The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-04-21
HUNDREDS LAUGH
AT CHARLEY'S AUNT
First Regiment Band Scores
Success in Famous Farce.
j. HARRY EsTEY LEADING LADY
Local Company at Auditorium wed
nesday and Thursday Evenings and
at Retreat Monday Evening, Ending
with Matinee Tomorrow.

"Charley's Aunt is all right!
The old lady, as impersonated by III
Harry E,tey Wednesday evening and last {
evening, made great Int with two audi
enccs t:iat were nearly as large as those
which have been wont to gather AT pieFi' /
ous band Dement'S.
Alison Dugan opened up the fun IN the
first act, aud from that time on, some ONE
WAS snickrring most OF the time, ana wheh
Lord Foncour Babberly. disguised as
Donna Lucia ii Alyadorez. went on strlHe
aud removed his skirt on the stage the
merriment OF the spectators knew no
bounds. .u-su.
Every member of the cast was full OF the
spirt of the play. and the audience was
responsive from start TO finish. The coach
ing of MyIon Z. Davis, who has been ~
rector OF rcheursals and OF the perform
auce, was apparent in the finished WORK
ri the actors as individuals and IN the mar
mouv with which each supported tae
other Mr.. Davis has received many Wen
deserved compliments on the results oil ms
work. which were made possible, oi
course. bv the excellence OF the matetial
which was provided IN the members oil the
company. Id,
|
| iaiuly one of the most successful OF larees'
| lts nlot. if plot it can be called, hinges on
! the impersonation 10y an Oxford student oil
| In rich aunt of one OF his fellow students
| ol roursc the real aunt shows up IN the
midst of the fun and the situation De
comes sufficiently complicated to interest
| the most blasc individual,
Charley Wychom tFred G, Adamsl ana
Jack Chcsney Alison Dugan) are ehuns
| nj Oxford and are IN love with Amy nPeE
| time Elsie HASKELL, and NIFTY Nerduih
! KITTY Brasorl As Charley Is expecting
! hi, aunt recently returned from BRAN,
lac and Jack decide to invite the glrls TO
| luncheon The aunt telegraphs at the last
moment that she is detained, so Lord Fen
count Babberly tHarry Estey), who hap
mems Ia be prepared with a suitable COS
! i,tme. Is with difficulty persuaded to I'M.
p4rsonatc the aunt she being necessary a.
Lacks father, Sir Francis &C. Menzes
| Nillcrl. shows up and surprising that bab'
brrIy is really the rich widow IRON Brazil
PROPOSES and l. refused; Amy uncle
Mr., Spettigue thames 7. Ferlter / aso
makes violent love TO Babbery, under the
impres,ion that he is capturing a matll'
mouial prize, and IN the ardor OF ms ahee
tion is persuaded to give his written con
Meanwhile the real Donna Lucia tJane
Rrewl. having changed her mind and come
dovI, Imaunounced, turns out to be 4 iof'
mqr sweetheart oil Sir Francis. ana hei
niece Ella Delchey Alice Crolll, Is IN
love with Babberly, whom she does not
recognize in his strange costume; Brasset'
~ IT, Cranel. does the Quitting IN q
most elegant and refined manner ana
Hawkins ~. j Taggartl, makes most
attractive appearance as iootman'
The first act Is supposed 10 take plac'
IN Jacks room at Oxford; the hGcoiI ~
tho Garden Of Jacks house; and the third
IN NJ drawing room at M. Spettigue's, All
fhrce acts cover period OF time less thai
IL hours of the same day The stage was
IN charge of j. NJ. Birch OF the auditorium
and was made to look extremely well, A.
: though the scenery i in wretched coma
ton and it is very hard to create GOOD
effects with it. n.
or the cast. little can be said in the way
of criticism. Harry EStey, OF course, wa
perfect. The part might have been invent
ed for him and he played II like piolea
sional Alison Dugan and Fred Adam
were full of the enthusiasm and ioly o
= tho usual college chaps, who will do any
thing" and Miss Haskell and Mrs. Btasol
nterprcted the girls parts to nicely
the fonr made a quartet that would o'
! hard TO equal among amateurs I. Men
zies Miller was so good and so well cas-
in the part Of Sir Francis that !. H. he sn wa
g ti1,na lin was right there with the her
. RE, les, cyery time he came on the stage an,'
e G Menzies might have been born IN OLE
England and have lived in India ban and ~ n
: could have done no better MISS brew ha
. tbe most difficult female part in the cas-
I and played it with dignity and charm an
! was we'll supported both as to looks an
4 acting by Miss Croll. :,
{ training the actors, and prompted at tn
y On Monday evening the play was give
Y in the chapel at the Retreat; which ma
= been courteously loaned by Dr Law'o
T for rehearsals. Tomorrow afternoon, !
$50 matinee will be given which Will .
t the last performance until the c9mpan
e starls on its western trip, the date
which has not yet been decided