Spanish Play Last Night a Success

Last night in Brattle Hall the only performance of "Los Tres Ramilletes", the first play ever given by the Sociedad Espanola, was presented before an enthusiastic audience. All through the humorous one act farce the movement was quick and light, the gestures natural, and the interpretation excellent. The Spanish was fairly perfect, as three of the important parts were handled by men who have lived in Mexico and Porto Rico.

The part of Juana, the coquettish and mischievous flower-girl; whose double-dealings bring about the humorous situation on which the whole play depends, was acted with ease and distinction by J. M. Murdoch, Jr., '06. His graceful movements showed to good effect in a clever pirouet dance which was repeatedly encored.

G. Rivera '09, a native Porto Rican, acted the complicated role of Don Narciso to perfection. His boasting over-bearance when he first receives the bouquets, his terror-stricken surprise as the pretended husbands challenge him to duel, and his laughing submission when he finally sees that the joke is on him were realistically performed. M. H. Woolman sC. made a capital Don Ramon, successfully taking the audience into his confidence when he turned the joke on Don Narciso, and indulged in unrestrained laughter.

E. F. Schwarzenberg 1L., as El Capitan, the dashing, Spanish officer, R. H. Lord '06, as El Quidam, and the ludicrous apothecary, El Boticario, carried out their parts as the three wronged husbands, with a great deal of life. In the latter role, G. E. Hyde '09, in his mock tragic suggestion of duel with two pills, one of poison, and the other harmless, interpreted a humorous part with great understanding.