Clifford Devereux and His Company

              CLIFFORD Y. DEVEREUX
AND HIS
COMPANY

UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE

In Mr. Devereux's company are some twenty-five artists of exceptional experience, who, in the winter months are connected with various organizations whose names stand for the better things in the theatre. As nearly as possible, this little band of
players will he together for ten weeks each summer, rendering bright clean comedies in Nature's theatre, under the trees.

During the past season the company included: J. Sayre Crawley, who has been associated with Sothern and Marlowe and Robert B. Mantell for a number of years. This winter Mr. Crawley is instructor of elocution and nature study at Culver Military Academy; Alan Crosland of Annie Russell's Old English Comedy company; Reynolds Evans, formerly with Prunella, this season stage manager for Winthrop Ames' production of Evidence; Charles Fleming, stage director for the Kinemacolor and Biograph companies of America.

Peter Golden and James Hagen of the Sothern and Marlowe forces; Robert H. Hamilton of the New Theatre company; Horace James, who has originated parts of a pronounced comedy nature in Get Rich Quick Wallingford, The Girl of the Golden Westand The Auctioneer; at present he is with David Warfield; P. J. Kelly, who came to this country with the famous Irish players, and has since been with Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe in all of their productions. This year Mr. Kelly is with Potash and Perlmutter, as is Charles Newsome, formerly of Otis Skinner's Kismetcompany.

Edward Robinson, Harry Rabon, John Biondi and Maurice Robinson of the Sothern and Marlowe company; George Smithfield and Harry Sothern of Tyrone Power's Julius Caesarcompany; Edwin Wolfe, who has been connected with Leo Detrichstein in The Tempermental Journey, stage manager for Francis Starr in The SecreT, and this season playing in Under Cover.

Ruth Copley, who has been associated with Wright Lorimer in The Shepherd King, Grace George, and at present playing the leading role in the revival of The Round Up; Mary Holton, another Sothern and Marlowe recruit, this season playing an important part in The Yellow Ticket. Pomeroy Owen of Annie Russell's Mid Summer Night's Dreamcompany; Dorothy Turner of The Batchelor's Baby company; Frederica Going of The Shepherd King company; and Grace Fisher. Miss Fisher will be remembered for her very excellent performances in Excuse Me and The County Chairman. It was through Mme. Modjeska she first became associated with the stage, and was in her company for a number of years studying the great heroines of the classic drama under her personal tutelage.

Any open space fifty by eighty feet or larger is sufficient for us to give our performances. A natural background of trees is preferable, but in the absence of it we can transform a perfectly bare spot into a veritable Forest of Arden by using green branches cut in eight and ten foot lengths.

A quartette composed of stringed instruments, as well as a vocal quartette is used in all our performances, adding considerable to the entertainment.
For further information, booking and terms, address The Devereux Company, Incorporated, East Orange, New Jersey.

Clifford Devereux has a strikingly well balanced company of Shakespearian actors …Miss Fisher reads her lines as beautifully as we have heard Shakespeare read in many a day, and hear histrionic talent is of a highly finished quality…Every member of the cast contributed his or her share to a performance in every way fascinating and delightful.‐The Springfield ( Mass.) Union, July 2, 1914.

I WOULD KISS, BEFORE I SPOKE

URSINUS COLLEGE, Collegeville, Pa.
My dear Mr. Devereux‐Perhaps the best word I can say for your company is that our committee met last evening and voted unanimously to ask you to return to Ursinus to render a program similar to that given last Spring, and at the same time if possible. Everybody was thoroughly delighted with the plays given by you on our campus last June.
Very sincerely yours, 
GEORGE LESLIE OMWAKE,
President.


MANHANSET COUNTRY CLUB, Manhanset Manor, Suffolk County, N. Y.
Gentlemen‐I wish to extend to you our hearty appreciation for the very excellent performance of Twelfth Night you gave on the club grounds last Saturday night.
Those of us who were fortunate enough to be in the audience not only enjoyed the delightful rendition of the play, but were pleased beyond measure with your charming setting.
Very truly yours, 
THE MANHANSET COUNTRY CLUB,
By Louis N. Atha.

