Exhibition: Washington’s Birthday at Notre Dame
Venue: Exhibition Hall in Senior Recreation Hall
February 25, 1864, at noon:
“Farewell Address”
Later that Evening:
Overture: College Band, under the direction of Prof. Basil
Oration: Prof. J. T. E. Howard
Play: Furnished Apartments–a farce: Philopatrian Society
Play: Pizarro–a drama: Thespian Society
Author: likely Sheridan’s 1799 adaptation of Kotzebue’s The Spaniards in Peru (1796), although William Dunlap did an American version in 1800.
Scenery: Prof. La Chassaigne
At the conclusion, the Very Reverend President (Father Sorin) said the hall should hereafter be called “Washington Hall.”
Source: New York Tablet 8:41, March 12, 1864, 10-11.
Exhibition: Twentieth Annual Commencement
Commencement Day
June 22, 1864, at 2 O’clock P.M.
Order of Exercises
Farewell March: Band
Address from the Holy Angel’s Society: T. Ewing
Address from the Junior Department: J. Graham
Quickstep: Band
Play: The Plot of Potsentausend, a comic drama by the Philopatrian Society
Author: Unknown
Date Performed: June 22, 1864
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: the Philopatrian Society
Venue: Washington Hall
Cast List
Grindstone: J. P. White [Whyte]
Sacks: George Haldorn
Bernard: Thomas Ewing [F. McGinnis]
Louis: Horace Owens [D. Hyland]
Max: R. Pinkerton [T. Ewing]
Fritz: Louis Marks [M. Williams]
Chevalier Despian: P. Fitzpatrick [J. Graham]
Officer: John Dillon [J. Dunne]
Soldiers: F. Guthrie [F. Greene & J. Flanagan]
Rondino: Instrumental Quartette
Patriotism, Pagan and Christian: J. Healy
Piano: Souvenir D’Andalousie
Discipline of the Mind: E. M. Brown
March: Quartette
Valedictory: D. J. Spillard
Waltz: Band
Address: J. B. Runnion, A. M.
Belle Galop: Quartette
Conferring of Degrees
Piano: Silver Spring
Distribution of Premiums
Medly: Band
Evening Exercises
At half past seven the Thespian Society rendered Shakspeare’s Historical Play of
Play: King Henry IV
Author: William Shakespeare
Date Performed: June 22, 1864, 7:30 P.M.
Producing Organization: Thespian Society
Venue: Washington Hall
Persons Represented [Cast List]King Henry IV: Joseph Healy
Henry Prince of Wales: T. A. Corcoran
Prince John of Lancaster: J. Felon
Earl of Westmoreland: W T. Knapp
Sir Walter Blunt: H. H. Pratt
Earl of Worcester: H. Bugher
Early of Northumberland: L. K. Thompson
Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur: E. M. Brown
Earl of March: T. H. O’Brien
Early of Douglas: R. H. Newlan
Owen Glendower: P. W. Talbot
Sir Richard Vernon: James Fenlon
Sir John Falstaff: M. Corby
Poins: T. Irons
Gadshill: R. L. Watson
Peto: T. Moore
Bardolph: J. E. Card
Quickly, host of tavern in Eastcheap: A. Tammany
Francis: R. J. Thompson
Pages: O. E. Fitch, H. D. Spears, L. Marks
Travelers: J. Carlin, G. Carpenter, T. D. Wood
followed by Lover’s amusing drama of
Play: Rory O’More
Author: Samuel Lover (1797-1868)
Date Performed: June 22, 1864
Director: ?
Producing Organization: Thespian Society
Venue: Washington Hall
Persons Represented [Cast List]
Rory O’More: M. Corby
De Lacy: E. M. Brown
De Welskein: T. A. Corcoran
Scrubbs: H. H. Pratt
Col. Thunder: J. Healy
Mr. O’More: R. H. Newlan
Johnnie O’More: H. D. Spears
Darby: H. Bugher
Shan Dhu: W. T. Knapp
Pierre: T. Irons
Flannerty: A. Tammany
Bill Jones: L. K. Thompson
Solomon: P. W. Talbot
Musician: T. Murphy
Terry: J. E. Card
Yeomanry, etc., etc.
During the evening, between the different acts, the College Band and Orchestra
will execute some very Select Music.Note: Colonel Rory O’Moore (1620-1655) was the principal organizer of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
Source: Catalogue 20, 1863-64, 57.
last edited by Mark C. Pilkinton, June 25, 2012