Notre Dame Theatre Chronology

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1906/07 School Year

Play Title: King For a Day

Author: not found
Dates Performed: Dec. 11 (President's Day), 1906
Director: not found
Stage Manager: not found
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: not found

Cast List

King: Aloysius Dwan
Others: Hilton McElroy, Mr. Sorg, Mr. Downing, Mr. Von Puhl, A. Dolan, and Mr. McGurty

Notes:

Source(s) 1907 Dome

Play Title: Master Skylark

Dramatization: John Lane O'Connor
Based on the Book By: Not Found
Dates Performed: March 19, 1907
Director: Brother Cyprian
Stage Manager: Not Found
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Philopatrians
Venue: Washington Hall

Cast List

Master Skylark: M. Otero
Gregory Goole: Carl Von Puhl
Gaston Carew: A. F. Dolan
Mrs. Attwood: R. Sieber
Carew's Daughter: E. Peil
Shakespeare: Berkley
Blacksmith: Broussard
Queen Elizabeth: Sheehan

Notes

Source(s): The Notre Dame Scholastic, Volume 40, March 30, 1907, p. 417.

Play Title: Richelieu

Author: Mr. Bulwer-Lytton
Dates Performed: 2:30 p. m., Easter Monday, April 1, 1907
Director: Father Maloney
Stage Manager: not found
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: The Senior Class of 1907

Cast List

Cardinal Richelieu: J. Aloysius Dwan
De Mauparat: Ambrose O'Connell
Marion de Larme: Homer S. Warren
Joseph: Ed Kenny
Julie de Mortemar: J. L. Weist
Louis: J. W. Wadden
Huget: E. F. O'Flynn
Francois: L. F. McElroy
Orleans: Mr. Kenefick
Gaston: M. J. Kenefick
Count de Baradas: J. T. Keefe
Sieur de Beringen: R. A. Kasper
Clermont: F. T. Collier
Captain of the Guard: J. L. Coontz
First Guard: C. L. Devine
Second Guard: D. E. Lannan
First Secretary: H. W. Hilton
Second Secretary: H. W. McAleenan
Third Secretary: C. A. Sorg
First Courtier: R. A. McNally
Second Courtier: R. R. Ribeyre
Third Courtier: A. M. Geary

Notes: It appears that this school year marked the beginning of a tradition of producing a play on Easter Monday and President's day at Notre Dame. It is believed that the President's Day plays originated out of honor for President Washington, for whom the theatre building is named and the upsurge of patriotism in the North after the Civil War. The performance was followed by the Senior Prom.

Source(s) 1907 Dome; The Notre Dame Scholastic, Volume 40, April 6, 1907, p. 430-1.