpolated at effective times. 1t
was refreshing to have the whole play
given In full inasmuch as In most pre-
sensations the first scene. with the
wrestling bout. is commonly left out.
It was the opinion of the spectators
that this performance with the stag
ing of the Midsummer Nights Dream
last year, have been the most success
full and noteworthy attempts of Earl
ham in a dramatic line and that they
compare more than favorably with
similar things given all over the coun-
fry