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The Howard Players 
    As has been the custom since the inauguration of Dramatics at Howard University in 1920, the work of the Howard players has held its place as one of the most vital parts of the University life. This reputation of these players which is known throughout the country was not accomplished with ease but with unremittent effort and toil.  Under the direction of Professor Montgomery Gregory and Doctor A. LeRoy Locke the department of Dramatic Arts at Howard is becoming a center for Negro Drama and is inciting the favorable notice of many well known critics.   
    The productions for 1923-34 include: "The Lost Silk Hat," by Lord Dansany; "The beauty and Jacobin.," by Booth Tarkington; "The Will o' the Wisp," by Doris Halman; "Wurtzell Flummery," by A. A. Milne; "Mortgaged," a new race play by Willis Richardson; "The Exile," by E. C. WIlliams.
    All of the above mentioned plays are one act plays with the exception of the "Exile." The cast of characters were as follows:

[First row]
"THE EXILE"
Lorenza D'Medichi.........
T. O. Spaulding
Lady Bianca................
Martha Jones
Givianni Salviati............
Horace Scott
The Captain................
James B. Cobbs
Couriers..............Melvin Green, Arthur Burke, Alfred Smith
Court Ladies........Edmonia White, Edna Hoffman, Edythe Taylor

"WURTZELL FLUMMERY"
Robert Crawshaw.....................
James Cobb
Margaret, his wife...........
Roberta Dabne
Richard Meriton...............
Edward Lovett
Dennis Clifton................
Joseph Stanley
The Maid.....................
Edythe Taylor

"THE WILL O' THE WISP"
The Poet's Wife............
Laverne Gregory
The Country Woman...........
Arnita Turpeau
The Serving Maid.............
Edmonia White
The Stray.....................
Edna Hoffman

[second row]
"MORTGAGED"
Thomas Fields...............
Marowyn Coy
Mary Fields..................
Edythe Taylor
Leon Fields..................
Robert Watson
Murriel Fields...............
Minnie Carwin
John Fields.................
Theodore Spaulding
Herbert Fields................
Allen Maynor

"THE BEAUTY AND THE JACOBIN"
The Beauty....................
Martha Jones
The Captain...................
Alfred Smith
The Lieutenant................
Ernest Hemby
The Citizen...................
Melvin Green
The Citizeness................
Pauline Fletcher

"THE LOST SILK HAT"
The Caller..................
T. O. Spaulding
The Laborer.................
Slaughter Marrel
The Clerk....................
Robert Watson
The Poet.....................
Alfred Smith

1924 BISON
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