"1776" SLATED TO GET UNDER WAY THIS EVENING

The Hasty Pudding Show, "1776", will be launched on its 1926 career this evening at 8 o'clock with a special graduates' performance in the club house. After the closed production tonight the club will open its doors to the general public tomorrow and Friday.

Arrangements for the opening night were completed Sunday afternoon with the arrival of the elaborate colonial costumes which play an important part in sustaining the Revolutionary atmosphere of the piece. Last night the cast wound up its five weeks of intensive preparation with the final dress rehearsal.

After the three performances in Cambridge the show will start immediately on its vacation tour, the first town in which it is scheduled to play being Northampton on Saturday.

Although the plot of the play still remains a mystery, Coach Louis Silvers, in an interview last night, gave several hints as to its general nature.

"The story throws a new light on the reason why the British evacuated Boston in 1776," he said. "A great many theories have been advanced on this subject, none of which are entirely satisfactory. The authors of the Pudding show have dug up some new data, and have a few startling revelations for the public.

"The personnel of the show is the best I have coached in the five years I have been directing Hasty Pudding productions. The cast is well balanced and the quality of the dancing superior to that of any other year I can remember. The show is also notable for its colorful costumes and setting".

Some of the leading members of the cast are F. M. Eaton '27 in the role of Washington, G. R. Leighton '27 as Highby, and E. C. Henderson '28 as Ichabod Bartlett. The leading feminine parts are being filled by C. S. Gross '27, who plays Dorothy Craigie, W. S. Wilson '27, Shirley, and C. B. Lyon '27, Mrs. Craigie.