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...play this year, Franz and Paul von Schonthan's "Der Raub der Sabinerinnen," is perhaps the most farcical which the Verein has yet presented. Martin Gollwitz, a professor in a small town, whose wife and unmarried daughter Paula are away on a visit, consents to the production of a Roman tragedy entitled "Der Raub der Sabinerinnen," which he had written when a student and had recently discovered among some old manuscripts. An itinerant actor named Striese undertakes to present the play, and rehearsals are well under way, when Mrs. Gollwitz and Paula unexpectedly return to town. Mrs. Gollwitz is very...
...preparations for the play have now been completed, without the author's name being made public. Mrs. Gollwitz and Marianne are still in ignorance; and Striese is enthusiastic over his company, one of whom, Emil Gross, has fallen in love with Paula. Emil is an old friend of Neumeister, of gay life and small means, whose father has cast...
...evening of the performance, the professor anxiously seeks a chance to steal away to the theatre. Paula and Neumeister devise a plan whereby all three make their escape, leaving Mrs. Gollwitz alone with Marianne, for Rosa has also gone...
Before long Paula and Rosa return weeping, followed later by Gollwitz and Neumeister. The play has proved a failure, and Striese soon appears in costume, driven from the stage. Mrs. Gollwitz now learns the truth. Next morning when all are making preparations to leave town, Gross calls and tells of a great success at the theatre the night before. Striese also arrives and assures Gollwitz that through an actor's presence of mind in substituting another play for the last two acts, the audience went away enthusiastic. Mrs. Gollwitz is appeased and Gross reconciled to Emil...
...following cast has been arranged: Martin Gollwitz, Professor, C. Ehlermann, Jr., '05 Friederike, seine Frau, P. G. Henderson '05 Panla, deren Tochter, J. T. Boyd, Jr., '06 Dr. Neumeister, F. W. Cloud '05 Marianne, seine Frau, N. Edwards '05 Stries, Theater director, C. Kempner '06 Karl Gross, aus Berlin, H. Bowditch '05 Emil Gross, genannt Sterneck, H. Hagedorn '07 Rosa, Magd, T. W. Knauth '07 Meissner, Diener, S. M. Dorrance '05 Auguste, Magd, R. L. Hale...