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...complete cast of the Hasty Pudding Club's production "Barnum Was Right" announced last night by the management. The principals who will participate and their roles are as follows: Bennie C. L. Harrison Occ. Abel Kidder, C. A. Clark, Jr. Occ. Captain Smiley, R. G. Payne '22 Olive, J. C. Bolton '20 Pierre, Y. H. Buhler '20 Barnum O'Brien, F. M. Trainer Oc. First Waiter, J. J. Emery '21 Second Waiter, J. R. Griag, Jr., '21 Vera, E. Scott '21 High Priest, W. McH. Keyser '20 Mr. Jazz, R. H. Ware '20 Bell Boy, C. G. LeForgee...
...Barnum Was Right," the musical comedy by R. E. Sherwood '18 and S. P. Sears '17, which is being produced by the Hasty Pudding Club, is now in its final week of preparation. The play will be presented for the first time on April 15 at the Hasty Pudding Theatre, when only members of the University will be admitted. The first performance open to the general public will be in Cambridge on April 16, and there will be subsequent performances in Philadelphia, New York and Boston...
During the past three weeks Miss Alexandra Carlisle, who is directing "Barnum Was Right," has had the assistance of Mr. Frederick Kaufman, stage director of "Chu Chin Chow" in training the choruses in the ensemble numbers. Miss Martha Lorber, premiere danseuse in the "Chu Chin Chow" company, has coached R. G. Payne '20 and J. C. Bolton '20 in a number of unusual dances, and Mr. James Watts of "The Greenwich Village Follies" has designed an acrobatic specialty dance for F. M. Trainer Occ., which he will introduce in the feature number, "Barnum Was Right." Mr. McKay, principal comedian...
...Ware '20, who achieved a considerable success in the last Pudding show, "Crowns and Clowns," has been added to the cast of "Barnum Was Right" and will do a musical specialty act with C. G. LeForgee '20. An additional song number, the music for which was composed by Howard Elliott '22, has recently been included in the score...
...management of the Hasty Pudding Club has announced that the following schedule of performances for its annual spring producing "Barnum Was Right." has been approved by the University authorities...