The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-31


Created and. composed by
Crete Ross & Ed Bennett
With apologies to Mr.. Shakespeare
and the Bennington Fortnightly Club.
Dramatis Personae.
Oberon, King of the Fairies,
Charles Lynn Wood
Titania, Queen of the Fairies,
Edward Louis Bates
Puck, Lucretius Henry Ross
Fairies
Pea Soup, Frederick stephen Braley
Corn Cob, Frank Elbridge Battles
June Bug, Clarence Lewis Holden
Hay Seed, Collins Willard Graves
Pages
George Bertram yelling
George Philip Endress
This play taketh place in wood
near Lovers Lane.
Grand Finale, Goodbye Mary"
Bennington Club
The Bennington Club Orchestra
George f. Donnelly, Director
Violins-George E. Donnelly Will
liam Townley Lawrence, Harold
Richard Hurley.
Viola Frank b. Perkins
Cello Ernest r. Burleigh
Bass Charles Frazier
Flute William G. FRANKIE
Clarinet Harold Edward Cook
Cornet Lawrence Lee Gokay
Trombone Frank Hurley
Drums Edward Hurley
Piano-AleXander James Cooper,
Harry Seymour Phillips
Costumes:
Hooker-Howe Costume Co., Haver-
hill, Mass.
Stage Setting. William c. Bull
Overture Orchestration:
George c. Wood
Piano: Cluett & Sons, Troy, n. Y.
Lest its supply of adjecuves run
out the Banner will not undertake to
criticise in detail the work of the
soloists OF part first, Messrs Frank
c. Phillips, George b. yelling, Will
liam G. Hunter c. NJ Graves. F. s.
Braley Marden R. Nichols, Harvey
. Davenport, Harry O. White, w T..
Lowe. Herbert A. Davenport, Wells
W. White, c. Lynn Wood, Edward l..
/ Bates. Robert +. Healy and Joseph j.
/ Daley. All of them deserved the
cordial reception they received from
/ the audience and il one was better
! than another it was not because the
other was not good. Mr.. loves
Nancy" costume and his ability as
a dancer earned him second encore.
The second part of the program
was a mirth producer all through.
James f. Burke in his Dutch caricar
ture and song "Heinze, is Picked
Again was one of the best things
4 of the evening His makeup and ex-
preston were enough to give convul-
sions to a wooden Indian.
Mrs. Mary Hutchins Wilcox and
Robert +. Healy in the duet Of sentt
ment by the Light OF the Silvery
Moon" was the blending of fine
voices and expression.
The biggest laugh OF the evening
was the duet, Romeo and Juliets
Warning to Lovers by w. II. {.
Cushman and Harrie G. White. VIII
Cushman made an Aneazonian JU ct
in decollette gown and showed a
neck and arms that an opera singer
might envy Mr. Whites costume
and the padding it contained made
him resemble a parti colored squash
with hazel-nut on top. The stunt
itself was a corker.
John II. Cushman's character
songs Pull Me Up O'Reilly' and
Poor O'Hoolihan' were most laugh
able. His makeup and carriage
would have done credit to a profes
sonal.
The last and best of the specialties
was the burlesque on the Fortnight
ly's recent production of "A Midsum
mer Nights Dream Inc travesty
was written by Dr. L. H. Ross and
Il. c. Bennett and the dramatic per
sonae given above, in black faces ant
Shakespearian costumes made
combination which would have beer
uproariously funny if they hadni
said word while the dialogue was
exceedingly clever. Below is given {
part of the dialogue opening afte'
the fairies dance:
Titania enters and speaks:-
lluDld- AOiut HlNlNl on iNN' INV
haarkcn unto my words. Good gentle
fairy tell me, prithee, thy name.
LIST Falry-"Pea Soup" Of. S
Braley)
Titania-A Fairy by any othe
name would taste as sweet. Pea
Soup HE thee to the restaurant o
one Bottum and bring hither a 80
dinner, and tell the worthy Bottun
to hustle.
Your name, most winsome Fairy?
End Fairy-"Corn-Cob Frank Bat
tles).
Titania-A corn ON the cob |
worth two on the toe. Corn-co
hasten thee to Levins l9c store an
: buy me a spring hat Your mans
9 Oh shy and blushing one?
Bird JuneBug' Clarenc
, Holden).
j Misunderstanding | hope you ar
no relative of kissing bug You bu
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