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ATTRACTION GRANDIOSO
Ars Gratia Artis
THE HIRAM SHOWBOAT PLAYERS
present
liltti Icl
OR
''The Murder in the Red Barn''
A MELODRAMA CREATED IN THE YEAR 1830 OR THERE¬ ABOUT BY AN-UNKNOWN AUTHOR. (PRESUMABLY DECEASED)
Two Sterling Performances June 5 & 7
The action of the drama has been directed by the most honourable Mr. W. Douglas Mitchell.- Esq.
The members of the audience pre EXPRESSLY REQUESTED to follow thosa most NATURAL INCLINATIONS and INSTINCTS which reward VILLAINY with disapprobation and VIRTUE IN DISTRESS with applause.
FEATURING THE FOLLOWING NONPAREIL CAST OF TALENTED THES¬ PIANS IMPORTED AT GREAT EXPENSE FROM THE DRAMATIC CENTRES
OF THE WORLD
Mister Marten (an honest rustic) Dave Bell
William Corder (a villain of hideous proportions) Jim Moser
Maria Marten (daughter to Mister Marten - a wronged maiden) June Eschweiler
Tim Bobbin (a country bumpkin) '.:. . Brad Field
Anne (fair sister to Maria) . Ruth Hoeh
Ismael Lee (a gypsy with a vengeful soul) Fred Smita
Flatcatcher, Tobersloper (pitchmen at the fair) .... Gene Cavanaugh, John Fix
Jacko (^ man of many faces ard forms) , Don Stannard
Dame Marten (mother to Maria) ; , Martha Poore
Mark - Amos (gypsies of questionable character) .... Jim Dunn, Howie Tarabonr
John Thomas Jack Kelly
Pharos Lee (son of Ismael) , Jack Pearce
Please be polite to the lady next to you, she may be somebody's mbther.
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT I
Scene I: The exterior of the Marten cottage. 'Egad! That's a pretty girl."
Scene 11: The woods. "The wolf is abroad — aht Another victim."
Scene III: The village green. "I'll see you safely to your door. He-heh."
ACT II
Scene f- Another part of the wood. "One drop will kill twenty men." Scene II: ^The dirty garrett. "No, no. Don't let them see me in my shame." Scene III: A secret part of the wood. "William, William, this is a fearful deedl"
ENTRE ACT
Jim and Jack ACT III
Scene I: Marten's parlor. "Curse the girl, she binds me down." Scene 11: Another part of the wood. "Art going to bury someone?" Scene III: The Ited Barn. "AU is comnlete. I await now my victim."
10 MINUTE INTERMISSION
ACT IV
Scene I: Marten's parlor. "Something terrible has happened to Maria." Scene II: The Red Barn. "What's this? Stains like blood!"
ACT V
Scene I: William Corder's London house. "Lord bless me, sir, you've got a
face like a ghost." Scene II: The prison. "Beware ye youths who see my sad despair.
CANDY SALE
Ladies being annoved AGAINST YOUR WILL., kindly notify special officer provided for such exigencies.
VODVILL
1. 3 Mugs and a Brush 4. The Vamp of the Tramps
2. Ginny & June - "Slightly Southern 5. Donna Rae
3. Ruth & Jack - "Low-down , 6. The Majestic Singers
Sonhistication
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Men and women in the audience will kindly refrain from throwing pop bottles and snanpinq corset stays or any such non aenteel
conduct. LADIES and GENTLEMEN do not need to be thus cautioned.
We pride ourselves in giving a CLEAN FAMILY SHOW and no dramat'c nroducfion bv the Hiram Hill Players will bring the blush of shame to the MODEST CHEEK. i
Mothers will kindly tattoo mailing addresses on small children in the event of loss during the course of the evening.
Refreshments_are„ SOLD at inlermissicm jarily^- -The FLASK-ON-HIP is frowned upon.
