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THE HOWARD PLAYERS 🗸
under the direction of
Montgomery Gregory and Marie Moore-Forrest

present

The Annual Commencement Play
"THE EXILE" 1924
By Professor Edward C. Williams
Head of the Department of Romance Languages

PERSONS OF THE PLAY
Lorenzo de'Medici, Tyrant of Florence --- Theodore Spaulding
Giovanni Salviati, "The Exile" ---------- Horace Scott
Minuccio, Minister of Lorenzo ----------- James Cobb
Father Francesco, a Priest -------------- Slaughter Murrell

Andrea} Gentlemen of the Court ---------- {Melvin Greene
Marco }                                   {Leo P. Wilson

Ercole } Hirelings of Minuccio ---------- {Alfred Smith                              
Sansone}                                  {Arthur Burke 
                              
Giacomo, Court Jester ------------------- Kathleen Hilyer
Clerk ----------------------------------- Edward Lovett
Court Chamberlain ----------------------- George Davis
Captain of Palace Guard ----------------- Logan Horton

The Guard ------------------------------- {Peter Helm 
                                          {C.F. Wood

The Jailer ------------------------------ William Striplin

Jailer's Assistants --------------------- { Wolcott Greene 
                                          {Castin Davis

Servant --------------------------------- James Chambers
Physician ------------------------------- William Meroney
Lady Bianca, Ward of Lorenzo ------------ Martha Jones
Lady Lucretia, Her Duenna --------------- Muriel Milton
Lady Margherita ------------------------- Evelyn Mills
Lady Teresa ----------------------------- Edmonia White

Ladies of the Court --------------------- {Norvleate Hall 
                                          {Ellen Maury
                                          {Marcella Dumas

Gentlemen of the Court ------------------ {Frank Williams 
                                          {B. Baskerville

Peasants in Dance ---- {Thelma Stephenson, Velma Young, 
                       {Lilla Martin, Margaret Lawrence,
                       {Hazel Harvey, Grace Nash, 
                       {Althea Chapmen, Mamie Neal, Estelle Welch

ACT FIRST: Garden of the Palace of the Medici, Florence, May, 1490.
ACT SECOND: Same as Act I.
ACT THIRD: Lorenzo's Country Place at Fiesole.
ACT FOURTH: Same as Act I.

THE UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA
Dorcy T. Rhodes, Director 
Wesley I. Howards, Assistant Director 
Albert A. Burgess, Concert Master

THE PLAYERS
Technical --------------- T.J. Hopkins
Costumer ---------------- Alma Thomas
Assistant to Costume ---- Elizabeth Brown
Publicity --------------- Isabelle Washington

Dances arranged by Gertrude Curtis.

1924