Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-08
MERCHANT OF VENICE
TO Be GIVEN MAY is
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You Like 1t" held the attention OF
the student body for a week or more
The Merchant of Venice" cast con-
tinued its rehearsals with undated
zeal and with the determination to
give the college public the best
Shakespearean presentation that Is
possible. Until the present time sep
arate acts only have been taken up,
but this week will see complete re-
hearsals. A schedule of rehearsals
for the last week indicates enthusi-
asm and determination on the part
of the players.
The stage setting of the Merchant
of Venice will be entirely different
from any yet seen In Pullman. The
plan is to have the stage conform as
nearly to the Shakespearean model
as is possible in the modern theater.
No scenery will be used, although
there will be movable stage proper
ties as in the times of great Eliza
beth" No curtain will be used.
Short pauses will mark the divisions
between scenes. Longer pauses ana
strains of music will indicate the in
teryals between acts. Instead of he
ing placed in the regular orchestra
pit, the musicians will be hid away
behind the scenes after the manner
of the early playhouse. Candles at
the front corners of the stage viii in
dictate the night scenes The absence
of a curtain will make tableaux i'm
possible; and all scenes will end
with exits.
Mr.. Eustis, the manager, is now in
correspondence with firm in Salt
Lake City concerning Shakespeare IN
costumes, so that it is now hoped
that the players may become used to
their trunk, hose and doublets be-
fore the night of May Is. He is also
hunting for some sixteenth century
music to give a striking bit of local
color to the production. Mr.. Kop-
pen. who is doing the state manag-
ing, is planning some scenic effects
for the moonlight scene in Act V.
In order that none may be puz-
zled by the sequence of scenes on
the night of the play, it is announc ed
that the arrangement followed is
that of Mr.. Ben Greet, the world
famous Shakespearean player, in his
new series of Shakespearean plays
for amateurs. This arrangement
throws all of the expository action
into the first act, and all of the
'Portia" scenes into the third act.
Act II will present first complicating
action, and also introduce the famil-
lar clown, Launcelot Gobbo Act "
is the trial scene, and is retained al
most without change; and Act V is
practically unchanged except for
shortening.
A serious vacancy was made in the
personal of the cast by the departure
of Professor Ventresca, who was to
have played the part of Launcelot;
but the management feels certain
that it has found someone in Mr..
Clyde Peterson who will ably fill the
role. He will also take the part of
the Prince of Morocco the first of
| Portals suitors who dares risk a
choice of the caskets. Mr.. Koppen
will play the parts of Old Gobbo,
Launcelot's sand blind" father, and
of the Duke of Arragon, the egoistic
Spaniard. The part of the messenger,
Balthasar, will be taken by Mr.. Blu
chanan, the newly appointed in
structor in the Department of Agri-
culture.
Tickets will be placed on sale at
Watts Pharmacy on Tuesday morn
ing, May ~, at o'clock. The price
of admission will be so cents.