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PAGE TWOUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRElt; Special to Portsmouth Herald) Durham, Nov. 15—Announcement tot the complete cast of “Princess Ida” fourth annual presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas at the University of New Hampshire, was made recently by Mrs. George White, dramatic director.Selected because of its collegiate setting. “Princess Ida” is a respective perversion of Tennyson’s Princess. The theme follows the princess, who, having decided to have nothing more to do with men, conducts a university for women. Much of the interest is centered around the entrance of a prince and his companions as they masquerade through the school as women.Under the direction of Mrs. Whiteand Professor Robert W. Man ton, incharge of the music, the following cast is rehearsing:Princess Ida Helen Claggett Funkhouser, Durham Melissa Doris Eckhardt, Manchester Lady Blanche Beverly Davis, Hollis Lady Psyche Florence Dodge, Durham Hilarian Henry Cassidy, ManchesterKing HildebrandRobert Kidder, LaconiaKing GamaHertsel Weinstat, Claremont Cyril Charles Davis, WalpoleFlorian Robert Clement, NashuaArac Fred Clark, TroyfBcynthius Weston McEvoy, Henniker (Duron Dean Edson, West Lebanon(Bacharissa, Dorothy Mecklem, DurhamChloe Ellen Watson, ManchesterAda Margaret Weir, DurhamPianists—Huldah Boerker, Kings-n, N. Y.; Arthur Mullen, Concord,£ass.Women’s chorus—Ruth Hardy, Hol-fte; Ruth Duming, Manchester; Florence Crosby, Enfield: Merle Hadley,
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