Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-29
BURLEsoUE oPERETTA
 AT OLYMPIC HALL
Pocahontas Presented Under Auspices
 of St. Mary's School Alumni.

l Under the auspices of St. Mary's
 school alumni a burlesque operetta
 entitled Pocahontas kas finely given on Tuesday evening at Olympic hall be- 1 fore good sized audience which ap- | plauded enthusiastically the clever work of the amateur thespians. who
 appeared with suitable costurning and i a stage setting to represent an Indian | camp in Virginia.
 The following was the cast of char
 acters:
 John Smith, an uncommon man with
 common name, Horace E. Corning
 Powhattan, king of the Tuscaroras, Maurice H. Connen John Rolfe, 17th century dude, Frank Leonard | Mahogany, a servant to Smith, James w. Kane.
 Speckled Thunder, favorite brave and l promised husband of Pocahontas, Horidore Fregeau Pocahontas, daughter of Powhattan, Miss Josephine Bissonette l Ann Eliza Brown, a practical blonde, Miss Helen McMahon 1 Chorus of Braves-Braves, of course --Messrs. Nicholas Spellman, Paul Gadle. William Shea, Charles Ogden, Horidore Fregeau, Philip Leeney and Jeremiah Downey.
 Indian Huntresses-Misses Nellie Barry, Albfna Juneau, Rose Driscoll, Grace Driscoll, Louise Bellefieur. Kath- leen Bowen, Grace Hartie, Rosamond
 McNamara and Lillian Moriarty- As the leading man. MT Corning in the part of John Smith was well cast
 for this star part and received much applause for his solo, while MT. Con nell and MT. Leonard filled their roles in a capable manner. For the comedy work, MT. Kane was the right man in the right place and his appearance was the signal for bursts of applause, espe- cially for his clever parody on a Greeneville fire company. Mir. Fregeau was also well cast.
 Miss Bissonette and Miss McMahon each filled their parts with great ac- ceptance and there was a pretty march by the Indian mattresses and good chorus numbers by the Indian braves
 For the musical part of the operetta the orchestral numbers had been ar ranged by Prof. Charles ". Tubbs while Miss Lena c. Boudreau, musical dfrectress. was in direct charge of the production. Invaluable assistance tow ards the elaborate costuming was giv- en by Rev. J. H. Fitzmaurice and Rev. ". H. Kennedy. In the makeup for company and Mrs Mary l.. SIiney gave much help and the stage setting was by John Sullivan.
 The ushers were F. J. Murtha, Jr. Charles Young. James Hynds and Will liam Shea, all members of tn ealumni. John T. Sullivan sold the tickets and they were taken at the door by Pat rick Sullivan and Michael J. Dwyer. AtAc S<1r>C toOAC " 1o III SA4d-1 B . OA o1i5S Mary Hartie
 Boxes were occupied by the follow ing: Holy Name society, Father Mathew T. A. society, Engine company No 2. Divisions No. 1 and No. g. A. O. H., Young Ladies' Soda1ity (two box eS), Ladies' Charitable society, Miss Mary O'Suilivan and party. Mrs. James Sullivan and party
 Indian suits for the performance were kindly donated by the Porteous & Mitchell company and other accessories by P. Cummings The following acted as a committee on the award of sew eral articles donated for prizes: H. P Reausoieil. Patrick Sullivan, F, J. Mur- than, John Burke and James McClaf- ferty. Little Grace Young drew the and the results were an Rounced as follows by Joseph Belle f1eur:
 Turkey, donated by Mrs. Charles F. Lilibridge. Mrs. BeiIiveau, 32 Second street: one dozen photographs. donated by Stevens, D. c. Young, Jr., 16 Spring street: ton of coal, donated by A. D Lathrop. William Casey. 90 Sixth street; box of cigars. donated by J. A. George. James l.. Bousauet. Wauregan. Conn; a doll to Catherine Murphy, 105 Hobart avenue.
 The evening closed with dancing for which the Cadillac orchestra played. and men of St. Mary's parish served as the floor committee.