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present being the Dean of Canterbury. the Archbishop of Sydney, the Mayor of anterbury, Canon Mason, the Archdeacon of Maidstone. and Canon Moore as well ns many parents and frie nds of the School. The number of Speeches perfo rmed 'by the Sixth Form was again four; since, though a Latin Speech re-appeared on the programme, there was, to our great ! egret, no I I Tragic English" Speech. 'We mu ch hope that next year we shall once mo;e h ar one of England's kings hail his noble lords of Church and State on th~ stage 111 the Chapter House, even if Sheridan's wits must for once make room for him. The programme was as follows : I.-Scenes from U Mostellaria " Act i~ " Sc, i. and ii. Platt/us. Theuropides (the jalller) •. C. B. Simeon. Philolaches (IllS son) .. G. F. Howell. Tra nio (Illei.,.. serva1JI) E. B. Hosking. Philolaches in the absence of his fath er abroad, has been living riotously with his friend s in his fAlher's house. Suddenly Tranio enters with ' riews that T hcuropidcs has re~urncd and is just coming to the hmlse. Philolachts is in despair; but Tranio thinking of a plan, tells h~m to lock up the house ~nd . lay indoors, whil e he remains out~ide, ahd prevents Thcuropides (rom entering the house by ~re!cndmg that it is now haunted, and therefore shut up and descrted. This he does :. and a shout from wlthm from the impntient Philolaches helps on Tranio's fraud, and Theuropides runs off in terror.
1.-Scene from L'Avare, Act iii., Sc, i. Harpagon (a 1I11str) •• Mattre J acques (his cook and coaclz1IIan) Valere (h.s steward) Brindavoine La Merluche (servants 10 H arpagoll)
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S. Yates. G, F. H?,~ell. C. G. Wilham son. c. T. Galplll. C. F . N. Ryan.
Harpagon, who is going to g ive a feast, inst ructs his servants to exercise due economy in s~~vin.g Ihe wine and the dishes. His cook·coachman, who suggests an elaborate menu, says the first requIsite IS money, This enrages Harp"'gon, and Valere, who is in love with the mise!'s daughter, for his own ends !lldes with him and argues with Mattre J acques. The lalter, again, on bemg asked, as a coachman, ~o prorare to drive the party to the fair, declines to drive the horses which he says are reduced to mere sk ill 1\1\( hone. A partial reconciliation is effected, and Matt re Jacques is induced to tell Harpagon what Ilcople think of him, and is beaten for his honesty,
.-Scenes from the H Wasps" Philocleon Bdelycleon (IllS SOfl) Xanthias (the slave) Labes (a thiev.sh dog) Cydathenaeus (anotller dog)
.• Anstophattes. R. M . Gent. C. J. N . Adams. A. R. Bellars. C. J. Galpin. D. J. N. Lee.
Philoeleon is an old Athenian citizen badly bitten with the prevailing passion for legal prosecution, which provided occupation and emolument for 6,000 jurymen, and kept many an honest man in constant
fI nr of being dragged on a frivolous charge before a merciless jury. The old jury-maniac has a son (lJdelycleon) bent on curing his fat her of this craze, and after vainly trying to keep him a t home by hiding