Aeschylus' "Eumenides,"

Those who witnessed the performance of the "Oedipus Tyrannus" of Sophocles in Sanders a few years ago, and indeed all who are in any way acquainted with the Greek drama will be interested in hearing of the recent presentation at Cambridge, England, of Aeschylus' "Eumenides."

Although the little hall used for the occasion, somewhat sarcastically called the "Theatre Royal," has a stage only eighteen feet square, and although the audience could not but feel oppressed in the extremely small auditorium, yet the presentation proved very successful and impressive. In front of the small stage and three feet lower down, was a space for the evolutions of the chorus, and still further towards the audience sat the band. The tragedy was shortened, being divided into a prologue and three acts, for each of which there was a separate scene. On the stage were represented in turn a terrace looking towards the abode of the Delphic Oracle, the shrine of a Doric temple with the Furies lying about asleep, the temple of Pallas built in the Ionic style, and the summit of the Areopagus. The scenery is said to have been on the whole, very effective.

The characters of the play were supported with great formality. It will be remembered that at the representation of "Oedipus" in Sanders' Theatre, the actors made all the use they could of earnest and vigorous action and elocution. The Cambridge students, however, delivered their speeches in a calm dignified manner, apparently with the desire to imitate yet more closely the dramatic style in Greek tragedy. The chief parts were played by young men of marked athletic beauty, and the costumes, although not as accurate and well draped as those in our "Oedipus," were good. The part of Pallas Athene, was played by a graduate of Girton College, who gave a charmingly earnest and dignified impersonation of the solemn-eyed goddess. On the whole, the play was performed in a very satisfactory manner, and the students are to be congratulated on presenting a work of the highest interest and impressiveness.