The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
OPERA PRISCILLA MAKES GREAT HIT
 WITH AUDIENCE
Barge Amateur Production Is Splendid Success In Every Way-Every Number En- ..cored-15O In Production.

cored-15O In Production.
 Some 15o Rridgeporters participated
 if the splendid amateur production of
 s.Priscilla,' given last evening by the aOperatic society of Bridgeport in the Park theatre. Proceeds from the op- era will benefit the Day Nursery.
 There are two acts, full of surprises
 in the way of dances and songs and
 especially enjoyable because there are
 no long waits, and because each of
 the actors and members of the chorus
 is perfect in his part Every number
 was sencored.
 The scene of the first act is laid in
 a town way in Plymouth and that of
 the second picture the delightful ex-
 terdor of PriscfIlaSs cottage
 The doughty captain, MyIes Stan
 dish, was excellently portrayed by
 Alois J. HavriIla, while Alvin B. Boss
 made a splendid John Alden.
 Lewis Moss was interesting in the part of William Bradford, the New Plymouth Governor, and Clarence R. Hall had the audience in uproars by his efforts as Hatsbad Higgins, the agent of the good ship .Mayhower, :" to dispose of the various kinds of fur niture to the other pilgrims
 The pant, of. Squanto, a reformed red man. was played by William Me Naughton.
 The dainty little soprano. Mrs. Ada Tuck Whitaker, made a delightful Priscilla, while Vera Bertilson had the amusing part of Resignation, a middle aged spinster-
 The three '.NGayf1ower" buds, Bar ~bara, portrayed by Mrs. Almanac Hammett Robinson; Faith, by Mabel Sweeney, and Prudence. by Edith Lundin, were delightful with their sweet voices and faces.
 The song by Standish with the cho- rus during the first act was very ef- fective while the finale of the same act was wonderful.
 The first number of the second act was a dance by the Pilgrim children, which was encored again and again by the audience. The children who were all members Of Miss S1ocum's school of dancing and department, were drilled by Miss Eva Donning in this particular dance and were one of the chief ''hits" of the performance
 The names of the little dancers were: Esther Jackson, Marguerite Sanford, Cora Anderson, Virginia, Ar mold. CeIa Allen, Florence Davidson. Grace Beard Eunice Newman, Jack Wade, Edward. KennellE Harold Moss, Thomas Arnold. Jr., Jack Bray, David TuthiI, Robert Hawkins and Reginald Graves.
 Another great success Of the play was the duet by Resignation and Hfg- gins, which was highly amusing. Fol- lowing this was an in ntricate scarf dance by the girls of the chorus, which was most effective and made a
 Last nights performance was voted by all who witnessed it to be one of the best amateur efforts ever given in 
 4Priscilla'' will be repeated this eve ming.
 ed Mrs Vincent Daily, Mrs E. P. Dodge, Mrs. Katherine Dunham Mrs. Edith Lyon and Mrs. Harold Peck and the Misses Margaret Barr, Her tha Berger Louise Berger, Bessie l Bradley, Dorothy Browne, Esther Marjorie Boyden. Hazeltine Clark, | Anna M Clark Grace Curtis, Mabel l s. Cleveland, Marie . B. Cleveland, 1 Irene Daily, Eva Donning, Julie A. 1 Daily, Linda Ehlert, Anna Gedda, Ma l iron Gedda, Elizabeth Gunzenhauser, l Josephine Gotthardt, Ruth Glenna, | Myrtle Hei1nan, Margaret L. Hughes, i Gertrude Hurd. Hazel Hurd, Lucy | Joinvi1le. Lillian Johnson, Louise B. | Kelly, Mae Lan1pmAn, Evelyn Mac | Florence MacKiernan, Elsie | Marcus, Lillian Iohr, Blanche Now | sll, Irene O'Brien. Grace Peck, Eth | slyn Powell. Nellie Price, Erma Pro- bert, Nina Probert,e Virginia Beck, | Haybe11e N. Rockman, Martha Shade, | Leila Smyth, Lydia A. SIpperIey, Ma bel Unstatter Marjorie UTnstatter, | Lydia Walsh, Marion Walsh, Beatrice Wise; also the Messrs. John Allen, Tohn P. Avery, Richard Batten, AL bert, Batten, J. W. Barr, .Charlts Ben nam, W. Berger, George Carter, Vim sent Da1y, William Duffy, w. Carlton Damn, Frank Bales, Eugene Farren aoro1d Farren. Timothy F'a1Ion, Max Ierschefsky, Gordon Hounslea, T. S. Huck, Everett Jersey, Daniel Loudon, William Mcclellan, Victor Noren, H. F. Nettleton, Harry R. Peck, Fdw W. Price H. E. Seim, Berton Shook, Reymond G. SipperIey, Floyd Squires, George Siernons Harry w. ThorelI, | Fred J. Thomas, George Thomas, Dan Furney, Gould Turney, John Wade, Meth (King) williams and Joseph Yates.