CAMBRIDGE GREEK PLAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 10

CAMBRIDGE GREEK PLAY.

"/"Every. few>y"ears .'plays •/• ih-i the.;original' • Greek-,'ard/'performed /by,/members''.of /.University,';'who last'-year-'selected' 1 ''Tho' r Wasps; of / Aristophanes," ■ fprbdriced'at; ; Athensi.n;'the'.;ardhonship of. : Ameinias/D;c./;C2,?and/the'; first ,-of-six/ performarices .took place at;the' Cambridge 'JJbwZ; Theatre-; a- few- days;Vago',-bclore i ' a . largb\/audience.//,/Philbcleon,'.the "hero; had 'in/; bygone; days; fought ;fo'r Atheris,; but has now' se,ttloa:/down,-:,and : .his great' .delight,: is/. ; to/ serve :/iri'/_the/;law/i, courts,/ .' having /gone 'ofazy;-on ;his : jiididial' biisi-hess;/;/;-ilis:. son jßdelyoleon, ?aftet 'yai'ibus' attenipts.to'cm'e'hirii.-haitb/coiifine him itb; the,'house,: which' is :'.covered with nets.', ■ After/.various attempts' ;.tb: resoue,- Philo-' ';clton by/his,cbmrndes.'drbssed'like. wasps; ; with.fonhidable,stirigs;/a.parley,'is,called, /arid. Bdclyclebri; points' ou t/tb I '.his .father' 'that/the/ jurymen' are''riot/lbrds/'.bf' al), : : but •-tools v arid slaves of tho/demagogues; ■ In/ theseopnd'act :the" father/is ..wretched' from want of his accustomed duties, and a/court is; Set: up:-at ; hdmWa:riew : ,Home.' Cironit. , ; .tried/; with/ ;b*ery--;hu'riour,' and/circumslarrce,:of: pub-.' 'lie-; "courts.", J; The/.'sbri.'tleri'/teadh'es;. his; 'father',.to take/ his/port, iii/fashionablelife/Vand' in 'the end • Philocleon;becomes, the- noisiest 'of: the I nbisy;; and :firially:-he ''detonniries/tb." sbow : -/by,'/deriionstratibn' ;that/he/.is;the;. ; clampion,':dancer;','of., the :day,-'and.the,play, ends;in;;a-iv - ild/scerie.-,of, pantomimic revelry. ' ■/On',; the whole,' the' acting/was/above/.tho/,usii'al standard, ;there being plenty : bf life abont. the per-; fohharioe. - whilst .the etage management of/Messrs'.//W-:/ Dumford- and-,H./ J. Ed- ! wards /left'- nothing-: to /be/ desired,' :■:■ the. ' movements of the chorus/being 'excellqrit'Jy,/arranged.,, Thp/'two/p'rincipal/charao-to'r3''.'of:'Philocleoh,'-and: Bdblyclebn Avei-e played. by-Messrs. D."H."- Eobertson '■' and J.:E./ M."Butler;>.bbth; of. Trinity ,Col■lege,.' the; last-named -being. the. brilliant son'-.0f... the/Master ;of. Tfinity;-'; .'Both- of' ithem.:had/difficult ;tasks,:,but they. pei> formed ;i,rema,rkably,),^,oll./:- : ,:/A,..word.-of praisb' : mrist-.also 1 /be, recorded to Sosias (Mr./;W;v,M;/.Mallesbh,-',/3'mirianucl;,Col;/ lege),/who made i every-..ounce out. pi. i' small /part; -..'■-. The■■'.special, inusfc/ by-' Dr.: .R.'.Vaughari': Williams-.was superb,:, both tho/orchestra,and: the.chorus^.doing full .oredit" ;,Horald." ':■:':■'■