1. Song by Percy Minimus (son of the world-famous actor, Thomas Percy).
2. Conjuring by Abbott (using live rabbits, live goldfish, etc.).
3. Three Rounds of Exhibition Boxing by Rice (Fly-weight Champion) and Bassett. N.B.--The rounds will be of two minutes’ duration.
4. Glee Singing by the School Glee Singers.
5. Recitation, "The Cross of Red." Words (published in "The Times" newspaper) by Mr. Fortescue of Merivale School. Reciter, Forrester.
6. The Trial Scene from "The Merchant of Venice," by William Shakespeare. Dramatis Personæ as follows:
Shylock. Thwaites. The Duke. Pegram. Antonio. Saunders. Bassanio. Preston. Gratiano. Percy Minor. Salerio. Travers Minor. Nerissa. Percy Minimus. Portia. Williams.
Magnificoes. Tudor, Forbes Minimus, Hastings, and five others. Scene: Venice. A Court of Justice.
N.B.--The scene will conclude with the exit of Shylock.
7. Glee Singing by the School Glee Singers.
8. Comic Song. Percy Minor (son of the great actor, Thomas Percy).
9. Lightning calculation. Nicholas (introduced by Thwaites. Must be seen to be believed).
11. Duet. Towler and Cornwallis (both nearly drowned last summer on Foster Day).
12. A Satire in One Act by Tracey, entitled "The White Feather."
Captain Harold Vansittart Maltravers, V.C. Tracey. General Sir Henry Champernowne, K.C.B. Blades. A Policeman. Briggs. Miss Sophia Flapperkin. Williams.
Scene: Trafalgar Square. Time: The Present.
_GOD SAVE THE KING._ Booking Office: Mitchell.
Well, that was the programme, and, seeing the front seats were only half a crown, there didn’t seem much chance of anybody not getting their money’s worth.
I could say a great deal about the rehearsals, which were very difficult, owing to the question of scenery; and finally, after many suggestions, we decided merely to have wings, and leave the rest to the imagination, because we couldn’t get within miles of a court in Venice, and Trafalgar Square was equally out of the question. And Percy minor said that really classy stage managers, like Granville Barker, relied less and less on scenery, and that the very highest art was to go back to Elizabethan times, and just stick up what the scene was on a curtain; and if people didn’t like it, they could do the other thing. So we went back to Elizabethan times. But we had a professional man from Plymouth to make us up for Shakespeare, and he did it professionally, and we were rather dazzled ourselves at what we looked like on the night. Seen close, you’re awful, but, of course, it’s all right from the front.