The Washington herald., 1914-04-26
PAGEANT ACTORS
LETTER perfect
Principals. 1t Is Said, Could
Give-Finished Perform
ance Now.
NEED MORE PARTICIPANTS
Good Progress Made by the Classic
Dance Groups-Sale of
Seats Opens.

As a result of hard work on the part
of George Lask. producer Of The Fire
Regained," the principals in the man.
moth Greek pageant-drama are letter
perfect in their parts, and IL the hrst
performance were to be given tomorrow
instead of May l6. Miss Gladys Hinckley.
who isl to be Pallas Athene; Nigel Col
quitt, the Shepherd; Miss Flora Wilson.
Miss Helen Evans, John Won Steinmetz
Bryan and many others Of the principals
could give a finished performance.
Chairman Isaac Cans, Director General
Preston Gibson and the members Of the
Greek pageant committee generally are
elated at the splendid progress. Musical
Director Percy s. Foster presided at a
big rehearsal OF the massed chorus FRI
day night. All the spectacular scenes
were gone over. and, accustomed as a
great part of the chorus now Is to its
lines, Mr.. Lask was able to develop the
dramatic action required.
Announcement is made that there still
Is need for many more participanta
Director roster, Producer Lask. and Au-
thor Sidney NJ. Hirsch are determined
to have 1,50o persons take part in the
production each night To that end II
will be necessary to have considerably
more than 1.JO0 persons enrolled as par
ticipants.
COlquitt Ideal Shepherd.
Rehearsals have developed the fact that
Nigel Colquitt will make an ideal shep-
herd Mr.. Colquitt is secretary Of the
Ways and Means Committee Of the
a colonel on the staff of the governor OF
Georgia, and a prominent member Of the
Savannah Dramatic Club.
John Won Steinmetz Bryan will play the
role of Hierophant. or high priest Mr..
Bryan also is a former resident OF Sa-
vannah, now making his home in Wash
ington.
Miss Helen Evans is making a hit"
in the rehearsals and is declared to be
scheduled for one OF the big roles.
That Miss Flora Wilson. daughter of
an opera and concert singer of distinc-
ton, will have one OF the important
parts goes without saying.
The Congressional set" among the
pageant participants, comprising men,
bers of the Junior Auxiliary OF Neigh
borhoOd House, is taking a keen in
terest in the plans for the production.
Thee young women have made good
progress in their work.
The classic dance groups, under the
direction OF Miss Effe NJ Baker, are
for more wood nymphs, priestesses and
maidens, and volunteers will be well
coined at o'clock every weekday after
noon.
Want Boys for Satyrs.
Sixty young boys are required for the
roles OF satyrs The functions of these
boys will be TO do weird and uncanny
things TO worry the vestals. Boys THAI
like to do the weird and uncanny are
asked to call on Producer Lask at the
headquarters tomorrow afternoon after
school hours
1t is explained that all rehearsaIs are
arranged 80 as not to interfere with the
daily activities of participants, and since
all of the performances are TO be held
in the evening there will be no interfer-
ence at that time. either.
Manager Mooser is anxious to get iu
touch with some one in Washington or
hereabouts who will contract for the de-
livery nightly during the period OF the
performances OF ..0Os pigeons
Ben Schwartz has loaned a pedigreed
Holstein bull for the goring scene in the
and II is expected that two
other gentlemen farmers will come for
ward with a like tender to make up the
required number.
Posters in and out of Washington are
the Greek pageant
The sale of seats for the seven per-
has been opened at the Percy
S. Foster Piano Company, 1880 G street
northwest