Play: The Recognition
Author: Rev. A. Lemonnier
Date Performed: December
Director:
Sponsoring/ Producing Organzation: St. Cecilia Philomathean Society
Cast List
Duke of Spoleto: Chas. A. Tinley
Riccardo: Chas. J. Brinkman
Prince of Macerata: Robt. E. Fleming
Count Bartolo: Jos. T. Homan
Antonion: Frank H. Grever
Balthazar: E. C. Orrick
Stephano: Joseph P. O’Neill
Fabiano: John L. Morgan
Leonardo: A. Bodine
Gratiano: James Burns
Lorenzo: Nicholas Nelson
Giacomo: John W. Guthrie
Pacifico: A. J. Hintze
Paolo: Wm. Cleary
Zucchi: C. J. McDermott
Pedro: T. F. Flynn
Beppo: A. W. Coghlin
Vincento: J. Gordon
Alphonso: J. Scanlan
Piccolo: G. Castanedo
Alberto: H. Hake
Marco: N. Ewing
Andrea: C. F. Rietz
Carlo: W. D. Cannon
Alfieri: C. Rose
Bernardo: J. Ruppe
Almeno: E. Prenatt
Orlando: F. Kleine
Silvio: H. L. Rose
Reginald: Geo. Rhodius
Manfred: G. Silverman
Angelo: E. Fischel
Rossi: F. Quinn
Orozzi: N. Weney
Notes: This play written for the St. Cecilia philomathean Association by Rev. A. Lemonnier, late President of the University.
Source(s) for the above: The Notre Dame Scholastic, December 18, 1880,Vol. 14, p. 221.
Play Title: New Arts
Author: Rev. Edward Sorin
Date Performed: February 12
Director:
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Sorin Literary and Dramatic Association
Cast List
Master Williams: G. Tracy
Mr. Jno Smyth: F. Grever
Mr. Wright: G. Clarke
Fairbanks: J. Solon
Julius: C. C. Echlin
Other members: Snee, Metz, Droste, Taylor, J. O’Neill, A. Bodine, J. Morgan, T. Flynn, F. Kline, H. Rose, C. Reitz, E. Fischel, and G. Rhodious
Prologue: C. C. Echlin and C. E. Droste
Notes: Summary of the play on p. 284 of same source.
Source(s) for the above: The Notre Dame Scholastic, February 19, 1881, Vol. 14, p.346.
Play Title: William Tell
Author:
Date Performed: February (George Washington’s birthday)
Director: Prof. J. A. Lyons
Sponsoring/Performing Organization: Thespian Association
Cast List
William Tell: G. E. Clarke
Gessler: W. B. McGorrisk
Henry: W. H. Arnold
Albert: Chas. Tinley
Sarnum: D. A. Harrington
Melctal: A. Zahm
Erin: J. McEniry
Vernor: G. Tracy
Furst: E. McGorrisk
Pierre: J. Solon
Theodore: T. F. Clarke
Michael: D. Danahey
Lutold: F. Dever
Gerard: H. O’Donnell
Strossi: M. Healy
Rudolph: E. A. Otis
Source(s) for the above: The Notre Dame Scholastic, Feb. 26, 1881, Vol. 14, p.362.
Play Title: The Nervous Man and the Man of Nerves
Author:
Date Performed: February (George Washington’s birthday)
Director:
Sponsoring/Performing Orgnization: Thespian Association
Cast List
Mr. Aspen: W. J. McCarthy
McShane: D. Danahey
Vivian: G. F. Snugg
Young Vivian: H. B. Dulaney
Dr. Oxide: E. McGorrisk
Mr. Clagget: D. Harrington
Lord Lounge: J. McEniry
Biggs: T. F. Clarke
Capt. Burnish: E. Otis
Merton: m. Healy
Brown: H. O’Donnell
Bob: F. T. Dever
Bailiffs: J. Solon and E. Sugg
Topknot: G. Tracy
Lord Leech: W. Arnold
Lord Augustus: F. Bloom
Source(s) for the above: The Notre Dame Scholastic, Feb. 26,1881, Vol. 14, p.362.
Play Title: Honesty is the Best Policy
A comedy in one act
Author: Not found
Date Performed: May, 1881 Ninth Annual Entertainment
Sponsoring/Performing Organization: The St. Stanislaus Philopatrian Association
Cast List
Erastus Steele: Master Herrick
Harry: Harry Sells
Bobby Simpson: Sammy Livingston
Cyrus Caucus: L. Florman
Barney Hoolan: J. Devitt
?: Master Heffernan
Source(s) for the above: The Notre Dame Scholastic, Feb. 26,1881, Vol. 14, p.563.
Play Title: Editor’s Troubles
Author: Not found
Date Performed: May, 1881
Director:
Sponsoring/Performing Organization: The St. Stanislaus Philopatrian Association
Occasion: Ninth Annual Entertainment
Cast List
Lemuel Foozle: Harry Dunn
Patrick O’Connor Dunlahey: E. Cullinene
William Shadow: F. Dorsel
Palmer: L. Gilbert
Jim Bloodsoe: J. Flynn
Pinchpenny: G. Haslam
Chawley: S. Livingston
Source(s) for the above: The Notre Dame Scholastic, Feb. 26,1881, Vol. 14, p.563.
