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Show ( 4 ) T.e community ~&s greatly shocked to see a gi rv. ~ c 11.Tcintyre played the v· ol i n arrison Pi erce played the clarionet Ra ~ ~Intyre p a e the fidd l e Tom Cl ayton pl ayed the tryang l e and 3111 Lytle the clappers o in trousers.o Some Members of the caste ~ent north in 1863 , ot, ers were ,q ded to take their p ace ~ Among t ose C ~lo o ... en vvere :i~:. ry ~:oody, Vary t.~ul i a .Johnson Richar :ts , J.:l en Sande.rs , Bine Starr, .,'/fary ~rinker !oof , Barry Qn{ Clem Horsley and Go oln : . Q 9 Rosetta In 1 63 the next play wa s given in the basement of the Social Ha lc T ere ~as a ~illow roof ·ovar the heads of the fl s tarsn; but theJ iJere en ·oying the luxury of a go od n vooded doorn t o keep out spectators . .....ome are of the opi nion the:1"L this ·11as the 11 uol den rarm r o u Those tnking part were Mary Julia Johnson Richards , Hary "~~foody , rank 17o olley, J oseph Orton , Ch,:J.r l es L ~ '~.~alker , c~nd ~;arah 8lark In 1864 a society !Ja s organized called the St. Geo _ramatic ~ssociation . Franklin 3 . ~ool l ey was ·~nager , Jam .s ~ ~leak cirector and cr i tic , Wi liBm Ho ranc~ stage manager and prompter . ~ o as Crane , Doorkee,erp In P-64 an 1865 "The Brit i sh Sl ave 11 and 11Charcoal Burner 11 were played by muc the saoe est In 1866 the part of T " ~othy i n "Toooles ' ".~!88 pl ayed y C. L. ~-·a l ker o He a l s o pl ayed apn~ ccuttl e in 10 i ttic ody '. In 1867 Harry Bam~er mo~ pl ayed by cp Lo ·r.Tal er in ''T ~e _ol den Farmer. n The 1 ead j ng part Q were taken by "P"rank ~vo o l l ey , Dr . Higgins , Jos o rton , E ... ma darr.:s , J.V 0ry ~s·oo l ley , 4l i ce T~ompson and others In 1 8 "The Cha c oa l Burner" rrras pl ayed again by James Keate , Jos o Orton C • ..J o 'TJa l ker h'm_ma Ada s , vadd i e Ivins , and Verbeena Keate ~ t this l ate ate fifty - fi~e years from the tine of plA ing it is not possible t o get the exact cast . J rom 1863 ~ o 1868 among thos ta~ ng part in dramat ·cs were the follo~ing 9 I have not been abl e to pl a ce tnem in the i r - roper p l ays ~ But c i fferent peopl e call t o mi nd, John !~ . ~.~o o ky , Fl"ank B. ~ro o ley , James Koa tG , Judge rvrcCa l lough ~ Dr . Figgins , Hoseph Ortor , Cp L .. t.~Ja l ker , Ceorge Crosby, Lizz i e Townsend , ~,..,ar h Clark , Kate Granger and rea l f'tar, Julia Ho Ivins who a l s o rendered gr eat he pin . aking cos tumes fort e men, Li bi e, glora and Artimeshi a Snow , "t.!~ l ida and A.me lia Crosb~T ? :Prom about 1867 t o 1869 8ara1 Clark ad taken the rart of leading l ay i n the St p Ceorge DraMatic ss ocia t · on ., She married Jessie ·~~f . Crosby and l eft t o wn~ ~ary Romney ·was asked t o take her pl ace , this c::he did -v~ith onl y twent y- four hours n o tice ~ 3ut she l earned the par a~c played it the next night c Ehe played the leading rol e in a l l the plays for over a period of three or f our years , a l so designer an ~aker of her own costumes In 1869 the basement of the Taberna cc l e was used f or dramatics <0 ~r str an ger s 1 ' a very fine pl ay was put on b) the f ollowing |
