The Washington times., 1916-04-14
SPRING PLAYS GWEN
/. BY SCHOOL ACTORS
Manual and Central High Give
/ Initial Performances Play
: at Eastern Tonight.

Amateur thespians. Of the Eastern
and Central High Schools and the NC
Klniey Manual Training School will be
seen on the boards" of their respective
school auditoriums this evening In the
annual spring plays Of the institutions.
The young actors OF the Mckinley
Manual Training School and the Central
IiiEh School demonstrated their ability
10 act at the initial performance OF
their plays last night. The play at
Eastern. "A Midsummer Nights
Dream" will be given for the first time
this evening. The players VIII repeat
the performance tomorrow evening. as
WIN the actors OF the MOI Mokiniey @ tram
fofmence this evening. Centrars play
will be repeated tonight only.
A musical comedy. somewhere In
hnslsnS r. isf Ss SSs SiRs hrs
ming on Vaudeville" is the Central pres
entation.
Give Creditable Production.
There IL little definite plot in the
musical comedy, but the production 10
better than one would expect from the
average amateurs. The music Is pro-
viied bv the Tech Orchestra. directed
Orko principal % roles are played by
Gladys I. Price. Royal e. Foster, Luke
J. Fegan. Madeline II: Beaulac. Eliza
beth A. Jeffress, Sigmund G. Sachs,
Mayda Gsafnahan, Horace E. Guilford,
and Harry l. Clarkson,
Those in the choruses are Misses ora
Ward, Dorothy Dent, Beryl Burchheld,
Dorothy Hoten, Margaret kroll, Made
leine johnson. Marion Rithbie. Louise
Leeke. Dorothy Heron, Louise Sherry,
Marion Armstrong, Louise GUIDE, Doro-
thy Muth. Amelia GUIDE. Mildred Cove.
Catharine Tracy. Lois Lamb. Mildred
Mary Trigs. Helen Faris. Agatha Wells.
May Benham. Mary Langley. ana ella
Gerber: Merritt McWhorter, Richmond
Brooks, Arthur Hall, Gordon Tibbotts,
Eppa EldEed. srsdfSrd Brown, Guy
William Carbo. Dundy Wheeler, Alden
Howard, Fred Stickel, Kenneth Nc
Gregor, Stanley Depue, and Sidney
Hays.
moroue skits, musical selections by the
giee clubs, and a fashion show, for
which costumes we're loaned by the
Palsis Royal.
Shakespeare at Eastern.
Those taking part are Josephine
Gantiey. Dial Tillman. Daniel wilker-
son. Madelih Merkling. Detlow Marthi-
son, Louis Rochon, Thomas II. Chap
Powell Browning, Florence Steffans.
Cyrille Ireton. George c. Degnan, Cath
crime O'Connell. Edith Luckie. Alice
johnson. Leslie Cox. Alice Bailey. Doro-
thy Rider, Florence Martin. Florence
Baliinger. Rose Elliott. Beulah Boss.
Pamila Thompson. Frances kirkpatrick.
Marie Johnson, Margaret stevens. Har-
ry w. Howard. William Dohmer. Harry
q. Kimball. Clarence L. Dawson. Fred
L. Fishback, c. c. Wright, Howard u.
Cook, Josiah T. Newcomb. Robert e..
Howard, M. Leroy Con, Brooks Cross.
Edward ]. McQuade.
The stage settings at Eastern for "a
Midsummer Nights Dream" will be of
true, Shakespearesn type, with the Ben
Greet curtains and slmple> scenic ef-
fects depicting beautiful forests of fairy
revels, AMI the woodland and palace
scenes OF he mortals.
Those who will take prominent roles
ere: Miss Edna Tucker. Miss Mary Nc
Clelland, Miss Elsie Jarvis. Cameron
Eurton, Franklin Speer, warl Het-
field and Miner Stout
Music will be provided by the Girls
Glee Club. with Mrs. Frank Byram and
Miss Burgess Mt the plano. AS usual at
the conclusion OF the play, refreshments
will be on sale in the corridors. and
dancing In the drill hall will follow.