Word: obadiah
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...itinerant showman and promoter, is impressing on all the country folk. Ketcham's chief concern, however, is to dispose of the stock of the mine. He succeeds in interesting Caleb Sweet, leading citizen of the village, and the three selectmen. But by flirtation with Priscilla Sweet, reported by Nehemiah Obadiah Brown, he incurs the jealousy of his wife, Belle Equestria. At this point Nehemiah Brown's guardian, Ikey Ikklehopper, sues for the hand of Lucretia Smart, a gay grass widow, and his advances are received to the point of accepting his ring, but no further, for Lucretia's heart...
...cast is as follows: I. Will Ketcham, showman, P. Whorf '05 Caleb Sweet, wealthy farmer, W. Fisher '05 Priscilla Sweet, H. LeS. Andrews '06 Lucretia Smart, a gay grass widow, D. P. Cook '05 Goodbert Swift, a city lawyer, H. R. Pratt '06 Nehemiah Obadiah Brown, a foolish schoolboy, W. S. Hall '05 Ikey Ikklehopper, the Jew, F. E. Shirk '06 Belle Equestria, the showman's wife, W. M. Jopling '06 Dr. Eza Pill, physician, J. Dignowity '06 John Berry undertaker, F. E. Whitney '06 Rev. Dr. Soule, parson, R. Olmsted '05 The Village Bass, N. B. Wales '05 Country...
...Movius '02 as Ha-Ka-Ya, was very acceptable. The best voices are those of W. Wadsworth '02, who took three subordinate parts, and H. L. Riker '03, who played Paul Revere Hall. The latter also acted with considerable life and dash. J. A. Dix '02 as Obadiah Ham, the grind, acted his part with finish, and did some unusually good dancing. C. S. Sargent '02 as the bookmaker was very funny and A. Wall '02 as a "Deutscher Chaffeur," created some amusement. M. W. Ware '02 and S. Waller '03 also did good work...
...cast: Hi-Ka-Ya, of Spoodingevic, H. L. Movius '02 Aurora, his daughter, S. Waller '03 A-Mi-Yi, a faithless subject, G. S. Barton '03 Professor Lasher, a geologist, M. W. Ware '02 Paul Revere Hall, a sportive pupil, H. L. Riker '03 Obadiah Ham, an unmitigated grind, J. A. Dix '02 "Con," a famous "bookey" of Sheepshead, C. S. Sargent '02 Bella Sheepshead, as her name implies, W. S. Godfrey '03 Judge, for yourself, C. Platt, 3d, '02 Reggie, a young light of New York, W. Wadsworth '02 "A Reub," D. Gregg '02 Ludwig Fitzundstarts, F. Burgess...