THE
PET I :hI"I'E. Von . IN .
FEBRUARY, 1588 .
No. 72.
THEATRICALS. NCE again the members of St . Peter's School donned Shakespearian garb, and once again they may be said to have scored a success. It was indeed no light undertaking, with so many actors of as yet untried prowess, to present the " Taming of the Shrew " before critical audiences in these days, when amateur theatricals are all the rage, and when York has been inundated with such performances ; it was a difficult task, but the difficulties were surmounted and the performance of 1887 may rank as one of the most successful achievements of a club whose histrionic efforts have not all in time past turned out abject failures. The arrangements, though not of course absolutely perfect, were as good as can be expected considering the size of the room ; and the unequal division of the audiences must be attributed to force of circumstances rather than to the committee ' s want of management . It was certainly unfortunate that, whilst on the first night there were a number of empty seats, on the second _night the room was incon-
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veniently crowded. The hall was prettily decorated, and the proscenium—the renovation of which we owe to the generosity of the Rev . G . T . Handford and the gratuitous artistic talent of Mr . 'I' . H . Lindberg—and stage hangings were an immense improvement on previous years . The dresses and properties, always a feature of the performance, were as beautiful as of yore, and when all the actors were tastefully grouped in a tableau at the close of the performance they formed as pretty a spectacle as one could wish for. The new scenery, which was most deservedly applauded, was the work of Capt. T . H . Lindberg, and to that gentleman 's kind and self denying efforts is due in a very great measure the successful way in which the play was put on the stage. Space forbids of saying more ; our thanks however arc not less grateful because less voluminous .