Entrepreneur of dramatic actions Mr. W. D. Mitchell
Executor of Vodville *... Miss Donna Rae Willoweit
Choral Precentor Miss Mary Crawford
Monitor of the fly floor Mr. "Erwin Seward, Bill Ruetschle
Technician of staging Mr. Jack Kelly
Property custodians Misses Ruth Hoeh, Joanne Swank, Martha Poore
Wardrobes created by Misses June Eschweiler. Jeane Spencer,
Alice Lane, Joan Ellis, Virginia Williams
Agents of the fare Mr. Eugene Cavanaugh, Miss Martha Derthick,
Mr. Robert Fails
Concessions Pitch Mr. J. Gardner Dunn
Dilettante of the arts Mr. David Arnold
Orchestra Mr. Donald Stannard. Impresario, Mr. Howard Tarabour
Mr. David Arnold, Mr. Jack Pearce, Mr. James Moser,
Miss Martha Poore, Miss Jeane Spencer,
Miss Jane Kenner, Miss .Joanne Swank, Doug Underwood.
Director of pucinary affairs Mr. Fred Smith
Stage transmutations by Stage Craft 223 Class
Interlude music Mr. Donald Stannard
Lights extinguished . Mr. Clarence Kreuger
PLEASE do not feed the starving actors without the permission of the management.
In order that the performance may be witnessed with the maximum COMFORT AND ENJOYMENT, the members of the audience are requested to observe the regulations scattered througliout this programme. (If you can't read this don't apply to you.)

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Title	Showboat Majestic Maria Marten Playbill
Subject	Arts and Entertainment Education Universities and colleges Students Showboats Theaters
Place	Hiram (Ohio) Portage County (Ohio) Marietta (Ohio) Washington County (Ohio)
Description	This 16" x 6" (40.64 x 15.24 cm) playbill announces a production of "Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn" by Hiram College students on board the showboat Majestic. TheMajestic was built by Captain Tom Reynolds and operated on the Ohio River and its tributaries from 1923 until 1965 as the last traveling showboat on American rivers. In 1948, Hiram College students and staff joined students and staff from Kent State University in a summer of traveling the river and entertaining the residents of nearby communities with plays, old-time Vaudeville skits, and calliope music. In 1949, Hiram faculty contracted individually with Captain Reynolds to continue the summer entertainment. During the next decade, with the exception of 1951, Hiram faculty and students brought a uniquely American form of entertainment to the residents of both large and small communities. Students signing up to take Speech 230, "Operating Theatre" learned the basics of performance as well as the backstage operations of advertising, ticket sales, contract negotiations, and public relations. Hiram's riverboat saga caught the eye of many major media organizations, including the Saturday Evening Post, Mademoiselle, and the New York Times. A popular young adult novelist of the 1950s, Rosamund Du Jardin, based her novel Showboat Summer on the Hiram river experience.
Date of Original	1948 - 1958 circa
Collection	Hiram College and the Showboat Majestic Collection
Source	Published material; 3/F/Theatre Institutional Records
Submitting Institution	Hiram College
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	Text
File Name	Om2081_2533401_008.tif
Image Height	6408
Image Width	2346
File Size	4943.309 KB
Searchable Date	1958, 1958
Full Text	ATTRACTION GRANDIOSO Ars Gratia Artis THE HIRAM SHOWBOAT PLAYERS present liltti Icl OR ''The Murder in the Red Barn'' A MELODRAMA CREATED IN THE YEAR 1830 OR THERE¬ ABOUT BY AN-UNKNOWN AUTHOR. (PRESUMABLY DECEASED) Two Sterling Performances June 5 & 7 The action of the drama has been directed by the most honourable Mr. W. Douglas Mitchell.