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Show A. C. THEATRICALS Tho Agricultural Collego has so- f J lectcd tor Its play this year Shorl- "! dan's well known comody ot "Tho fl Rivals." Fow plays outsldo of Shake- (1 H spero's equal It In their record of H successful performances and parts J which good actors delight to play. H Written toward tho end ot tho 18th tH century by Sheridan tor his Covcnt ,j H Gardon players It was kept beforo tho L H public by Joseph Jefferson for over ' H CO years and until two years ago was j H still played by two of his sons. Near- H ly everyone thinks ot Jofferson as ''H playing only Rip Van Winkle, but H ouco u week nt least ot ovory engage- H ment ho played tho part of Bob Acres H Probably the best cast tho play over it H bad was tho ablo star rival In 1890 H with Jefferson In his favorlto part, V M Wm. H. Crano as Sir Anthony, Nat 1 ' M Goodwin as Sir Lucius, Francis WU- , i M sou ns David and Julia Mnrlawo as l'r (Continued on pago eight) ; M ! ft .1 H A. C. THEAJRICALS (Continued Vi:n page onel L,ydla Franclc NVIU.m in nn nrtlclo in tho Scrlbnor's oven nfter Jefferson's Jeffer-son's death described the happy trip these comedians had through tho country for all wero congenial, nil wore fond of their parts and Joseph Jefferson wns tho llfo or tho company In splto of his 70 years. Everywhere tho company wns received with enthusiasm en-thusiasm both for Its members and Its comedy nnu receipts at one matinee ma-tinee In Uoston lacked only $3. GO of '.elng $10cO. The latest revival ot "The Ilivals' was a few weeks ago u New York by Annie Itussell who with nn excellent company has been playing tho old English comedies all I the season with much success Tho 1 best liked so far has been "She I Stops to Conquer with "Tho Rivals" u close second. Tho reason why so i many of our best actors llko this old I comedy Is because each character excites ex-cites Interest apart from the story of the play nnd each actor knows that whatever applauso the performance gets will bo duo mainly to his work as an actor, and not to nn nbldlng plot. Then too, the lines nro good abounding In Irish wit, country freo-dom freo-dom of speech, or courtly grace, for tho sceno of tho play is at nath, that Newport llko resort ot royalty nnd fashlonablo peoplo under tho Georges. Geor-ges. The best known character of tho play Is Mrs. Malaprop, a mlddlo-agcd lady out of whoso mouth malaprop-.ins, malaprop-.ins, or misused wo. 'rt fl'jw as oa-ny oa-ny us water from n Logan tap. Sho has a ward, Lydla, whom sho Is al-wnys al-wnys begging to "deport hersolf llko n lady" and whom sho wishes to havo marry tho son of her old friend, Sir Anthony Absolute Lydla, however, is a romantic girl nnd Is nlready In lovo with tho son whom sho bolloves to bo Ensign llovorloy. When Bh0 finds out hor mlstnko sho Is much chagrin ed and needs much persuading to marry her romantic lovor under his light namo. Sho has nlso two other visitors, Hob Acres and Sir Lucius OTrlggor, with whom many complications compli-cations arise as Mrs. Matuprop bo-comes bo-comes mixed up in tho lovo nffalrn of her ward. Tho collogo hos selected nr. ndmlr-nblo ndmlr-nblo cast containing many who havo already won thoir apura In Lor in amateur porformnncos. Miss Eva Woolf haa for aovoral ycara been ono of tho most prominent members In the D. Y. O, dramatic circles. Miss Mathlson, Mr. Wllllar.i Clark, Mr. I IJenson Parkinson, aud .Air. Mlnear nro seasoned amateurs. Tho whole performance Is under tho capable direction di-rection of Miss Zella Smart who Is ably seconded by Miss Huntsman nnd Prof. Lawn. Logan has had but little lit-tle theatrical faro now those many weeks and should welcomo this col-lego col-lego performance which offers a play worthy of being staged by any English En-glish department, nnd actors ot recognized rec-ognized ability. The play will be given giv-en January 13 and 14 at Nlbloy Hall Wo give below tho full cast. Sir Anthony Absolute E Dcnson Parkinson, Cnpt. Jack Absolute Thoodoro Johnson. John-son. Fntilklaud Robert Mnjor. Hob Acres William Clark. Sir Lucius O'Trigger Virgil Mlnear Fag Milton Mathison. David Erlese Hanson. Mrs. Malaprop Dora Johnson. Lydla Languish Evn Woolt. Lucy Anna Mnthlson. Julia Knthcrlne Hngley. |
