Description
A photograph showing a scene from the play, "Mrs. Compton's Manager." Performed August 10th, 1905 at the Kingston Free Library as part of the 13th Annual Library Fair.
The photograph was taken on the second floor of the Library, in what is now Potter Hall.
This photograph includes the following names, written in pencil, above the cast members:
"Emily Wells; John Wells; Philip Wessels; ?; Grace Wells; Ethel Tucker; ?; Marie Case"
Through additional research, the complete names as well as characters portrayed are, from left to right:
The photograph was taken on the second floor of the Library, in what is now Potter Hall.
This photograph includes the following names, written in pencil, above the cast members:
"Emily Wells; John Wells; Philip Wessels; ?; Grace Wells; Ethel Tucker; ?; Marie Case"
Through additional research, the complete names as well as characters portrayed are, from left to right:
- Emily Wells as Mrs. Compton
- John Wells as Tompkins
- Philip Wessels as Frederick Lowell, bishop of Hoboken
- J. P. Gray as Elphron Vartray
- Grace Wells as Dorothy (Eleanor in the original script) Durand
- Ethel Tucker as Margaret Roswell
- M. A. Blake as James Heaton
- Marie Case as Williams
Creator
Publisher
South Kingstown Public Library
Date
Format
Language
English
Coverage
Kingston, RI
Original Format
Photograph