The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-06-15
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Days to File Exceptions to
Condemnation Report.

The series of events preceding tn
death of julius Caesar from the hand
of freedom-loving Romans led by Mar
Gus Brutus; the emancipation of tn
Roman republic from the tyrannit
ambitions of the man bent on assum
ing absolute control of the republi,
established centuries before, were
brought before the large audienc'
which gathered on the Normal campus
for the final appearance Of the Coburn
Players. The manner in which the
members of the troupe carried out
their role, was proof for their unex-
celled histrionic skill, which earned the
loudest applause from the rows Of the
spectators.
Beginning with the conference, in
which the democratic Romans dis
covered the peril threatening the
bonds of the republic, leading to the
dav on which the self-made ruler, Ju-
lius Caesar, fell under the blows of
his opponents and closing with the
battle of Phillip assuring the Romans
another period of liberty and freedom,
the players knew to sway the crowd
to the very last.
A number of prominent Romans de-
tected that Julius Caesar had become
a menace to the principles of the Ro-
man republic and decided to remove
the danger by assassinating the al
mighty man, who had led them to vic
tory and conquest and had placed the
Roman eagle in nearly every part of
the country known at that time.
The meeting of Marcus Brutus, the
leader of the conspiracy, and his wife
presented most pathetic scene, when
the wife begged him to reveal the
secret which rested on his mind day
and night.
The scene of the meeting of the Pa
tricians at the Roman capitol, when
they attempted to intercede for the
aged soothsayer who had predicted
Caesars downfall, formed the climax
of the play. When the petition of the
man doomed for incarceration was al
so rejected by the senator who was
threatening to assume absolute con-
tori of the great Roman republic, the
conspirators closed in on the Caesar,
each one welding his dagger at the
patrician. The deadly blow was WELD
ed by Brutus, the leader of the con-
spirators.
Another exciting scene was brought
before the crowd when Marcus An
tonius, a strong follower of the slain
Caesar. after announcing his allegience
to the conspirators, went before the
angry plebeians to explain why the
man was assassinated. In a lengthy
speech Antonius failed to show
the citizens that their freedom had
been restored by the death of Caesar.
When he read the will of the slain
autocrat, providing that his possess
sions should be divided among the
Romans, an air of dissension swept
over the heads of the audience and
the crowd dispersed, denouncing the
act of those who had set the country
free from despotism.
The last scene brought the tragedy
to its zenith, picturing the pitiful
death of the leaders of the conspiracy
against the life of the greatest man
of his time. Brutus thrust himself
onto his sword and Cassius, another
member of the conspiracy, expired
from the wound inflicted by his serv-
ant at his own request.
Mr.. Frank Fleming, who played the
role of Caesar, Mr.. Augustin Duncan,
representing Marcus Antonius, and
John Burke, as Cassius, were given
wild applause by the spectators