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Show She Stoops to Conquer. Perhaps no comedy has beerf written which Illustrates homo life as It was In England during King George Ill's reign as Oliver Goldsmith's famous comedy, "She Stoops to Conquer." The scenes of the play are laid In a country parish a few miles outside of London, and tho characters aro chosen from real life. The most picturesque pict-uresque scene in tho comedy Is the one at "Tho Three Pigeons" Inn where tho vlllago characters aro Introduced. In-troduced. There Is Stingo the tavern-keeper; tavern-keeper; his typo was found In every English town of tho 18th century. Muggins, the excise-man, and Jack Slang, the horso doctor, arc enjoying the "hot slings." Amenadot, tho bear dancer, and Tom Twist, who spins tho pewtcr-plattcr for a living, sit by the lire-side and tell their yarns. The leader of this happy-go-lucky bunch is Tony Lumpkin, a young reprobate, whose step-father is the village squire. They area Jolly, carc-frco carc-frco crowd, who arc up in tho clouds one day and down In tho "dumps" the next. Their type was found throughout through-out England in the 18th century, and they weren't bad types by any means. A person studying this period in history hist-ory learns to like them. It Is the endeavor of the promoters of the coming production of "Sho Stoops to Conquer," to glvo the audience au-dience a truthful conception of the social conditions of "old England" during the period in which tho Revolutionary Revo-lutionary War raged In America. To gain this poinf, it becomes necessary to go to a great expense for tho accessories. acces-sories. The "props" used number over 150. The costumes aro from Tain or New York city, and there is much new scenery. The people of the A. C. of U. arc endeavoring to mako.thls play ono of literary value, asido from the standpoint stand-point of enjoyment. Tho play illustrates illus-trates a period In literature which abounds with much interest. "Student Life" Is managing the play, and Prof. G. W. Thatcher is looking after tho musical end of, it, as there arc several old English glees to be given by a double male quartetb. The cast Is made up of bona-fldo students stu-dents of tho college, all of whom aro carrying tho required number of hours of college work, and many of them aro specializing along tho lino of literature. litera-ture. Hero Is the cast: Sir Charles Marlow G. P. Peterson Young Marlow (his son). J. E. Barrack Sir Richard nardcastlc.E.G. Peterson Geo. Hastings W. II. Kerr Tony Lumpkin 11. F. lllter Jr. Stingo J. II. Tuttlc Mrs. Hardcastle Hazel Loyc Miss Kate Hardcastle.. Eliza Peterson Miss Constance Novlllc Eunice Jacobson Jack Slang. .'. J. T. Jardinc Aralndab Neils Hansen Tom Twist L. II. Booth Dick Muggins..... .. .W.R.Smith |