Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-21

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John /. Buiiwinllc. Miss Ethel Lewi
j. Quinn. Miss Helen Murray. Mrs.
Fair weather, will come Monday
and Tuesday for all those who at
tend 'Springtime." the elaborate
play with music that the Catholic
Daughters of America will stage at
the Majestic theatre. The freshness
and beauty and eXhilaration that
attend the opening Of spring IS
breathed and sung and clarioned by
a group of $50. In ar atmosphere
of song and <youth and color
"Springtimc" is an achievement
which the John r. Rogers Producz
ing Company considers n of It's
best and under the direction of Miss
Marie Richter the local cast has
been moulded into a company which
has gone into the activities with d
wholeheartedness that foretokehs
certain success.
Perhaps one of the most a%ttrac-
tive features will be the costuming,
quaint and colorful such as was the
garb of the forefathers who married
the Observation-Disclosures that graced
the middle and latter half of the
nineteenth century. Three genera
lions of characters, the last a pro
suucL OF iJZE tllNIl ulllllffttt Will AdNt
the audience through as many peri
DDS of customs. song and dance.
Dancing and singing groups in
settings that are restful to the eye
supplement Il plot hat will hold the
interest throughout an entire even
ing.
The cast has worked diligently
upon this undertaking. Rehearsals
have boosted almost complete at
tendance. The main characters have
been selected both for vocal accom-
plishment and other requirements
essential to such production. An3
enthusiasm has been worked up
among friends, relatives and Other
members of the community which
should result in a thorough financial
success.
Rehearsals will he held today and
finish tomorrow.
The east, program, etc, follow:
Scenes of the Play
Act /, Scene Thine, the present.
An old-fashioned garden near New
York City. Priscilla Dean is cele-
brating her twentieth birthday an
niversary with a Mardi Gras party,
Scene 2-Time, 1868. the same gar
den.
Act ., Scene Thine, the pres
ent, the same garden as in Act 1,
Scene 2-Time, 1888, the same gar
den.
Act 3-The same as Act /, Scene
l.. While the Mardi Gras party is in
progress.
Principals in order of their ap-
pearance:
Act I, Scene
ElVira Eastman. IA social butterfly
and modern day "vamp," Anna
Delaney
Desiree, Joyce, Sue, society girls
who resent Elvira's actions, Marie
PaVese, Helen Sheehan, Elizabeth
Dolan
Mrs. Elkins, who knows the Brew
ster traditions, Blanche NanSycklt
SCENE >, 1868
James Brewster, Priscilla's father
Richard Calvin
Thankful Standish, mother of Prim-
rose, Florence Quinn
Priscilla, who loves Jack. Stell;
Christopher
Primrose. cousin of Priscilla and il
love with Jack, ELLA O'Neil
Tom Higgins, the widest younl
man in Manhattan" Richard Cur
Elvira, a vamp of 1868, Anna De
laney
Bobby Brewster. a lion with tn,
ladies. Richard De~eny
Abigail Tompkins. Il susceptible
maid, Helen Murray >
Jack Wainwright, the d~isappohte'
lover, John Bulwinkle
Clergyman, who performs the dou
BILE wedding, Leo Burke
Act .. Scene [
Same cast as in Act /, Scene l
SCENE 2, 1888
Little Priscilla Higgins. daughter o
Priscilla Veronica McGrau
Jack. her ardent admirer, JOSEF
SiebeF
Retainers, Billy, John Sandbeck
Noe, Joseph Buckley; Dick. job
Clark
Daisy, who stammers. Rita Higgin
Vera Riggs, daughter of Elvira
Catherine Kelly
Priscilla Higgins, Toms widow
Stella Christopher
Jack Wainwright, now successful
John Bulwinkle
Elvira Judd Riggs, now Mrs. Geral
Riggs. Anna Delaney
Primrose. who has become an art
eat admirer of Mrs. T.. ID. +. )
Southworth. Ella O'Neil
Abigail ,Tompkins, still a %susceptib.
maid. Helen Murray
Zenohia, who has led Bobby to ii
altar. Ethel Lewis
Bobby, the ~henpecked husban
Richard DeVeny
Act
Mrs. Elkins, who completes Il
story, Blanche NanSyckle
DeSree. Marie Pavese
Joyce, Helen Sheehan
Sue, Elizabeth Dolan
Elvira, Anna Delaney
Priscilla Dean, granddaughter
Priscilla Brewster, Stella Chri
topher
DIR. Jack Wainwright. in love Wi
Priscilla, John Bulwinkle
D Old Uncle Bobby. still pursuing Il
ladies, Richard Deveny
Parsons. his valet, Leo Burke
Jacks friends. Phil. Michael Listol
George. Edward, O'Brien
Musical Numbers
Act l, Scene III Could be tlapI
with One Little Boy" tlvira Al
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