Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
THE POMFRET PLAYERS
 HIGH-GRADE ENTERTAINER ENT
Varied and Delightful Programme at
 Benefit For Local Red Cross.

The Pol.lfret players gave splen- did entertainment Tuesday evening at the Bradley theater for the benefit Of the Red Cross. The programme in cluded presentations from Gounod's Faust, the sleep walking scene from Bellini's Somnambuia, scenes from the final act of Verdi's Otheilo, and the Merry Miracle of St. Nicholas.
 Exceptional talent was made avail able for the preparation of, the enter tainment. Francis Msrkee, who su- pervised the color schemes for the 12,- GOO costumes used in the Pageant of London, arranged the costuming for the Miracle play, using orange, vel low, light and dark blue with occa- sional touches of vivid green and pur- pie to heighten the brilliancy.
 Adolph Breck assistant curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who is staying at Pomfret for a rest after supervising the placing of the new Morgan collections, assisted in designing some of the copies of medic val jeweled ornaments, and H. ". Bell, the well known Syrian a=ehiolo- Sist, advised on the form of the pro- cessional crucifiers
 The musical part of the evening al- so had 8 carefully chosen series of settings. In the Othello bed chamber | the walls were hung with sombre green Veiyet arras outlined in gold galloon and the priedieu used is ar ancient one from Florence, loaned to l the Pomfret players.
 l Miss Charlotte GrosvenoT, who was well known to opera goers in Boston | during har engagements in that city, | contributed largely to the success of l the entertainment.
 | The cast was as follows;
 Church scene from Gounod's Faust: Marguerite,
 Miss Charlotte Grosvenor Mephistopheles, Francis Markoe
 -Mesdames Annie Ash. Eli zabeth Aah, Gladys Bain, Margare. Farrell, "eclIla Gustafson, Ella Gus tafso1, Ma bel Johnson, Hannah Peter son, Esther Shrine, Mrs. Charles Schmidt, Messrs, Frederick Ash, John Ash. Alfred Briggs. A. C. Palmer, Charles Schmidt. Willem Van der Laan, A. B. Fegg. G. Gardiner.
 In the tableau:
 The Madonna. Mrs. F. H. Markoe St. Joseph, H. W. Bell The Young St. John,
 Master Ben Grasvenor
 The sleep walking scene from Bel lini's semnambula:
 Anina, Miss Margaret Wells tzlVine, Edward Murray The Count. A. C. Palmer
 Scenes from the last act of Verdi's Othello:
 Besdamona,
 Miss Charlotte Grosveno, Emelia, Miss Margaret Gemmill Iage, Frederick Ash Gassip, Edward Murray Ludoyico, William Ban der Laar Montana, Alfred Briggs 0tello, Francis Markoe
 Geerge Gulski at the piano. The Merry Miracle of Saint Nieho- Has:
 Saint Nlshelas, H. G. Callahan 4 Barbarian King. Leonard Watson First Attendant. J. Cody Second Attendant. Charles Savir Third Attendant, J. Johnson Fourth Attendant. Iver Nelson First Thief, Carl Nelson Second Thief, Ksyren Cottcf Third Thief, Ale nAveril Fourth Thief, James Mahel Ahbett, Oscar Peterson Messrs. Charles Maher, J MeBFiety; c, Lindgren, A. Blackmere Monks and nuns as in chorus above Music by Sir Edward Elgar, word; by CammaeFts, George GulsaSi at tht piano. Mr. MaFkos Feeiting. Color BeareFs-Misses Mary Binton Eleanor and Rosamund Murray.
 Result eff Tuesdays ExaH1inations 1 Br, J. E. Kent chairman of the ex