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1908/1909 School Year

Play Title: The Corsican Brothers

Author: Romance of M. Dumas
Adapted by: Grange and Montepin
Dates Performed: President's Day
December 11, 1908
Director: Professor George N. Spiess
Stage Manager: not found
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: The Notre Dame Dramatic Society

Cast List

Fabien dei Franchi: J. Elmer Peak
Louis dei Franchi: J. Elmer Peak
M. Chateau Renaud: Claude A. Sorg
M. Alfred Meynard: Howard W. McAleenan
Le Baron Giordano Martelli: John B. Fruechtl
Le Baron Montgiron: John M. Fox
Griffo: William F. Reps
Boissec: James G. Kramer
Robin: Charles J. Kelly
Emilie de Lesparre: Leo C. McElroy
The Ghost of Louis dei Franchi: J. Starr Knoblock
Marie: Joseph M. Huerkamp
Madame Savilia dei Franchi: Frank L. Madden
A Domino: Robert Johnson

Notes:

Source(s): 1909 Dome
Notre Dame Scholastic, Vol. 42, Dec. 19, 1908, p. 233.

Play Title: Two Titled Truants

Author: Mr. John Lane O'Connor
Dates Performed: St. Patrick's Day
March 17, 1909
Director: Brother Cyprian
Stage Manager: not found
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: The Philopatrians

Cast List

Nortbert Betram: Walter Ward
Guard: Elmer McPhee
Herbert Bertram: George Clarke
Steve: Harry Armstrong
Edward Bertram: James Robins
Covey: Eugene Murphy
Lord Bertram: Claude Sorg
Harry: Raymond Lobes
John Bertram: Otto Hug
Godfrey: Frederick Mills
Clinker: William Downing
Edgar: Raymond O'Donnell
Hugh Holt: Carl White
Tim: George Sippel
Sam Dibbs: Julius Lee
Arthur: Charles Murdock
Dick Cowley: William Cody
Elwin: Thomas Clark
William Kemp: William Cotter
Bat: John Fordyce
Harry Condell: James Cahill
Wat: Leon Soisson
Peter Dobbins: Homer Carroll
Tom: Marcus Cartwright
Turnkey: Frank Raff
Ted: Otto Griesbach
Alfred: Frank Newton
Bob: Felix Sellers
William Shakespeare: Wallace Melchior:

Notes:

Source(s) 1909 Dome, The Notre Dame Scholastic, Vol. 42, March 20, 1909, pp. 411-2.

Play Title: Macbeth

Author: William Shakespeare
Dates Performed: Easter Monday, Senior Day
April 12, 1909
Director: not found
Stage Manager: not found
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Dramatic Society

Cast List

Duncan: William C. Cray
Malcom: William F. Reps
Macbeth: Claude A. Sorg
Banquo: Francis J. Hollearn
Macduff: Howard W. McAleenan
Lennox: John F. O'Hara
Rosse: William J. Parish
Fleance: Joseph M. Huerkamp
Seyton: Harold F. Balensiefer
Doctor: Thomas A. Havican
Captain: Frank L. Madden
Servant: Louis A. Dionne
Porter: Thomas A. Havican
Apparitions: Frank L. Madden
1st Murderer: Peter M. Meersman
2nd Murderer: Edmund B. Shea
Lady Macbeth: Leo C. McElroy
Gentlewoman: Paul Rush
Witches: Chas. J. Kelly, Ferol J. Donohue, Joseph C. Goddeyne
Lords and Soldiers: Frank J. Mein, George H. Hawes, Bernard A. Gira, Thomas D. Collins

Notes:

Source(s) 1909 Dome, The Notre Dame Scholastic, Vol. 42, April 17, 1909, pp. 475-6.