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Show In 1886 The new Ha.ll was opened vii th the play enti tled -"The :lelief of Lunchnow." The cas t was good, but the play was: dry and t,ninteres ting. l.I:he hall loolceu grand wi t h the lovely ne'N drop curtain and beautiful scenery. The Hall was packed to its limit and I call to mind nov; how disappointed I was wi t11 the play. Sut this l;~9:S foll owed by other fine pl,,\ys among which ,vere "The iictroon" -- Pazaro--Celebrat e d Case--1!'ielding I,lanor--Green Bl<shes--Dora and .East lynn. Tho se taking prominent' parts in the plays just menti oned iVGre ii.. lH. Ivins, :C'ran..1.c Snow, W. B. Snow Sr, • .liliee VI. l'Jilne, Ida l\lorries, and Han;,ah Show. s. Snow for a m;miJer of years did most wonderfl.<l work as leading 13dy. I thirili: Hannah Snow, .Alice £Iilno, John T. Woodbury, and. Ida Seeg;rdller are all that are wi th 1;8 now' of the cast of 1886. .4.. Vi. Ivins, E'ran.1: Snow and. j . S. 3entley are still living but in other l)laces~ Fe all give East Lynn first .place in OCr love, as i t was one of the most beautii\.:l ;mel s that \78.S ever staged. in St. GeorGe, It was played in 1886 with the following cast: Archibald Carl:11e, A. '07. Ivins, Sir :i'rancis leavison, li'ranl{ SnO'l', Lord nO'tmt Severn, E. B• .;)now Sr., Jusqce Hare (1 thirlc) Horatio Pickett, Ric!lard Hare, Joseph Bentley, .Mr • Dill lIilliam De l;';reiz, little 7illie E'red Woole;'I; Lad:! Isabell and J:,la.da.rn Vine b:l ,JoS8"9hine Snow'u S8 Cornelia Carlyle (Archihalds Sister LAlica I,T ilne; Barbara Ha.re, Hannah Snow; Joyce,Ide Worris; Willson--~? As I read over t~1e old cast I see it all again, tbe grand drawing room in t:-,e Carlyle Rome, 0:'1' o'.vn "'J1ony" :playing Arcbibald as t bOtigb it had beon tten for hit:!. Tbe strength and power of his words ring in my ears yet. His grief at the loss of Isabell was slxpero, 2t11d the death of his '.vife brmsh t tears to every eye in tLe bouse. Franl( Snow as tlle 'li llian was fine. E. B. Snow and H. '?ic'l-;:ett 'FiOre just rigbt. 3ichard LIars 00111d not h;J'iTe been better. l7illiwl De?reiz was the tyo:i.caJ. I . Englishman. Little Willie was very s·:Jeet and lovely, lady Isabell was grace itself, and as poor d ehlded Lladam Vine hough t the tears from every eye. .Alice 1'1. rhIne as, S8 Cornelia had a wonderf,;l interpretation of the part -and playod i t as no otl1er one c01;.1d helve dOlle. Hannah Snow as Barbara Hara was splendid. She entered into the spirito f tile :rlay and wi th the others made it on8 grand ~ccess. Ida :M:orris as Joyce wa.s true to the part. The play was ta}:en to Silver :-?'8e1' and p12J.yed twice, each time to a cr0'.7ded house. It was also played five times in st. George. ~ 1 leve to linger over this play becuu se, to :..y mind, our dramatics reached tile highest point ever attained in t his part of the coun try . It was the beginning of the end. Eany fine plays followed with about the same casts, blit East I,ynn stands out as 2. great |
