Word: madman
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Waspe, the long-suffering man servant and brought down the house in the amusing stock scene by his clever acting while effecting his escape from the stocks. F. A. Wilmot '10 shared with him the applause of the comic scenes at the fair. The difficult role of a madman was extremely well rendered by R. H. Smith '10, and H. P. Breed '08 and C. W. Burton '08 impersonated Ursula, the pigwoman, and her tapster, Mooncalf, with a vigor and sincerity which was decidedly realistic. A pleasing feature of the performance was a clever ballad, sung by R. M. Middlemass...
...discloses him in the stocks where he finds Justice Overdo and Waspe, who has been sent there for fighting. The stupid watchmen get into a fight with a harmless madman, and the distinguished culprits escape. This act is further enlivened by a fight between two gallants, Quarlous and Winwife, for the hand of Grace Wellborn...