Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-25
TECH SENIORS
ROMANCE GETS
HIGH PRAISE
Present 'One Thousand Years
Ago With Entire Student
Cast.

Much praise is heard to the credit of
the senior class Of Technical High
School for its presentation of Zone
Thousand Years Aga romance of the
Orient by Percy MacKaye, at the Murat
Theater.
A scene at the city gate Of Cathary
opens the play. On one side of the gate,
upheld by bayoners, are the heads of the
conquered kings and emperors. which Al
toun, the emperor, had overcome, In the
center rests the head Of the King of
Astrakhan. On the other side Of the
gate are the heads Of the suits of Tur-
andot, the Emperor's daughter, who have
failed in answering the questions which
she insists must be answered before she
will consent to marry.
During the ceremony attending the
placing of the head of a sutton on the
wall, a beggar enters. He is the dis
guised Prince Calaf, who is thought to
be dead. Turandot and Prince Calaf are
in love. He is the one for whom she is
waiting and the only one who can an
swer the questions put to the suitors.
He begs aims from Turandot; she recog-
nizes him and gives him her ring.
The Emperor offers great riches to the
man or men who can bring happiness and
peace to his daughter. Copocomica a
vagabond. and four of his followers offer
to stake their heads against the mystery.
In order to do this the Emperor must
step down from his throne for one day
and night, and Capocomlco will be En-
peror pro TEN. During this day Calar
becomes desperate and seeks the hand OF
I the princess, using a false name in gain
| ing admission to the castle. The prin-
! cess does not recognize him, but the vaga-
bond players, sense the mystery and
through a magic fluid cause the prince
to make his identy known to the prin-
cess. Even then she will not believe,
until the servant of the prince, Barak,
appears, and pays homage to him. The
curtain falls with the wedding date set
| for the following hour.
| The cast included:
prologue ..................Fr Frank Atkins
Calaf, Prince Of Astrakhan.
:,:..;;;;.-............ Sherwood Blue
Barak, his servitor.. ........ John Rohm
| Fagabond players from Italy
Capocomico Morris Greenburg
Pantaloon Doyle Jessup
Scaranouche ............ Robert Cook
PunchinelIo .....-...... Robert Nipper
HARLEQUIN Jack Nelsey
| AltOum, the Emperor. Harry Hungato
! Zelima, servant TO Turandot........
| - $500. ...-.... Helene cooper
Chang, chief guard ... William Hoffman
| Beggars-Carlos Davis, Richard May,
| Frederick Latham.
| Peasants-Wilma Mikesell, Katharine
Fillmore, Gertrude Binder, Helen Lauter,
! Katharine Mccoy.
| Soldiers-Edward Troy Robert Hiner,
| Kenneth Hoagland, Harry Bolton, James
| Bell Royden Van Meter, Harry Ice, Rich
ard Wilins, Ferdinand Krentler, Francis
| Summers.
| Slaves-Donald Demree, Noble Adams.
| Turandots Attendants - Sarah +,
| Downs Dorothy Ryker, Jeanette Many,
/ Josephine Rogers.
| Altoums observation-disclosures Robert
| son, Lewis Steinmetz. Leonard N1nkle-
haus, Herbert Hall, Charles Shugart,
/ Frank Atkins.
Dancers-Hazel Farris Marcella Smith.
! Tirza Johnson, Daisy Folkerth, Martha
| Flowers, Frances Thrun, Josephine
Buenting.
I Singer-James Hatton.
! The play was wholly d Tech" affair,
the actors were students, the managers
members Of the faculty and the Technical
orchestra furnished the music.