New-York tribune., 1910-05-08
MAY REVELAT BRYN MAWR.
Heen Taft as Theseus in mid.
summer Nights Dream"
A REVlVAL.0F OLD CLASSICS
PageantS. Dances, Plays and
Songs Delight the Spectators
on College Campus.
lisg Irelegraph to rhe Tribunr.l

by Telegraph 10 The Tribune.l
Fl'acessAie- May May games and
TeVels were held on the broad carnr11s Of
Fryn Ma1r College this afternoon bv the
ynunE women students. There were pas-
'sa1ts, dances, plays AID songs of many
eFcehs- The proceeds, go 70 the academic
endowment fSInd OF t1toads1B which the coll
icge : endeavoring 20 raise by June >
With long blast from the trumpets OF
Tire he-aids AZ 2c39 o'clock the pageant fell
snt0 order below Pembroke Arch and un-
gG1ded ID The .1ne Of spectators Il motley
grew 0f maids in pumpkin srnucks. squires
Of the older days. rliIkrasGs and ladies'
far. Robin Hoods men and cupids a grin
ring fool Who 1Feaded on the heels of z
hobby hCCse and finally. gay crowd OF
Mzy Day ru>eIlers- Down through hoI-
low they wound. and then up around the
campus a5sin and. finally, with q shout
they sreAe ranks on the green and scat
sered 70 the various poles.
Then tie lady OF the May. who in real
ufe IS Miss Mary worthington. niece of
President Thomas took her place beneath
the May pole. which four oxen dragged
forf in state. and after Robin Hood had
issi his wreath Of flowers on her hair, the
= nces and the plays began.
Each play was given htree times and
every dance repeated four times, so that
The spectators could see them all In one
secluded corner Pyrarnus and Thisbe
Wra1gled over their particular sentimental
soaatons n q bosky little DEL the Masque
y Flowers unfoided its beauties. ST
George Vaylquished the dragon beneath the
sla1ow o. q big oak Tree and the Reversby
~Tord IJay worked Itself out IN the smooth
stretch before the dormitory.
The Hue and Cry After Cupid was pre-
serte5 in the cloister. Little Mary Skin
He1. the eight-year-old daughter Of Otis
Skinner. took part in the elfn dance OF
u cupids
Mss Helen Taft the Presidents Gaugh-
te-, was arrayed in the regal purple of the
Duke TEeseus IN the '-Nidsummer's Night
Dream Then for the lovers Of antiquity
George Pelles "Old Wives Tale" was re-
-rived
To the dances was added one new feature
ln the Morris dance. in which the perform
eTs FINISHED their Own melodies with the
bells on their costumes. and waved their
mar 6kerchiefs or fourished short, sharp
81 cks
The plays and masQues were presented
n various places about the campus First
came scenes from Shakespeare's A Md
summer Nights Dream with the @trag-
lcai Interlude of 'Pyrarus and Thisbe' -
The cast for these scenes follows:
Theseus. Duke OF athens ...-.--..-.. Helm Tar
lsysa-der Margaret Friend
Demerr1us ---------.-----..-... Elizabeth Hibbea
Phnostrate. master Of the Reyers 70 Theseas
ounce. . carpenter ........... Narsery smith
snug. 5clre- Frances Porter
E-lte q belovvs-nle1der -..-..---.-.- Ruth cabot
-loat, z lc+er -.-------- Louise Aatiack
Fiippolyce, queen Of the Au1azons- Virginia Canan
t-r5lll-a J ea-1rette Michael
Oheron. King Of the Fairies Eleanor Barthoionnsw
Iita1la., Queen OF The Fairies. Marion Scott
PUCK ST Robin GoodfeIoVr- Mary scribne-
Feashl lsson Sidney Franklin
TobnF ...-.-.-- Louisa Newlin
NON Cornelia Skinner
Nus ase-seed ------.---'. Adelaide Newlin
airy -------.-- ----...--.. 80. Sarah Franklin
r EraI1us. Thisbe. Wall MConshtne, Lion
Characters n the fnterlude.
IN The old Wives Tale" a pleasant
-onceited comedy played by the Queens /
NajesCv's players and written by George /
Peele the players we're as follows:
second T5-g-rer name TseIes AIarrsret CoTri1
-lurnenides, ne Wandering knight. Julia Haines |
-eaeG- or Old Nan. l. Erestus Mary Hume
E5uar=taugo annie Caupbeli
~erebus. or Eoctv .....-... b. Mar Williams 4
NiEgen Isabelle Haines /
-'hure,IVzr1en Florence Wilbur
sexton Mary Alden /
Gbcs- Of Jack ..---.............. -. Marion Kirk /
Agatha DsuliEg. Mary Tongue, Dorotaea Baldwin
lleila Janet Howell
Nrnaliz C19rlOrra CTaf7iD /
SoETlF77 Mary Morgan
telalta GLADYS cha amberlain
-Ef1tlra -lI3TgPTT Hoffman
Eio-i X Charlotte Weiles 4
t-7-ras-'-lZ Julia Houston
.--rh, me Smith Emerson Lamb /
fisF-r- his wife L-lio IouahreIing 1
-e : cad ia the Ne ------ $500 Mary Wesner 4
--a-v -ste-~- Ai-r-U Dorothy child Iorothv Ash
lou cara Francis Frances stcrer Annina /
De Angels and Elsie Moore Women-
Madeline E-lison. F29salin5 Roneyn- Hide +.
ea-5e Eariellb-rga. Josephine Ross Eliza /.
hera TaylCT and Bsulah Mitchell
IN the CI0ister wzs Ben Jonson's nasuue, /
The Hue and Cry After Cupid which /
was originally presented on the occasion OF .
Jhe marriage a court Of the Lord Wis
ccunt Hsddington with the Lady Eliza beth .
Ea1cli1e, daughter OF the Earl Of Sussex /
The characters in the ulasque We're taken .
an The following order.
f1e- Three i-aCez---Jesn Stirling cynthia Stevens
and Catherine Terry