Miss M.C. Hutchinson, reader

              Miss M. C. Hutchinson
Reader
" What Every Woman Knows
SIR JAMES M. BARRIE
The author has very cleverly shown in his plays his attitude toward women. In this play we rind a woman easily the intellectual equal or superior of her husband. Custom does not give the woman an equal chance with the man to show her abilities, so it is only after a severe trial and most conclusive evidence that the man recognizes his wife's worth.
Cast of Characters
John Shand, a Student.
David )
Alick      The Wylie Brothers
James J
Maggie Wylie, their Sister.
Mr. Venable, a Cabinet Minister.
Comtesse De la Breire.
Lady Sybil Logenby, her Neice.
Lady Sybil Lazenby, her Niece.
Cowcaddens.
ACT      I.    Wylie's Home, Pans, Scotland.
ACT    II.    Committee   Room   in   the   Barber   Shop,   London   (six  years
later). ACT III.    Shand's Home, London  (two years later). ACT   IV.    Comtesse De la Breire's  Country Home  (two weeks later).
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
This best known story of the author has come to be called a classic of childhood, and Thomas Bailey Aldrich says that Rebecca is "just the nicest child in American literature."
In Rebecca we find a girl of sensitive nature and exceptional possi¬bilities. She is, therefore, always doing the unexpected and is, accordingly, misunderstood by the commonplace people about her.
Characters Represented
ebecca's Aunts.
Rebecca.
Aurelia Randall (Rebecca's Mother).
Miranda Sawyer
Jane Sawyer
Uncle Jerry Cobb (Stage Driver).
Aunt Sarah (his Wife).
Miss  Dearborn   (the  Riverboro Teacher).
Emma Jane Perkins (Rebecca's Chum).
}-
Sam'l Simpson (generally called "See¬saw," because of his difficulty in making up his mind).
Miss Ellen Burnham (Friend of the Sawyer
Sisters). Miss  Emily  Maxwell   (Rebecca's  English
Teacher at Warham Academy). Adam Ladd ("Mr. Aladdin").
Scenes
PART I. Rebecca's Journey. The Riverboro School. Settling down to "brick-house ways." Rebecca's visit to Milltown. "Clad in her best." "Snow-white; Rose-red." Thanksgiving Day. Christmas Day.
PART II. "The Sky Line Widens." "The Mystic Function." Aunt Miranda's illness. Nursing her mother. Aunt Miranda's death. "Good-by, Sunnybrook." Aunt Miranda's apology.
They Say—
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS:
"Miss M. C. Hutchinson has taken work for several years, at different times, in the School of Expression, Boston. Her work has been with me personally and I can speak of it in the very highest terms. Her studies, her mastery of expression, her character as a lady, abundantly fit her for the best work."—Dr. S. S. Curry, Ph. D., Litt. D.j Founder and President. Sept. 15, 1915.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA:
"Miss M. C. Hutchinson is an unusual interpreter. She has a wonderful tech¬nique, and her art is so subtile that the audience forgets the reader."—Dr. Harry G. Hill, Pres., Central Chautauqua System. Oct.  7, 1915.
CHICAGO,  ILLINOIS:
"It has been my privilege to hear Miss M. C. Hutchnson in her reading, 'To¬morrow.' Her splendid personality is well adapted to the theme, as all such subjects should be delicately presented. I desire to say that I consider her in¬terpretation of this chastely written eu-genic production to be faultless."—Mrs. Mary E. Teats, Founder and President, School of Eugenics.
CHICAGO,   ILLINOIS:
"Miss M. C. Hutchinson gave us her read¬ing of 'Tomorrow' by Percy MacKaye. I desire to take this opportunity of expressing my own personal high appreciation of her rendition, as well as the appreciation of the entire Institution. All were unanimous in their expressions of high pleasure of the story which Miss Hutchinson's method of interpretation makes of double value."—John G. Speicher, M. D., House Physician, Bernarr Macfadden Healthatorium. Oct. 20, 191k.
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA:
"Miss Hutchinson never fails to please her   audience."—Byron W. King, A. M., Ph. D.
