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Show CIST OF CHARACTERS I 1 CIT1ML 1 CONGRESS El I'o martial spirit of our forefath-14 forefath-14 - i.hoir militant attitude toward vythlng that pertains to subservi- to monarchs across the sea, and fundamental principle of univers-brotherhood univers-brotherhood that inspired the declaration dec-laration of independence these are j ortrayed by a company of prominent Ogden attorneys and others versed in dramatic literature forming the cast of chaarcters in the "Continental Congress" to be staged as the crowning crown-ing feature of the first day of the Harvest Festival and Fashion Show. The stage of the Alhambra theater is set for the "big event, which will take place the night of Thursday, September 9. Preparations for this event have been elaborate and exhaustive ex-haustive in the sense that no detail of the historical events, which mark-' mark-' ed the beglnlng of the American na-tipn, na-tipn, which accorded the right of citizenship citi-zenship to all, has heen ommitted in ,4the dramatic composition. This "was evidenced by the few knowing persons per-sons who witnessed a rohearsal in the Alhambra theater this morning. The men forming the cast are type suited to those who comprised the personnel of the Continental Congress, ft. and the costumes and make-up worn by them is typical of colonial times, $ when white-powdered wigs and other V silk attire was, along with other at-'S at-'S tributes, considered marks of olo-& olo-& quence, when gallantry and other so-ji so-ji cial arts were held supreme and when y the fire of patriotism burned brlght-l brlght-l est, revealing to the world the spirit A of a now-born nation, f Just a tiny inkling of the purpose of thQ . composition, which is representative repre-sentative of the best work of Ogden composers, who delved deep into the pages of history in search of the subject sub-ject matter that they might give the speeches or the Continental cpngress-man cpngress-man the proper place in the arrangement arrange-ment of the composition, Ib given in one of the opening addresses. That was described as to keep alve reverence rever-ence for tho nation's first statesmen, the patrjoiic spirit that manifested itself throughout their lives and to promote a feeling of profound respect for the men who made American citizenship citi-zenship as it is defined today, possible, possi-ble, The cast of characters is as follows fol-lows i John Hancock Fred G. Taylor Chaplain Apostle D. O. McKay Sergeant-at-Arms Chas. Layne Sec. Charles Thompson. .Arthur Kuhn Benjamin Franklin ; ...Judge Wm. H. Reeder Richard Henry Lee Wm. Allison Stephen Hopkins. .. .Valentine Gideon Edward Rutledge. .Henry A. Anderson John Dickinson, ...James A. DeVine Roger Sherman J. D. Murphy Robert Morris Moroni Olsen Eldredge Gerry. .. .Rev. J. E. Carver Samuel Adams Joseph Chez John Adams..., Joseph Howell Thomas Jefferson Frank Driggs oo- |
