Evening star., 1932-02-19
FIRST BIG MASQUE
REHEARSAL HELD
"Wakefield" Episodes Al.
located to Groups and Full
Cast Announced.

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After several weeks of individual
preparation, the many civic and dra-
matte groups taking part in the pre-
miere presentation Of the folk-masque,
wakefield" in Constitution Hall Sum-
day night were brought together in
the first joint dress rehearsal last night.
The various episodes of the masque,
which is being sponsored here by the
United States and District of Colum-
bia George Washington Bicentennial
Commissions, have been allocated to
the different groups participating In
the play Rehearsals have been pro-
crossing for some time under the di-
Icction of the various leaders of the
individual groups and last night marked
the beginning Of the task of conSoli-
dating all of the units in the symbolic
folk play.
Nearly 1000 Washingtonians are CO.
operating in the production OF the
masque, which was written by Percy
MacKaye for the George Washington
Bicentennial Celebration. With Miss
Margaret Anglin, emotional actress, in
the leading role, the principal charac-
ters and the several hundred Supernu-
meraries, choruses and dancers were
assembled in the great auditorium Of
Constitution Hall early in the evening.
Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest Is directing
the production. assisted by Miss Bess
Davis Schreiner and Mrs. Maude How
ell Smith.
Marine Orchestra Music.
Music for the masque is being pro-
vided by the Marine Band Orchestra
under the direction of Capt. Taylor
Branson. John Tasker Howard, who
compiled and wrote the musical score
for the masque, is assisting in the re-
hearsals as is the author of the play.
Percy MacKaye. The National Capital
Choir, under the direction of DR.. Al
bert Harmed, plays an important part
in the whole production.
Costuming is in charge of Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Higgins Sullivan. Additional
dress rehearsals will be held tonight
and Sunday morning.
Competent Cast Announced.
The complete cast of the masque was
announced yesterday by the sponsors of
the play. The principal characters are
portrayed by Margaret Anglin as Wake
field, Rev. Earle Wiley Arthur White,
Maurice Jarvis, Grace Peters johnson,
Schulze, Caroline Mckinley. Wallace
Wright, Ruth Harsha Mckenzie,
Thomas Cahill, Anne Ives, Eldred Will
son, Harry Schonrank and Black Bird,
full-blooded Indian, who plays the part
OF Wappaccomo.
The Four Winds, who appear through
out the masque at widely separated sta
tions far up in the balcony aisles, are
Alva Beavers, Anita Callahan, Emily
Miller and Adele Whiteside. The Thir-
teen Stars and Orion and Cassiopeia are
Helen Foley. Virginia Alexander, Sandy
Alexander, Jean Craighead, Ellen Zirkle,
Jessie Chase, Ruth Shoemaker, Rebecca
Tarwater, Penelope Tarwater Ruth
Crtichfield, Lila La Garde and Martha
Fisher
In the Fantastic Episode of Uncle
Remus are Reed Smoot Nibley, Wesley
Eddy, Claude Clements and Preston
Johnston. The Vassals of Drift include
the Carolyn Mckinley Dancers and
Robert Claf1in, Helen Griffith, William
Hespe, Alberta Smith and Gwendolin
Tonahill. The Knights of Columbus
appear in the Heroes of the New World
Venture and include w. A. Mulligan,
Fred j. Crovato, James j. Dugan, James
P. McKeon, Charles D. Boone, Joseph
A. Fallom, Charles F. Dean, Charles w.
Jeffried, Bernard Barton, Helen An
drews, c. G. Hardy, R. F. Krogman, L.
T. Kaster, j. B. Coyle, r. L. Mayhem
and Raymond Robertson. This group
also includes Black Bird and other In
dians from the Indian Bureau, De-
pertment of the Interior.
In the Shadows of Logfre Wonder
group are Russell H. Clarvoe. Clifford
Kirk, Freeton Johnston, John Gilbert
McIlwee, William j. Peters. M. S. Sacks,
Bernard J. Folliard, S. w. Freeman,
Whitfield, Ray Montgomery, Edward
Eberly, Newell Atkinson, Martin Scran-
age, William Bryant and Thomas Gates.
Pioneers are John Paul Jones, Cliff
ford Bergman, Fulton Lewis, Frank
Steele, Glen Brown and Mrs. Maxfield
Dunlap. The Shakespeare Society of
washington makes up the Professional
of Shakespeare. Players in this group
include Kate Tomlinson, Phyllis Ar
mentrout. Nancy Lee Wright, Helen Mat
teson, Clark Beach, Rosemary Arnold,
Kent Dyer. Olyve Barbee Hancock,
Walter E. Thorne. Helen Webb Zeller,
William Heintz, Mabel Owens Wilcox,
M. F. Reese Lulu Adams, Eldridge Mon
roe, Irma Vaughan, Garcia Belle Gio-
varoni, Eloise Vansory, Dorothy A.
Lawrence, Orrin Elliott, Leslie Waudby,
Helen Colhoun, Alice w. Robinson,
Esther Marshman, E. V. Wilcox, An
thony Thorne, Frank Magill and Will
liam Hall
Legion and Auxiliary.
The Henry c. Spengler Post and Unit,
American Legion Auxiliary and the
American Legion are seen in the Pro-
cessional of Magma Charta. These
players include: DR.. Douglas A. White,
Thomas P. Jordan, Charles H. Knight,
Maj Will Chase, Eli Bamford Smith.
Capt. Chester M. Reich. Lieut.. John w.
lin, Catherine L. Dent, Carol Eiker,
Logs Eaton, Louise Teller, Margaret
Kennedy, Jennie F. knight, Louise
White, Eva A. Chase, Lillian Reagon
Betty Chamberlin, Ruth Prichard. May
D. Lightfoot Rose L. Hidde and j.
jerome Lightfoot.
The Committee on Religious Drama
and Pageantry of the Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches and the Jewish
Community Center appears in the Pro
cessional of the Bible, and include the
following: Rebecca Radford. Elsie
Schulze, Caroline Brosius. Leon Davis,
Ernest L. Ropes, A. w. Wilson, E. w.
Chaplin, Eugene Kressin. Roswell Bryan,
F. o. HIM, Horace Gingell, Roger He
luxembourg, Robert Lavender. John
Long, Harry Mckee. Alan Warfleld,
Mitchell David. Stanley Mattern, Jane
Hanna, Devereaux Green, Eula May
Emick Mabel o. Rhine, Mrs Bernard
Hearne, Edith Weber, Leon Steck,
Louise Dreeben, Morris Weingarten,
Marvin Marx, David Wallace, Irving
Day, Bernard Hearn, George Towber-
man, W. H. ToWbern1an, Jack ittman,
Albert Hall, George Hardy. John J.
Edison, Gus Nordstrom. Charles Kretch-
man, Rev. Frank H. Clutz, Chester
Pask. N K. Gardne Alden Towberman,
Natalie Ropes, Mary Trenwith Duffy
Elroy La Gross, William R. Russell, VII
liam Powell, William Kllgore, JACK
Perry, Fred Vechery, Huber Nash, VII.
lard E. Buell., Harold Toynton, Donald