BETHESDA,   OHIO:
"Miss M. C. Hutchinson's work is needed to save the Chautauqua platform from the cheap vaudeville show. While she instructs she entertains in the highest sense of that term. Miss Hutchinson will strengthen any Chautauqua program."— Dr. J. S. Secrest, President and Platform Manager, Epworth Park Chautauqua.
KINGFISHER,   OKLAHOMA:
"The management takes rare pleasure in testifying to their high opinion and appreciation of the work done by Miss M. C. Hutchinson. No better reader has ever been at Kingfisher at any time in its history. We desire to engage her at once for next year."—F. L. Boynton, Secre¬tary, Kingfisher  Chautauqua.
ST.  LOUIS,  MISSOURI:
"For the past week the Chautauqua audi¬ences have had the privilege of listen¬ing to one of the best readers ever se¬cured at Piasa Chautauqua, Illinois. Miss Hutchinson has shown her versatility by the wide range of her selections, and has called forth repeated encores at each ap¬pearance."—Globe-Democrat.
FINLAY LAKE, NEW YORK:
"She was warmly applauded and grace¬fully responded to persistent encores. Miss Hutchinson seems to hit the com¬mon chord every time, which makes her so well liked."—Lakeside Daily Herald.
Meadville, Pennsylvania:
"The woman's study club, 'The Travelers,' were delightfully entertained by Miss Hutchinson, who is a reader of more than ordinary ability.1'—Evening Republican.
To-morrow
PERCY MACKAYE
"The building of a better race" is the big theme of "To-Morrow." The play portrays the determining power of woman for the better¬ment of the race, through her choice in love—a choice which shall help the children of to-morrow upward or draw them downward. The tense dramatic action of the play is laid in California in con¬trasted scenes; partly in the garden of the scientific plant-breeder, who is father of the heroine, and partly among the wild, rugged cypresses on the cliffs along the shore.
Men and women who have at heart the building of a better civiliza¬tion through the improvement of the human species, will find this play of absorbing interest.
Characters
Peter Dale,  Plant-Breeder.
Mana, his Daughter.
Mark Freeman, his Assistant.
Mrs. Henshawe.
Julian,  Her  Son:   of  the   State  Senate.
Rosalie, a Child.
The Rev. Ignatius Spofford.
Professor Raeburn,   Biologist:  of  the  State University.
A  Trained  Nurse.
Mexican and Japanese  Laborers.
Scenes
ACT      I.    Peter Gale's garden in  northern  California;  afternoon.
ACT    II.    Among  the  cypresses,  on  the  Pacific  coast;  evening and  night.
ACT III.    The garden again; late afternoon of the next day.
Passing of the Third Floor Back
JEROME K. JEROME
The theme of the play is broad in its scope—the conflict of our better selves with our worse selves.
This conflict is made concrete by introducing us to a cheap boarding house which tries to assume an air of pretension. This same spirit is seen in each member of the household. One day a new lodger comes.   This "Stranger" symbolizes the better self.
Characters
A Satyr.	A Shrew.
A Coward.	A Hussy.
A Bully.	A Rogue.
IN THE PROLOGUE
A Cad. A Cat. A Snob.
A Slut.
A Cheat.
A Passer-by.
Joey Wright, a Retired Bookmaker. Christopher Penny, a Painter. Major Thompkins,  Retired. Mrs. Thompkins, His Wife. Vivian, His Daughter. Jape Samuels, of the City. Harry Larkcom, His Jackal.
IN THE PLAY
Miss Kite, Unattached. Mrs.   Percival   deHooley,
George Tweedle, Bart. Stasia, the Slavey. Mrs. Sharp, the Landlady. A Stranger.
Cousin   to   Sir
IN THE EPILOGUE
An Old Bachelor.
Two Lovers.
A Husband and Wife.
A Jew.
An  Entertaining Party.
A Maiden Lady.
A Rich Aunt.
An Important Person.
The Lady of the House.
A Friend.
"The Importance of Being Earnest
OSCAR WILDE
A clever society satire. A bachelor, to escape occasionally from his ever proper country life, has invented a brother by the name of Earnest, and under this alias amuses himself in London. From this arises mistaken identities, which are the cause of much merri¬ment.
