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1880/1881 Academic Year

Play: The Recognition

Author: Rev. A. Lemonnier
Date Performed: December
Director
Sponsoring/ Producing Organzation: St. Cecilia Philomathean Society

Cast List

Duke of Spoleto: Chas. A. Tinley
Riccardo: Chas. J. Brinkman
Prince of Macerata: Robt. E. Fleming
Count Bartolo: Jos. T. Homan
Antonion: Frank H. Grever
Balthazar: E. C. Orrick
Stephano: Joseph P. O'Neill
Fabiano: John L. Morgan
Leonardo: A. Bodine
Gratiano: James Burns
Lorenzo: Nicholas Nelson
Giacomo: John W. Guthrie
Pacifico: A. J. Hintze
Paolo: Wm. Cleary
Zucchi: C. J. McDermott
Pedro: T. F. Flynn
Beppo: A. W. Coghlin
Vincento: J. Gordon
Alphonso: J. Scanlan
Piccolo: G. Castanedo
Alberto: H. Hake
Marco: N. Ewing
Andrea: C. F. Rietz
Carlo: W. D. Cannon
Alfieri: C. Rose
Bernardo: J. Ruppe
Almeno: E. Prenatt
Orlando: F. Kleine
Silvio: H. L. Rose
Reginald: Geo. Rhodius
Manfred: G. Silverman
Angelo: E. Fischel
Rossi: F. Quinn
Orozzi: N. Weney

Notes: This play written for the St. Cecilia philomathean Association by Rev. A. Lemonnier, late President of the University.

Source(s) The Notre Dame Scholastic, December 18, 1880,Vol. 14, p. 221.

Play Title: New Arts

Author: Rev. Edward Sorin
Date Performed: February 12
Director
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Sorin Literary and Dramatic Association

Cast List

Master Williams: G. Tracy
Mr. Jno Smyth: F. Grever
Mr. Wright: G. Clarke
Fairbanks: J. Solon
Julius: C. C. Echlin
Other members: Snee, Metz, Droste, Taylor, J. O'Neill, A. Bodine, J. Morgan, T. Flynn, F. Kline, H. Rose, C. Reitz, E. Fischel, and G. Rhodious
Prologue: C. C. Echlin and C. E. Droste

Notes: Summary of the play on p. 284 of same source.

Source(s) The Notre Dame Scholastic, February 19, 1881, Vol. 14, p.346.

Play Title: William Tell

Author
Date Performed: February (George Washington's birthday)
Director: Prof. J. A. Lyons
Sponsoring/Performing Organization: Thespian Association

Cast List

William Tell: G. E. Clarke
Gessler: W. B. McGorrisk
Henry: W. H. Arnold
Albert: Chas. Tinley
Sarnum: D. A. Harrington
Melctal: A. Zahm
Erin: J. McEniry
Vernor: G. Tracy
Furst: E. McGorrisk
Pierre: J. Solon
Theodore: T. F. Clarke
Michael: D. Danahey
Lutold: F. Dever
Gerard: H. O'Donnell
Strossi: M. Healy
Rudolph: E. A. Otis

Source(s) The Notre Dame Scholastic, Feb. 26, 1881, Vol. 14, p.362.

Play Title: The Nervous Man and the Man of Nerves

Author
Date Performed: February (George Washington's birthday)
Director
Sponsoring/Performing Orgnization: Thespian Association

Cast List

Mr. Aspen: W. J. McCarthy
McShane: D. Danahey
Vivian: G. F. Snugg
Young Vivian: H. B. Dulaney
Dr. Oxide: E. McGorrisk
Mr. Clagget: D. Harrington
Lord Lounge: J. McEniry
Biggs: T. F. Clarke
Capt. Burnish: E. Otis
Merton: m. Healy
Brown: H. O'Donnell
Bob: F. T. Dever
Bailiffs: J. Solon and E. Sugg
Topknot: G. Tracy
Lord Leech: W. Arnold
Lord Augustus: F. Bloom

Source(s) The Notre Dame Scholastic, Feb. 26,1881, Vol. 14, p.362.

Play Title: Honesty is the Best Policy

A comedy in one act
Author: Not found
Date Performed: May, 1881 Ninth Annual Entertainment
Sponsoring/Performing Organization: The St. Stanislaus Philopatrian Association

Cast List

Erastus Steele: Master Herrick
Harry: Harry Sells
Bobby Simpson: Sammy Livingston
Cyrus Caucus: L. Florman
Barney Hoolan: J. Devitt
?: Master Heffernan

Source(s) The Notre Dame Scholastic, Feb. 26,1881, Vol. 14, p.563.

Play Title: Editor's Troubles

Author: Not found
Date Performed: May, 1881
Director:
Sponsoring/Performing Organization: The St. Stanislaus Philopatrian Association
Occasion: Ninth Annual Entertainment

Cast List

Lemuel Foozle: Harry Dunn
Patrick O'Connor Dunlahey: E. Cullinene
William Shadow: F. Dorsel
Palmer: L. Gilbert
Jim Bloodsoe: J. Flynn
Pinchpenny: G. Haslam
Chawley: S. Livingston

Source(s) The Notre Dame Scholastic, Feb. 26,1881, Vol. 14, p.563.

