The Washington times., 1912-05-05
YALE TO PRODUCE
ORIGINAL COMEDY BY
FACULTY MEMBER
robin of Sherwood to Be
Played June IS as the
Commencement Feature.

The Yale University Dramatic Asso-
citation has just announced that Robin
of Sherwood an original comedy by
Jack Randall Crawford, of the Yale
English department will be the COM
mencement play given on June Is.
Every year it has been the custom for
the association to give an outdoor per-
formance during commencement week
when the classes return to New Haven
for their reunions. Last gear Beau
mont and Fletcher's THE knight of
the Burning Pestle" was presented, and
before this, several of Shakespeare's
comedies.
Robin of Sherwood" while sug-
gested by the original ballads of robin
Hood" ha not selected any of the COLI
veneional adventures of that hero for
it's theme, but is a free treatment OF
the love story of Maid Marian and the
famous outlaw. In this version, while
all the familiar characters reappear,
they are seen in entirely new Incl
dents, the authors purpose being to
reproduce the atmosphere and spirit or
the times rather than the literal content
of the original stories.
The action while occurring historic
ally in the twelfth century has been
transposed for the purpose OF this play
to a much later period. The story,
while strongly dramatic, allows scope
for the introduction of songs, music, old
English csutoms and sports The cast
will he a. numerous one, including a
| hundred or more persons, and the EN-.
Dhasis in the production Will be lald
| on the spectacular element. The pro-
duction will be the largest ever under
taken by the Dramatic Association, and
many novelties In the staging VIII be
| introduced.
by Mr. Crawford especially for produc-
| ton by the Yale Dramatic Association.
The authors previous dramatic work
has included free adaptation OF a Rus
sian play by Maxim Cork. which was
produced by an all-star cast in London
| in 1906. Last Nyear he wrote Lovely
Peggy"-a play published by the Yale
University Press. and his historical
tragedy "Senlae" won the John Ander-
son Porter prize in June, 1911.
Charles Gilbert Spross. of New York
was the guest of Sydney Lloyd Wright
| son last Saturday on his way home TO
| New York from concert tour In the
| South, during which he was the ac-
companist Of Mary Garden for ten con-
0erts.
Nine. Jane Osborn Hanna. of the Chi
cago and Philadelphia Grand Opera
Company, and her husband. @Eranf @
nee-on-D Delaware. Pa. this summer
where Mr.. Wrightson will conduct his
summer school of singing: Mr.. Hannat
was the guest of Mr.. Wrightson FOL
two days this week.
"An Hour of Music" was given al
the Washington Club on May q at S:3'
D. M, by Mrs. Helen Donohue Deyo
soprano; Miss Gertrude Schwannecke
pianist, and Miss Lillian Milovich, vio
iinist The program of nine numbers in
cluded selections largely from the works
of MacDowell and Schumann. A sonata
for the violin and plano, by Handel
was we'll rendered by Miss Milovich ant
Miss Schwannecke. Three of Mrs
Deyo's numbers were by MacDowell.
The first of a series of Sunday con.
certs Is to be held at the Academy at
$3.50 o'clock this afternoon, when Pei
ham, the European hypnotist, will
make his first Washington appearance
Mae Melville, a singing comedienhep
new to Washington. will be heard for
the first time, and Lasky's Piano
phiends," whose music was a feature
of last weeks bill, will appear in en-
tirely new offerings Nestor and Del
berg in a graceful act OF refined vaude-
vile, combining melody and comedy,