The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-16

~ r{ty ufa This IS the London 10
which Shakespeare came aud so there
ArB many famous actors and drama
tlsyA, John, Fletcher, Beaumont
shakespeare appears hrst as an at
ttsudant at one Of tho su'att thea'ers
and then A. little fater an success
IN dranatist In between these
phases Of his life there are groups
Of citizens, OF merchants coming and
going from the great fair Of St Bar
thoiomew. There are pedlars ana
tinkers, sellers OF hobby horses. there
/ are gingerbread women and those
| who cell tnrts and buns of all xmas
London In 1883 was gay and festive
| ana full OF rejoicing.
Big Interval Here
Between this group and the next
/ there must be big interral-~fnlsL-
clans and heralds pass with sonher
| express on--and coming slowly down
/ yNeathampton hill We SEQ the runeral
, cortege Of Queen Elizabeth. Again
there are councillors and oourtiers
and atrannest OF ali the offlcial
| rnourners eco poor women and l6o
| moor men. In Abe original procession
+ fhera were ----- soldiers, but we must
he content with lose. An Interesting
feature Of THE procession Ia the NOM =
her OF larfe standards borne by
knights, Again there are many hsusls
clans. among them the children or
the chapel,
The Queen is Dead,
The queen Ia dead--lonE live the
king. IL the keynote of the next pro-
resslon King James and Queen Anne
Rave como down from Scotland and
so we have the gorgeous coronation
] PROCESSION Of 1908. Among the moro
famous courtiers are Sir Walter Raj
- fatF
| sir Robert Cecil, chief secretary oil
state. This group has large NUM-
/ her OF dignihed peers carrying the
I rrvet Insignia, the soeptre, sw D. -
az various kinds, etc. Again there ~
n london crowd, aldermen and ner-
chants In livery We must notice the
increasing number OF Puritans ano
their fomber and dignlhed appear
aDcA very interesting group IL
the Cav Fawkes conspiratorH of 1905;
ana TO Tirgtnians a small group OF
7rrf rnua+ be, very interesting, Poch-
honraa and 5ohn Role and possibly
Captain John Smith himself,
Goes Back to Stratford.
Back again TO stratford. Shakes
neare has retired 70 his home towr
md 20 we see again the aldermen
ana councillors (some OF them per
haps bfs old couternporaries). Conn'
J npHD|p fESff o EHrH bLUtT biA INCA
vnv u the fair Morrls dancers give
the ola touch OF tollity. Perhaps
few pur!tana and parliamentariani
, oven In stratford indicate that Mer'
RE England OF the Sixteenth Gem
/ turv was passing away and that
new and sterner age had been ushsree
Az was said ut the beginning the
second main division of tho pageant
a a
( MES OF PLAYERS are from London and
The counties in It's vicinity. As many
plav groups az possible arc to be rep
resented After the pr, cession these
. car7t anies Of players Will so to var
iouH assigned stages on she campus
and enact scenes and acts OF the COM
edtes. Some wtll appear before the
queen ana give court entertain
mont Others will be visited per-
haps by the queen as she makes ons
Of those progresses for which the
court of Elizabeth was 30 famous,
Some OF the Many Characters.
Following Is the cast Of characters
including those who take speaking
parts and those who appear other
wise.
Henry ~ and V.
Incorporating cfotRctsrs--Kathar-
inc X. CGcEler.
Court iadGog-T Tompltins. A
Decker. X Al Iav-a, r. Sanford, r.
DICKS q, Holoman l. Robins, G
, wits H. MoreeI. v. Gay. f. Hut
Gibson ~ Le't
O,d queen Elizabeth. Miss Robin.
son.
ladies IN waiting Miss Bartholo-
/ uew. j Brown. r. Woodson, r. Ship
man, y Jones. II Hancock. (about
/ eight or nine more 20 be chosen).
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