THE characters never seem more made of flesh and blood than in this al fresco setting. There seems to be a delightful intimacy between actor and audience which
is most inspiring to both.

COUNTY TENNIS CLUB OF WESTCHESTER, Incorporated, 
Greenacres, Hartsdale, N.Y.
Dear Sir‐On behalf of the County Tennis Club of Westchester I wish to express our appreciation of the two performances you gave at our club on the eleventh and twelfth of June.
It was the opinion of all who saw the performances that your company was exceptional, and it will give me great pleasure to recommend you to any club or organization considering having an out-of-door entertainment. If at any time I can be of assistance to you in answering questions or acting as a reference it will be a great pleasure to do so.
Yours very truly, 
H. ELBERT FOSTER,
Chairman Entertainment Committee

Twelfth Night was given with a spirit and finish which characterize this group of players…The actors held the close and delighted attention of the audience from the first to the last minute.‐The Daily Advocate, Stamford, Conn., August 4, 1914.

COUNTRY CLUB OF SPRINGFIELD, Springfield, Mass.
Mr. Clifford Y. Devereux,
East Orange, N. J.
My dear Mr. Devereux‐I want to tell you how much our members enjoyed the performance you gave at the club on July first. Every one was most enthusiastic over the delightful presentation of Twelfth Nightand we certainly hope to have you with us again next season.
A. W. Nason,
Chairman House Committee.

MEGUNTICOOK GOLF CLUB, Camden, Maine.
The Devereux Co., Inc.
East Orange, N. J.
Gentlemen‐The club members wish to express their appreciation of the performance you gave August tenth. It was most satisfying and should appeal to all clubs.
Very sincerely yours,
HOUSE COMMITTEE
Megunticook Golf Club.

FOR SAYING SO, THERE'S GOLD

JOSEPH S. FRELINGHUYSEN, 
111 William Street, New York.
Mr. Clifford Devereux, East Orange, N.J.
My dear Mr. Devereux‐I take pleasure in writing you in regard to your very satisfactory performance of Twelfth Nightwhich you gave at the Somerville Country Club the other evening.
Everyone was very well pleased. The quality of the performance, the unusual ability of the cast and your splendid management of detail prompts me to commend you to those who may inquire as to the merit and character of your performance.
Yours very sincerely,
J.S. Frelinghuysen.

Alumnae Association of The Orange
Training School For Nurses,
 Orange, New Jersey.
The Devereux Company, Inc.
25 Chestnut Street, 
East Orange, N.J.
Gentlemen‐As President of The Alumnae Association I feel a few words of appreciation are due you for the delightful open air performances given by Mr. Devereux and his Company last Monday and Tuesday. We hope we may have you appear under our auspices for many years to come in the Oranges as we could not possibly find any other means of raising funds in so easy and delightful a way.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) d'Arcy Stephen, President.


In outward aspect, Mr. Devereux is a comely and graceful Orlando and moves easily over the scene. In his wrestling with Charles, the Duke's wrestler, his agile movements aided illusion and in the speech beginning Speak you so gentlyhis delivery of the lines was admirable in the softness of tone indicating the sudden change in the hero's attitude from belligerency to gratitude. His voice is musical and resonant, his enunciation distinct and his reading of blank verse both intelligent and melodious.‐Newark News, (N. J. ) June 16. 1914.

FAREWELL, FAIR CRUELTY

It being the summer months, the great love of the work and the pleasure of playing under the greenwood treein dramas such as we are producing, only make it possible for you to secure the services of a company of this calibre at a nominal fee.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, Shippensburg, Pa.
The Clifford Devereux Company of Players gave two per-formances at our school on June fourth. Both merited the en-thusiastic approval they received. All of the actors played their parts well, in fact there was not a single weak spot in the cast.  We shall be very glad to have them for additional performances next year. 
EZRA LEHMAN, Principal

WYKEHAM RISE,Washington, Conn.
It gives me great pleasure to tell you how much every one enjoyed your out-of-door performance of Twelfth Night. The play was capitally rendered, all the parts well taken and the bright costumes appearing and disappearing in the background added not a little to the charm of the scene.
Hoping that we shall see your company here again, I am 
Sincerely yours
F. E. DAVIES.

