The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-20
SHAkESPEARtAN PAGEANT.
seen At UNIVERSITY.
More Than Thousand Members of
Summer School Take Part In
Tableaux.
BEAUTIFUL IMPRESSIVE SCENE
Beautiful Grounds of virginia's Great
Educational Institution Lively With
We Ancient Garhs and Speech of
Time of Shakespeare.

Charlottesville, Va. July 1e.-The
beautiful and impressive Shakes
| pearean pagent, in honor OF the
dramatists tercentenary, was held at
o'clock yesterday afternoon at the
University OF Virginia. Amid the
| classic setting of the historic lawn, on
the upper terrace south OF the ro-
! tunda, over thousand members OF
the Summer School enacted tableaux
| from the various plays of the worlds
greatest playwright. A large audience
witnessed the impressive spectacle and
| evinced it's approval by generous ap-
! plause.
! Following the grand procession
tableaux from Shakespeare's plays. IN
! chronological order. were presented as
| follows
| Loves Iabours Lost, presented by
| the Fifth District.
| Comedy of Errors, presented by the
! Tenth District
Romeo and Juliet. presented by
Norfolk
Merchant of Venice, presented by
st. Anne's School.
( Midsummer Nights Dream. present
ed by Maryland.
! Tanning of the Shrew. presented by
the First District.
Merry Wives of Windsor, presented
by the Sixth District.
| Much Ado About Nothing. present
ed by the Eighth District
/ AS You Like It. presented by North
Carolina.
! Twelfth Night. presented by Missis-
sipni.
! Julius Caesar, presented by Char
! lottesville schools
Hamlet. presented by the Seventh
| District.
/ Othello, presented by the Ninth Dis
/ trict.
Antony and Cleopatra, presented
! by South Carolina.
The Tempest, presented by Georgia.
Henry the Eighth. presented by
the Equal Suffrage League.
Shakespeare's fairies flowers Gu
pids, butterflies spirits and elves. pre-
scented by the children.
At the top of the Rotunda steps
stood striking group of allegorical
figures in classic costumes specially
designed by the distinguished young
artist, Mr., Duncan Smith, of New
York. These symbolic personages
represented the Goddess Fame. with
the nine Muses. and attendants with
trumpets Just below stood the Of
ficials of the city of London. with a
dozen representatives of the great
trade Guilds
Farther down were the officers,
lords and ladies. pages jester, group
ed around three thrones which were
occupied at three successive stages Of
the pageant by Queen Elizabeth. Maid
Marian, the Lady of the May, and
Will Shakespeare. These formed a
sort of reviewing stand.
The Ancient Danes.
On the green sward in front was
a vast crowd Of people IN a wonder
full variety OF costumes. $50 village
nlaidens- dancing the ancient dances.
shepherds Hey: The May-p +"
and MY Lady Greenslceves", a
group of foresters mummers. Jacks
iin-the-green, hohby-horses, fencers
and still g.. oys, Bobby Mainfort had
a wrestling match with an opponent
I weighing 200 pounds. The bear, the
devil, the clown. and the doleful bell
man or town -crier added 10 the gaiety,
and some local fencers gave an exhi-
bition match with the foils.
Throughout the performance by the
y dancing groups. which were trained
: by Miss Eliza beth Pickett and the
presentations Of the play-scenes. sew
eral OF Shakespeare's songs were sung
by a chorus Of over fifty voices train
ed by Professor A. l. Fillmore and
Miss Margaret Fraser.
Some of the Notables.
The following are a few of the no.
"a les that were seen in the court
group: Mrs s. A Mitchell. as Queen
. Elizabeth; DR.. w Fl. Faulkner, az
) William Shakespeare: DR.. c. Alphonso
Smith. as the Poet Laureate Ben John
son; Professor Charles G. Maphis, as
Sir Walter Raleigh; Mrs. Maphis, as
, Lady Cecil; DR.. George A. Wauchope,
the organizer and director of the
pageant, as the Earl OF Leicester. the
Queens favorite; Professor r. Men.
Simpson, as the Queens jester: Pro-
lessor Fl. A, Holister, as Sir Philip
Sidney and Mrs. HOLSTER, as the
Countess OF Pembroke: Professor
Ludlow Griscom. as the Royal Herald
-at-Arms; Mr.. Francis Bacon, as Robin
, Hood, Mr.. J. r. Hayes, as Master of
the Revels; Mr.. H. A. Boone, as the
Lord Mayor Of London; DR.. ]. M. Nc
. Connel. as the Lord High Chancellor;
; Mr., T, T, Ball, as the Bearer of the
sword of State, Miss Burgess as Lady
, Shrewsbury; Mrs Warner Wood. as
the Countess OF Bedford: Miss Willie
London, as Lady Alice Spencer; Mr..
Oglesoy. as VIII Scarlet; Mrs. Bessie
!, Sydnor, as Lady Arabella Stuart; Os-
car swtnford as Clown.
Attending Miss Eleanor Kent as
Maid Marian was bevy Of lovely
girls as bridesmaids. Misses Rather
inc Judkins and Janetta Fitzhugh. and
the following flower-girls: Misses
Minnie Brewer. Ellen Childs. Mary
Stuart Gooch, Margaret Kirkpatrick,
Leila Echols, Charlotte Wilson and
Susan Wilson.
One OF the plays given IN tabieau
was Henry the Eighth--the chrtsten-
; ing OF the Princess Elizabeth. Among
those who appeared in this cast were
Professor Thomas Fitzhush, as the
King; Superintendent J. ]. Blair. as a
Duke: Miss Betty Booker. as a Court
LADY Mrs. A. w. Trotter. as a LADY,
: in-Waiting: Miss Sue Dabney, as q
Court Lady; DR.. w. A. Lambeth as
the Archbishop of Canterbury; DR.
Fhppin, as the Duke of Norfolk: AL,
bert Boiling, as Lard Walsingham;
Mrs. Room and Mrs Lambeth. as La
dies-in- Waiting Mrs. J. NJ. Higginson
as Lady Russell. and Mrs. d. Glinn, al
the Marchtoness OF Dorset.