Play Title: The Rightful Heir
Author: Not Found
Date Performed: May, 1881
Sponsoring/Performing Organization: The St. Stanislaus Philopatrian
Occasion: Ninth Annual Entertainment
Cast List
Prince Rudolph: A. Rohrback
Edmund, the Rightful Heir: G. Schaefer
Oberto: J. Willie Start
Elvino: A. Browne
Stanislaus: F. Wheatley
Starow: J. Bennett
Kalig: J. Kelly
Molino: M. E. Herrick
Minor parts: H. Devitt, J. L. Heffernan, G. O’Kane, G. Haslam
E. Cullinene, D. C. Smith, L. Gibert, J. Whelan
A. Schiml, F. Prenatt, J. Flynn, H. P. Dunn
Source(s) for the above: The Notre Dame Scholastic, Feb. 26,1881, Vol. 14, p.563.
Feast of Corpus Christi Exhibition
Date: Saturday, June 11, 1881, 7:00 P.M.
Venue: Washington Hall
Producing Organization: Twenty-third annual entertainment of the St. Cecilia Philomathean Association
Program
Part I
Music: N. D. U. C. B
Pot pourri–Suppé: College Orchestra
Address: C. A. Tinley
Song and Chorus: Choral Union
Recitation: J. P. O’Neill
Prologue: G. J. Rhodius
Music: N. D. U. C. B
Part II
Play: Major John Andre
An Historical Drama in Five Acts. Arranged for the Occasion.
Author: Rev. P. Leo Haid, O.S.B.
Director: Prof. J. A. Lyons
Cast List
General Washington: F. H. Grever
General Greene: C. J. Brinkman
General Knox: R. E. Fleming
General La Fayette: T. F. Flynn
General St. Clair: C. J. McDermott
General Putman: J. L. Morgan
General Hamilton: H. L. Rose
General Steuben: A. J. Hintze
General Parsons: W. W. Gray
Colonel Clinton: G. A. Truschel
Colonel Jameson: C. F. Rietz
Major Talmage: C. F. Rose
Paulding: A. E. Bodine
Van Wert: F. A. Kleine
Williams: T. D. Healy
Sir Henry Clinton: J. P. O’Neill
Major John Andre: C. A. Tinley
John Andre, Sr.: J. T. Homan
General Knyphausen: W. S. Cleary
General Robertson: G. J. Rhodius
Admiral Graves: J. F. Martin
Col Charleton: J. W. Guthrie
Benedict Arnold: E. C. Orrick
Hezekiah Smith: F. A. Quinn
Schuyler: J. M. Scanlan
Marion: N. H. Ewing
Wellington: J. J. Gordon
Newman: J. A. Ruppe
Eland: J. M. Scanlan
Sylvester: N. J. Nelson
Nimrod: G. C. Castanedo
Warren: J. H. Burns
Oneida: G. Silverman
Forbes: J. H. Fendrick
Source for the above: Scholastic 14:39, June 18,1881, 625, 630-31.Part Third.
Play: Virginia Mummy, a comedy in one act
Author: Not Found
Date Performed: June 11, 1881
Producing Organization: The St Cecilia Philomathean Association
Cast List
Ginger Blue: E. C. Orrick
Dr. Galen: J. P. O’Neill
Captain Rifle: C. A. Tinley
Charles: C. J. Brinkman
O’Leary: A. M. Coghlin
Lucius: E. Prenatt
Old Reliable: Willie Gray
Mr. Patent: J. L. Heffernan
Cadaver Conditum Secundum: W. S. Cleary
Epilogue: C. A. Tinley
Closing Remarks: Rev. T. E. Walsh
Music: N. D. U. C. D[B]
Note: “Time would not permit the playing of the ‘Virginia Mummy.'”
Source for the above: Scholastic 14:39, June 18, 1881, 625.
Thirty-Seventh Annual Commencement Exercises
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 7:30 P.M.
Venue: Washington Hall
Program
Overture–A Night in Granada–(Kreutzer): Quartette
Essay: G. F. Sugg (Scientific)
The Christian Gladiator–Personfication: C. Tinley
Address to a Country Jury: E. Orrick
Self-Importance: D. Danahey
Guitar Solo–(by request): B. Clagett
Discourse–(the Judiciary): G. Clarke
Patriotism–(Recitation): J. O’Neill
Commercial Address: T. Kavanagh
Dying Soldier: W. J. McCarthy
Discourse–(the Legislative): M. J. McEniry
Logic Personified: J. Solon
Regulus before the Senate: M. Healy
Discourse–(the Executive): D. Harrington
Date: Wednesday Evening, June 22, 1881
Program
Opening March (Boccacio): N. D. U. C. Band
The Two Roses: Corby Glee Club
Alumni Poem: Prof. T. E. Howard
Overture–William Tell–Rossini: University Orchestra
Prologue to William Tell: W. J. McCarthy
Play: William Tell
A Drama in Three Acts
Author: Schiller
Date Performed: Wednesday Evening, June 22, 1881
Venue: Washington Hall
Director: Prof. J. A. Lyons
Producing Organization: Thespian Association
Cast List
William Tell: G. E. Clarke
Gesler: G. F. Sugg
Henry: W. H. Arnold
Albert (his son): C. Tinley
Sarnem (Gesler’s lieutenant): D. Harrington
Melctal (Erni’s father): A. Zahm
Tell’s Father: W. Arnold
Erni: J. McEniry
Verner: T. F. Clarke
Furst: E. McGorrisk
Pierre: J. Solon
Theodore: G. Tracy
Michael: D. Danahey
Lutold: F. Dever
Gerard: F. Dever
Strossi: M. Healy
Rudolph: R. O’Connor
Oration of the Day: Hon. W. W. Cleary, Covington, Ky.
Distribution of Premiums, Awarding of Honors, Conferring of Degrees, Etc., and Closing Remarks.
Note: This is the last commencement performance in the first Washington Hall.
Source for the above: Thirty-Seventh Annual Catalogue 1881, 81.