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Specialized Indexes > Theatre Chronology
1860/1861 Academic Year
Exhibition: Commencement
Play 1: The Rivals
Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Date: last Wednesday of June [26], 1861, 3:00 P.M. ("the play only after supper")
Producing Organization: Dramatic Society (named by faculty) but Thespians (named by students)
Venue: Exhibition Hall in east wing of Main Building
Cast
Orville.T. Chamberlain, Schutt, O'Malley, Fleming, and others taking roles.Play 2: A Good Night's Rest
Cast
Orville.T. Chamberlain and Bigelow.Note: "Common beer (2 barrels) from Chicago will be procured for the dinner of the students and distributed with great caution to the actors in the play."
Source: Minutes of the Local Council, June 3, 1861, 57r, IPAC; Catalogue (June 26, 1861); Scholastic 5:42, June 29, 1872, 3. Other plays this year include The Iron Chest with O. T. Chamberlain in the leading role.
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