- Esq. The members of the audience pre EXPRESSLY REQUESTED to follow thosa most NATURAL INCLINATIONS and INSTINCTS which reward VILLAINY with disapprobation and VIRTUE IN DISTRESS with applause. FEATURING THE FOLLOWING NONPAREIL CAST OF TALENTED THES¬ PIANS IMPORTED AT GREAT EXPENSE FROM THE DRAMATIC CENTRES OF THE WORLD Mister Marten (an honest rustic) Dave Bell William Corder (a villain of hideous proportions) Jim Moser Maria Marten (daughter to Mister Marten - a wronged maiden) June Eschweiler Tim Bobbin (a country bumpkin) '.:. . Brad Field Anne (fair sister to Maria) . Ruth Hoeh Ismael Lee (a gypsy with a vengeful soul) Fred Smita Flatcatcher, Tobersloper (pitchmen at the fair) .... Gene Cavanaugh, John Fix Jacko (^ man of many faces ard forms) , Don Stannard Dame Marten (mother to Maria) ; , Martha Poore Mark - Amos (gypsies of questionable character) .... Jim Dunn, Howie Tarabonr John Thomas Jack Kelly Pharos Lee (son of Ismael) , Jack Pearce Please be polite to the lady next to you, she may be somebody's mbther. SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT I Scene I: The exterior of the Marten cottage. 'Egad! That's a pretty girl." Scene 11: The woods. "The wolf is abroad — aht Another victim." Scene III: The village green. "I'll see you safely to your door. He-heh." ACT II Scene f- Another part of the wood. "One drop will kill twenty men." Scene II: ^The dirty garrett. "No, no. Don't let them see me in my shame." Scene III: A secret part of the wood. "William, William, this is a fearful deedl" ENTRE ACT Jim and Jack ACT III Scene I: Marten's parlor. "Curse the girl, she binds me down." Scene 11: Another part of the wood. "Art going to bury someone?" Scene III: The Ited Barn. "AU is comnlete. I await now my victim." 10 MINUTE INTERMISSION ACT IV Scene I: Marten's parlor. "Something terrible has happened to Maria." Scene II: The Red Barn. "What's this? Stains like blood!" ACT V Scene I: William Corder's London house. "Lord bless me, sir, you've got a face like a ghost." Scene II: The prison. "Beware ye youths who see my sad despair. CANDY SALE Ladies being annoved AGAINST YOUR WILL., kindly notify special officer provided for such exigencies. VODVILL 1. 3 Mugs and a Brush 4. The Vamp of the Tramps 2. Ginny & June - "Slightly Southern 5. Donna Rae 3. Ruth & Jack - "Low-down , 6. The Majestic Singers Sonhistication IMPORTANT NOTICE: Men and women in the audience will kindly refrain from throwing pop bottles and snanpinq corset stays or any such non aenteel conduct. LADIES and GENTLEMEN do not need to be thus cautioned. We pride ourselves in giving a CLEAN FAMILY SHOW and no dramat'c nroducfion bv the Hiram Hill Players will bring the blush of shame to the MODEST CHEEK. i Mothers will kindly tattoo mailing addresses on small children in the event of loss during the course of the evening. Refreshments_are„ SOLD at inlermissicm jarily^- -The FLASK-ON-HIP is frowned upon. Entrepreneur of dramatic actions Mr. W. D. Mitchell Executor of Vodville *... Miss Donna Rae Willoweit Choral Precentor Miss Mary Crawford Monitor of the fly floor Mr. "Erwin Seward, Bill Ruetschle Technician of staging Mr. Jack Kelly Property custodians Misses Ruth Hoeh, Joanne Swank, Martha Poore Wardrobes created by Misses June Eschweiler. Jeane Spencer, Alice Lane, Joan Ellis, Virginia Williams Agents of the fare Mr. Eugene Cavanaugh, Miss Martha Derthick, Mr. Robert Fails Concessions Pitch Mr. J. Gardner Dunn Dilettante of the arts Mr. David Arnold Orchestra Mr. Donald Stannard. Impresario, Mr. Howard Tarabour Mr. David Arnold, Mr. Jack Pearce, Mr. James Moser, Miss Martha Poore, Miss Jeane Spencer, Miss Jane Kenner, Miss .Joanne Swank, Doug Underwood. Director of pucinary affairs Mr. Fred Smith Stage transmutations by Stage Craft 223 Class Interlude music Mr. Donald Stannard Lights extinguished . Mr. Clarence Kreuger PLEASE do not feed the starving actors without the permission of the management. In order that the performance may be witnessed with the maximum COMFORT AND ENJOYMENT, the members of the audience are requested to observe the regulations scattered througliout this programme. (If you can't read this don't apply to you.)

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