CASTS OF FOUR PLAYS CHOSEN

Provisional casts for the four one-act plays which will be produced by the Dramatic Club on April 11, 12, and 13 have been selected. The casts of the plays, given in the order in which they will be performed, are as follows: "THE RESCUE." Elvira Warden,  Hester W. Browne 1916 Kate,  Ethel Griffin 1917 Anna,  Mary A. Ellis 1917 "AMERICA PASSES BY." Kate,  Priscilla May Anne,  Elizabeth S. Allen 1917 Bill,  W. H. Roope '16 George,  J. Hammond '19 "TRESPASS." Mike,  W. M. Silverman '18 Pete,  G. R. Walker '18 "FRANCOIS--AMOUR." Sweet and Twenty,  Constance C. Flood 1916 A Crotchety Lady,  Sophia Morris 1918 Francois,  R. T. Bushnell '19 Amour,  A. C. Watson '19 A Bridegroom,  B. Parker '19 A Crotchety Gentleman,  J. P. Putnam ocC.

The last-named play was the first choice of the three judges of the play competition: Walter Pritchard Eaton '00, Louis Evan Shipman, and Professor G. P. Baker '87. It was written by Rachel Butler, a Radcliffe graduate, and is a fantasy, light in plot, and with the dreamy characters of a fairy story. The chief character is a French pastry cook who delights in being an expert matchmaker. "America Passes By," by K. L. Andrews 1G., the judges' second choice, deals with the problems that affianced couples face today. The two engaged couples in the play sensibly decide that they are not suited for married life and separate. The tone of the play is light and cheerful but not frivolous. A vivid tense incident in New England life is portrayed in the play third in the judges' estimate, "The Rescue," by Rita C. Smith. It pictures the culminating horrors of a girl who inherited madness from her mother. The play of J. W. D. Seymour '17, "Trespass," is the only one to be offered written by an undergraduate. This play is the thriller of the set. Two coal-miners, imprisoned in a cave-in, find themselves to have been participants in a domestic tragedy. In the gloom of the subterranean gallery, one strangles the other.

The three performances of these plays will be given April 11, 12, and 13. All will be open to the public. The first and second will be in the Hasty Pudding Club theatre, and the last in Copley Hall, Boston. There will be dancing at the first and last performances. Tickets will shortly be put on sale.

Designs for posters for advertising the plays are due today. They must be handed in at Matthews 43 before 6 o'clock.

The last-named play was the first choice of the three judges of the play competition: Walter Pritchard Eaton '00, Louis Evan Shipman, and Professor G. P. Baker '87. It was written by Rachel Butler, a Radcliffe graduate, and is a fantasy, light in plot, and with the dreamy characters of a fairy story. The chief character is a French pastry cook who delights in being an expert matchmaker. "America Passes By," by K. L. Andrews 1G., the judges' second choice, deals with the problems that affianced couples face today. The two engaged couples in the play sensibly decide that they are not suited for married life and separate. The tone of the play is light and cheerful but not frivolous. A vivid tense incident in New England life is portrayed in the play third in the judges' estimate, "The Rescue," by Rita C. Smith. It pictures the culminating horrors of a girl who inherited madness from her mother. The play of J. W. D. Seymour '17, "Trespass," is the only one to be offered written by an undergraduate. This play is the thriller of the set. Two coal-miners, imprisoned in a cave-in, find themselves to have been participants in a domestic tragedy. In the gloom of the subterranean gallery, one strangles the other.

The three performances of these plays will be given April 11, 12, and 13. All will be open to the public. The first and second will be in the Hasty Pudding Club theatre, and the last in Copley Hall, Boston. There will be dancing at the first and last performances. Tickets will shortly be put on sale.

Designs for posters for advertising the plays are due today. They must be handed in at Matthews 43 before 6 o'clock.