Delta Upsilon Fraternity to Present "Bartholomew Fair"

The Harvard Chapter of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity will offer this year as its tenth annual theatrical performance a revival of the Elizabethan comedy, "Bartholomew Fair," by Ben Jonson. Rehearsals of the play will begin immediately after the mid-year examinations. The revised dates for the performances are as follows:

April 3 and 9--Brattle Hall, Cambridge.

April 6--Jordan Hall, Boston.

April 11--Wellesley College.

April 20--Smith College Northampton, Mass.

"Bartholomew Fair" was first presented in London in 1614, and for several years afterward was one of the popular places of the London stage. It is characteristic of Jonson's style, both in its realism and its character portrayal, in which it is especially strong. Its aim is to present in humorous and burlesque fashion the life and customs of the people. Like many other plays of the period, "Bartholomew Fair", contains many references to contemporary writers and playwrights, and the customary humorous flings at the Puritans and other strict sects. Though there is a fair plot to the play, it depends for its effect mainly on its humor and burlesque, of the sort common at country fairs in early England.