The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . eclamation. Afternoon.—Oration; dramatic play,Lady of Lyons (twelve characters, of-ficers and servants) ; declamation. Con-tilena; farce. State Secrets (sixcharacters); Facetiae; declamation. Evening.—Oration; farce,- Rendez-vous (nine characters); declamation;tragedy. Venice Preserved (sevtu char-acters, otticers, guards and cousprators);cantus; declamation; comedy. Rip VanWinkle (fouiteen characters and moun-tain demons); closing piece; valedic-tory. In 1819 the trustees decided toabandon the
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . eclamation. Afternoon.—Oration; dramatic play,Lady of Lyons (twelve characters, of-ficers and servants) ; declamation. Con-tilena; farce. State Secrets (sixcharacters); Facetiae; declamation. Evening.—Oration; farce,- Rendez-vous (nine characters); declamation;tragedy. Venice Preserved (sevtu char-acters, otticers, guards and cousprators);cantus; declamation; comedy. Rip VanWinkle (fouiteen characters and moun-tain demons); closing piece; valedic-tory. In 1819 the trustees decided toabandon the custom of having annual Old Academies of Cheshire County exhibitions, stating as their reason forsuch decision that the time spent inpreparing for them could be moreprofitably devoted to the regularstudies. But the practice had becomeso firmly established it could not eas-ily be done away with and was resumed. There were always discussions asto whether there would be an exliiln-tion that particular term, its advan-tages, its disadvantages, and thedetails of the affair were rife. Hon. Hoyt H. Wheeler in early autumn and went forwardin cumulative interest as the dayspassed on. The decision havingbeen made, the plays to be enactedwere at once selected and the partsassigned and written out, there l)e-ing generally only one book for theuse of all who had parts in an^^ oneplay. Then folk)wed of avery informal character, at any oddtime, a few of the actors couldbe broujjht together. For tw^o orthree weeks before the great day the old meeting-house would be taken pos-session of, scjuare timbers laid on thetops of the old-fashioned pen pews,a floor laid on the timbers, posts erec-ted at the corners, from the tops ofwhich wires were strung for the cur-tains, then the rehearsals began ingood earnest. Wednesday and Sat-urday afternoons and every availablemoment of time (except Sundays)the hours were improved, the lowerwindows of the church being dark-ened
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