Play Title: The Rightful Heir

Author: Not Found
Date Performed: May, 1881
Sponsoring/Performing Organization: The St. Stanislaus Philopatrian
Occasion: Ninth Annual Entertainment

Cast List

Prince Rudolph: A. Rohrback
Edmund, the Rightful Heir: G. Schaefer
Oberto: J. Willie Start
Elvino: A. Browne
Stanislaus: F. Wheatley
Starow: J. Bennett
Kalig: J. Kelly
Molino: M. E. Herrick
Minor parts: H. Devitt, J. L. Heffernan, G. O'Kane, G. Haslam
E. Cullinene, D. C. Smith, L. Gibert, J. Whelan
A. Schiml, F. Prenatt, J. Flynn, H. P. Dunn

Source(s) The Notre Dame Scholastic, Feb. 26,1881, Vol. 14, p.563.

Feast of Corpus Christi Exhibition

Music: N. D. U. C. B
Pot pourri--Suppé: College Orchestra
Address: C. A. Tinley
Song and Chorus: Choral Union
Recitation: J. P. O'Neill
Prologue: G. J. Rhodius
Music: N. D. U. C. B

Part Second.

Play: Major John Andre

Author: Rev. P. Leo Haid, O.S.B.
Director: Prof. J. A. Lyons

Cast

General Washington: F. H. Grever
General Greene: C. J. Brinkman
General Knox: R. E. Fleming
General La Fayette: T. F. Flynn
General St. Clair: C. J. McDermott
General Putman: J. L. Morgan
General Hamilton: H. L. Rose
General Steuben: A. J. Hintze
General Parsons: W. W. Gray
Colonel Clinton: G. A. Truschel
Colonel Jameson: C. F. Rietz
Major Talmage: C. F. Rose
Paulding: A. E. Bodine
Van Wert: F. A. Kleine
Williams: T. D. Healy
Sir Henry Clinton: J. P. O'Neill
Major John Andre: C. A. Tinley
John Andre, Sr.: J. T. Homan
General Knyphausen: W. S. Cleary
General Robertson: G. J. Rhodius
Admiral Graves: J. F. Martin
Col Charleton: J. W. Guthrie
Benedict Arnold: E. C. Orrick
Hezekiah Smith: F. A. Quinn
Schuyler: J. M. Scanlan
Marion: N. H. Ewing
Wellington: J. J. Gordon
Newman: J. A. Ruppe
Eland: J. M. Scanlan
Sylvester: N. J. Nelson
Nimrod: G. C. Castanedo
Warren: J. H. Burns
Oneida: G. Silverman
Forbes: J. H. Fendrick

Source: Scholastic 14:39, June 18,1881, 625, 630-31.

Play: Virginia Mummy, a comedy in one act

Author: Not Found
Date Performed: June 11, 1881
Producing Organization: The St Cecilia Philomathean Association

Cast List

Ginger Blue: E. C. Orrick
Dr. Galen: J. P. O'Neill
Captain Rifle: C. A. Tinley
Charles: C. J. Brinkman
O'Leary: A. M. Coghlin
Lucius: E. Prenatt
Old Reliable: Willie Gray
Mr. Patent: J. L. Heffernan
Cadaver Conditum Secundum: W. S. Cleary

Epilogue: C. A. Tinley
Closing Remarks: Rev. T. E. Walsh
Music: N. D. U. C. D[B]

Note: "Time would not permit the playing of the 'Virginia Mummy.'"

Source: Scholastic 14:39, June 18, 1881, 625.

Thirty-Seventh Annual Commencement Exercises

Program

Program

Play: William Tell A Drama in Three Acts

Author: Schiller
Date Performed: Wednesday Evening, June 22, 1881
Venue: Washington Hall
Director: Prof. J. A. Lyons
Producing Organization: Thespian Association

Cast

William Tell: G. E. Clarke
Gesler: G. F. Sugg
Henry: W. H. Arnold
Albert (his son): C. Tinley
Sarnem (Gesler's lieutenant): D. Harrington
Melctal (Erni's father): A. Zahm
Tell's Father: W. Arnold
Erni: J. McEniry
Verner: T. F. Clarke
Furst: E. McGorrisk
Pierre: J. Solon
Theodore: G. Tracy
Michael: D. Danahey
Lutold: F. Dever
Gerard: F. Dever
Strossi: M. Healy
Rudolph: R. O'Connor

Oration of the Day: Hon. W. W. Cleary, Covington, Ky.
Distribution of Premiums, Awarding of Honors, Conferring of Degrees, Etc., and Closing Remarks.

Note: This is the last commencement performance in the first Washington Hall.

Source: Thirty-Seventh Annual Catalogue 1881, 81.