The New Almelo Dramatic Club
Will Present
THE COUNTRY SQUIRE
At the Jennings Opera House
Saturday, April 22nd, 1911
PROGRAM
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Squire Gray.........................................................J. T. Heinen
Anthony Ross, Inv. Company's Agent....................A. Costello
Ben Carlton...................................................J. H. Austerman
Jack Carter, The Tramp,...................................Ralph Dunlap
John Tarbarrow, The Miser,................................John Hickert
Barney McGuire, The Sheriff,.............................Jas. F. Boyd
Solomon Isaac, Jew Peddler,............................H. Austerman
Mason, A Workman,..........................................H. Austerman
Judge Hardacre, The Judge,............................H. Austerman
Alice Gray, The Squire's Daughter,......................Nellie Boyd
Cynthia Brown, An Old Maid...........................Katie Schadler
Sally, A Waif,......................................................Anna Hickert
Mrs. McGuire, The Sheriff's Wife.......................Mary Hickert
SYNOPSIS.
ACT I--Home of Squire Gray; the mortgage; Alice and
Cynthia; Sally finds a home; Anthony Ross, the oil agent; a
proposition and acceptance; a prosposal; Ben, Alice and Jack;
John Tarbarrow, the miser; a threat; Jack takes a hand.
ACT II--John Tarbarrow's store; Barney; Solomon Isaac
the peddler; Barney takes a snooze; Tarbarrow plans revenge
on Ben; Barney is taken in charge by Bridget; Cider proves a
little too strong for Sally; treachery; Ben accused of theft.
ACT III--Oil well on Squire Gray's farm; Alice and
John, more threats; Jack's story; Bridge McGuire; John Tar-
barrow attempts to foreclose the mortgage; Sally holds the
Sheriff at bay; oil struck; the mortgage canceled.
ACT IV--Houise of Squire Gray; a telltale picture; Tar-
barrow's terms; the hearing; Bridget has her say; Ben proved
innocent; the picture proves Tarbarrow's guilty; the celebration.
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