THE HUNTINGDON VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB, Abington, Pa.
Twelfth Nightwas delightful. The manner in which the performance was rendered by the players in your company was highly attractive and pleasing to all.
We shall be glad to take up with you this coming season the matter of another play.
EDWARD F. HENSON, 
Chairman House Committee.

THE HARRISBURG ACADEMY, Harrisburg. Pa.
The performance of Twelfth Nightrendered at the Academy on June third was entirely satisfactory. There was not a weak spot in the cast. If possible I shall arrange to have your company with us again next Spring.
ARTHUR E. BROWN, Head Master.


For available dates, terms and further information, address The Devereux Company, Incorporated, East Orange, N. J.
ENGLEWOOD FIELD CLUB
ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY
June 28, 1914.
Mr. Clifford Devereux,
East Orange, N. J.

My dear Mr. Devereux:‐
I feel that a word of appreciation is due you for the delightful entertainment you and your company treated us with the evening of June 17th.

As we previously had other companies in open air performances I made a number of inquiries before engaging you this year. Now that it is all over, you may be interested in excerpts from letters received in answer to these inquiries.

We regarded their Twelfth Nightas superior to—(another company)—, and decidedly so to the—still another company)—. We found the Devereux Company more artistic and more entertaining. Mr. Devereux himself was most honorable and executive.

Our Association was really enthusiastic over their work, so that it is a pleasure to commend them to others.

Twelfth Nightand As You Like Itwere exceedingly well done. I can assure you they compare very favorably with any of the well known Shakesperian Companies.

You will make no mistake in engaging Clifford Devereux and his Company. They are much better in many ways than either the — or — players. Miss Fisher is as charming a Rosalind as we have ever seen. My comments could only be most favorable.

There is little I can add, except to assure you that your performance as given at the Englewood Field Club fully merited these enthusiastic comments.

Hoping that we will have the pleasure of seeing anal hearing you next year, I am,

Sincerely yours,
Chairman of Entertainment Committee.
HOOD COLLEGE
FREDERICK, MARYLAND
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Mr. Clifford Devereux,
East Orange, N. J.

Dear Sir:‐
Permit me to express to you the great pleasure ire derived from your Shakespearian performances given at Hood College last June. Both As You Like It, given in the afternoon, and Twelfth Night, in the evening, were greatly enjoyed by our students and townspeople, many of them describing the productions in superlative terms. There is certainly a painstakingcare in matters of detail manifested by your company that in noteworthy, and your imitation of the open air theatre of the sixteenth century is both accurate and pleasing. Both as a diversion and an illustrauion of Shakespearian interpretation your return would be hailed with pleasure.

Yours very truly,
J.H. Apple
President.
Village Improvement Association
Sea Cliff, N.Y.

814 Broadway, New York City, 
August 20th, 1914.

My dear Mr. Devereux:‐
This is the first opportunity that I have had to tell you hour thoroly I appreciated the performances you and your company gave at Sea Cliff Last Friday and Saturday.

It is the unanimous opinion of those who were fortunate enough to be present that these evenings were the most artistic Sea Cliff has ever seen, and as President of the Village Improvement Association, on my own behalf and in the names of all our members, I wish to thank you far the manner in which you put on the plays and no less for their artistic beauty and rendition.

I am very sure that were we to repeat the experiment at some future date we would have capacity houses.

With kindest personal regards, I am,
Cordially,
Max Rosenwald


Mr. Clifford Devereux, 
East Orange, N. J.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
In The City Of New York
Summer Season, 1915
Department of English
CLIFFORD DEVEREUX
And His Company, With Grace Fisher
Presenting 
In The Open Air

Thursday Evening, July 22SHE STOOPS TO CONQUERBy Oliver Goldsmith

Friday Evening, July 23‐AS YOU LIKE IT
By William Shakespeare

Saturday, Afternoon, July 24‐AS YOU LIKE ITBy William Shakespeare

Saturday Evening, July 24‐A MODERN COMEDY  To be announced

On the Green, 119th Street & Broadway
Evening Performances at 8:30  Matinee Saturday at 3:30