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Specialized Indexes > Theatre Chronology
1863-1864 Academic Year
Exhibition: Washington's Birthday at Notre DameVenue: Exhibition Hall in Senior Recreation Hall February 25, 1864, at noon: "Farewell Address" Later that Evening: Overture: College Band, under the direction of Prof. Basil Oration: Prof. J. T. E. Howard Play: Furnished Apartments--a farce: Philopatrian Society Play: Pizarro--a drama: Thespian Society Author: likely Sheridan's 1799 adaptation of Kotzebue's The Spaniards in Peru (1796), although William Dunlap did an American version in 1800. Scenery: Prof. La Chassaigne At the conclusion, the Very Reverend President (Father Sorin) said the hall should hereafter be called "Washington Hall." Source: New York Tablet 8:41, March 12, 1864, 10-11. Exhibition: Twentieth Annual Commencement
Commencement DayJune 22, 1864, at 2 O'clock P.M.Order of ExercisesFarewell March: BandAddress from the Holy Angel's Society: T. Ewing Address from the Junior Department: J. Graham Quickstep: Band Play: The Plot of Potsentausend, a comic drama by the Philopatrian Society Author: Unknown Piano: Silver Spring Medly: Band At half past seven the Thespian Society rendered Shakspeare's Historical Play of Play: King Henry IV
Author: William ShakespeareDate Performed: June 22, 1864, 7:30 P.M. Producing Organization: Thespian Society Venue: Washington Hall Persons Represented [Cast List] King Henry IV: Joseph HealyHenry Prince of Wales: T. A. Corcoran Prince John of Lancaster: J. Felon Earl of Westmoreland: W T. Knapp Sir Walter Blunt: H. H. Pratt Earl of Worcester: H. Bugher Early of Northumberland: L. K. Thompson Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur: E. M. Brown Earl of March: T. H. O'Brien Early of Douglas: R. H. Newlan Owen Glendower: P. W. Talbot Sir Richard Vernon: James Fenlon Sir John Falstaff: M. Corby Poins: T. Irons Gadshill: R. L. Watson Peto: T. Moore Bardolph: J. E. Card Quickly, host of tavern in Eastcheap: A. Tammany Francis: R. J. Thompson Pages: O. E. Fitch, H. D. Spears, L. Marks Travelers: J. Carlin, G. Carpenter, T. D. Wood followed by Lover's amusing drama of Play: Rory O'More
Author: Samuel Lover (1797-1868) |
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