Cast of Characters
John  Worthing, J.  P.   (of the  Manor House, Woolton, Hertfordshire).
Algernon Moncrieff (his Friend).
Rev. Canon Chausuble,  D.  D.  (Rector of Woolton).
Merriman   (Butler  to  Mr.  Worthing).
Lane (Mr. Moncrieff's Man-servant). Lady Bracknell (Mr. Moncrieff's Aunt). Hon.   Gwendolen   Fairfax   (her   Daughter). Cecily  Cardew  (John  Worthing's  Ward). Miss Prism (her Governess).
Scenes of Play
ACT      I.    Algernon Moncrieff's Flat in Half-Moon  St., W. ACT    II.    The Garden at the  Manor House, Woolton. ACT  III.    Drawing Room of the Manor House, Woolton. TIME:    The Present.              PLACE:    London.
DDD
Miscellaneous
These programs are so wide in their appeal that they include most of the questions which are agitating the present generation. The messages are in the form of the humorous, the pathetic, the dramatic and the beautiful, and are from the writings of the follow¬ing authors:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Henry C. Bunner.
Edmund Vance Cooke.
Dorathy Dix.
Austin Dobson.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Eugene Field.
J. W. Foley.
Sam Walter Foss.
Joel Chandler Harris.
O. Henry. Rudyard Kipling. Lulu Lenton. George Madden Martin. William Wesley Martin. Thomas P. Montfort. Alice Hegan Rice. James Whitcomb  Riley. Hallie Erminie Rives.
Charles C. D. Roberts. Edwin L. Sabin. Langdon Smith. Robert Louis Stevenson. Frank N. Stratton. Ruth McEnery Stuart. Alfred Tennyson. Henry Van Dyke. Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
DDD
Much Ado About Nothing"
SHAKESPEARE
Dramatis Personae
Don Pedro (Prince of Arragon).
John (His Natural Brother).
Claudio (a Young Lord of Florence).
Benedict (a Young Gentleman of Padua).
Leonato (Governor of Messina).
Antonio (His Brother).
Balthazar (Servant to Don Pedro).
Borachio.     j     (Followers of John). Conrade.       J     v                      J       J
>  (Two Officers).
Verges. Dogberry. Francis (a Friar). A Sexton. A Boy.
Hero (Daughter to Leonato). Beatrice (Niece to Leonato). Margaret.   \ (Gentlewomen  Attending on J        Hero).
They Say—
ELENSBURG,   AVASHINGTON:
"Miss M. C. Hutchinson has a quiet voice that carries emotion and thought with¬out self-consciousness; a charmingly dig¬nified and unstudied stage presence, and, withal a power to select material suitable for platform work and suited to reader and audience."—Dr. Ella I. Harris. Ph. D., Head of Department of English, Washing¬ton State Normal School.
CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA: "Miss M. C. Hutchinson, a reader of marked ability, delighted the Gam-Sac-Mah Club. She has a beautiful voice, full and musical, which is admirably suited to sentiment and pathos. She has a wonderfully clear conception of char¬acter, and gives to her role all the pecu¬liarities of speech which the author has expressed, her child interpretation being so true to life that for the time being-one forgets the presence of the speaker." —Semi-Weekly Enterprise.
SCIO,   OHIO:
"Miss Hutchinson's reading of 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm' completely capti¬vated her audience. Her personating ot the different characters of the story was exceptionally   true."—The   Scio   Collegian.
BAD  AXE, MICHIGAN I
"Miss Hutchinson read Van Dyke's prose masterpiece, 'The Other Wise Man,' in a manner as forceful and dramatic as this classic is devoutly beautiful and inspir¬ing."—Tribune.
ALMA,   MICHIGAN:
"Miss M. C. Hutchinson in her reading of 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm' por¬trayed the character of this beautiful girl with remarkable ability, drawing with rare skill a picture of a sensitive nature."—The Alma Record.
CASS   CITY,   MICHIGAN I
"Miss M. C. Hutchinson gave her splendid version of 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.' She not onlv made Rebecca a living per¬sonality to her hearers, but she brought the scenes and people of the old state of Maine in delightful review as she car¬ried the main character through the evening. Artful simplicity characterized her work and her engaging manner and fine personality greatly impressed all present."—Chronicle.
MT.  PLEASANT,  MICHIGAN:
"The beautiful story of 'Rebecca of Sunnvbrook Farm' as recited at the Opera House by Miss Hutchinson was a real treat. Her rendition of the story por¬trayed Rebecca and the other characters as accurately as though their pictures had   been   on   canvas."—Enterprise.
JACKSON, MICHIGANi
"Miss Hutchinson's reading of 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm' proved thoroughly enjoyable in all details, delightful in all respects. The audience was more than pleased."—The Patriot.
BRINKLEY, ARKANSAS:
"Miss Hutchinson's renditions were so true that you forget all else save the characters which she so perfectly portrayed."—Citizen.
YORK, NEBRASKA:
"Miss Hutchinson gave 'Rebecca of Sunny¬brook Farm' in a pleasing and artistic man¬ner. There was not a dull moment during the effort, and the interest increased steadily to the close."—Republican.
WICHITA, KANSAS:
"From the first Miss Hutchinson had the good will of her hearers. Her charming personality and rich voice, expressive of fine touches of pathos and pleasing in humorous impersonations, won her audience first to tears  and  then to  laughter."—Beacon.
"Twelfth Night
SHAKESPEARE
Dramatis Personae
Orsino (Duke of Illyria). Sebastian (Brother to Viola). Antonio   (a  Sea  Captain,  Friend  to   Sebas¬tian). A   Sea  Captain   (Friend   to   Viola)   .
CuriotinC   fGentlemen Attending the Duke. Sir Tobey Belch  (Uncle to Olivia).
Sir Andrew Aguecheek   (His Friend).
Malvolio  (Steward to Olivia).
Feste   (a  Clown) \ 0          ,    ,    nr •
Fabian                     \ Servants to Olivia.
Olivia Viola Maria  (Olivia's Woman in Waiting).
DDD
The Comedy of Errors
SHAKESPEARE
Dramatis Personae
Solinus, Duke of Ephesus. Aegeon, a Merchant of Syracuse.
Autipholus, of Ephesus.   | ^"sons^Ae* Antipholus, of Syracuse,    j ^TA^
1 Twin brothers [ and attendants [ on the two An-
J tipholuses.
Dromio, of Ephesus. Dromio, of Syracuse.
Balthazar, a Merchant.
Aemilia,  Wife  to  Aegeon;   an  Abbess  at
Ephesus. Adriana, Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus. Lucina, Her Sister. Luce, Servant to Adriana. A Courtezan.
£J.k
mm
DDD
A Winter's Tale'
SHAKESPEARE
Dramatis Personae
Leontes, King of Sicilia.
Mamillius, His Son.
Camillo.            "1
Antigonus.         I L    d      f sjci,ia
Cleomenes.
Dion.                J
Polixenes, King of Bohemia.
Florizel, His Son.
Archidamus, a Lord of Bohemia.
Old Shepherd, Reputed Father of Perdita.
Clown, His Son. Autolycus,  a  Rogue. Hermione, Queen to Leontes. Perdita,   Daughter   to   Leontes   and
mione. Paulina, Wife to Antigonus. Emilia, Lady Attending Hermione. Mopsa. Dorcas.
Her-
\ Shepherdesses.
DDD
'Cymbeline
SHAKESPEARE
Dramatis Personae
BRITONS. Cymbeline (King of Britain). Cloten (His Stepson).
Leonatus  Posthumous  (a  British  Noble). Pisanio    (a    Faithful    Retainer   of    Post¬humous). Belarius (an Aged Exiled Noble Assuming
the Name of Morgan). Guidarius  (called Polydore).    \   Supposed Arviragus (called Cadwal).       /    Sons   of Belarius,  but  Stolen  Sons  of  the  King. Madan  (A Noble).
Locrine  (Another Noble). Cornelius (a Physician). Queen (Second Wife to Cymbeline). Imogen (Daughter to the King). Helen  (Her Lady).
ROMANS.
Roman Nobles.
Iachimo |
Philario  \
Caius Lucius (a Roman General).
Lewis (a French Gentleman).
Captain.