"Try to be Shakspeare, leave the rest to fate."—Browning.

"Now-a-days that which is not worth saying is sung."—Beaumarchais.

Our Philosophy.—

A Preface for Metaphysicians.

Our extravaganza conceals a "philosophic idea." It is this. The play is (as, indeed, all philosophies are) an attempt to "har monise our prejudices with our experience." Our prejudices are deep. In the first place we are optimists—and so think it worth while to attack a popular error. There is a growing opinion that the use of Force is immoral. Our second prejudice being found in the Idealist Doctrine, we consequently feel bound to deny the truth of this opinion. Satan—the spirit of Force—has been mis understood. In Sparta, muscle has the freest play: The Spartans had a healthy interest in this world and in no other very much. In the Middle Ages, the interest has changed to another world and Satan is repudiated. According to our analysis, in the Present the average man is indifferent to both this world and the next: the healthy human interest of the old world is gone, and the Hereafter (or Hereunder) robbed of its old stage properties, has lost its terrors. He puts in the time making money. As to the future, we see a reconciliation, a "higher synthesis" of the opposing elements. Force, controlled by Reason, achieves a spiritual significance: Satan, under the guidance of Japhetrow, stands at the foot of the ladder to take his part in the elevation of the race. Amen.

"In spite of professorial strictures,
Never believe what can't be taught
To you in coloured pictures."

—G. K. Chesterton.

Opening Chorus.

I.—Prologue.

"Peering in the future vast,
We have seen a sign at last."—

Capping Song.

Scene—Stage of the Opera House, Wellington.

Recitative—'Stock-taking"	Parent & Guardian
Song—"The Four Experts"	Hon. J. A. Hanan, Prof. T. A. Hunter, Parent & Guardian, Sir Francis Bell
Song—" The Guest of the Day"	Satan

Run Through Chorus (I).

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2.—The Spartan Day.

"This is no world to play with mammets and to tilt with lips;
We must have bloody noses and crack'd crowns."

—Shakspeare.

Scene—Outskirts of bush near Tauherenikau.

Soldiers' Chorus—"Trentham to Tauherenikau"
Song—"Barrack-room Ballad"	Xerxes
Chorus—"Pro Sparta"	Spartan Women
Chorus—"Farewell"	All

Run Through Chorus (II).

3.—The Mediaeval Day.

"Deal him a deadly blow, and blessings shall reward you."—Bal Ballads.

Scene—A Public Place—Rome.

Chorus—"Dies Irae"	Monks
Song—"The Prosecution"	Leader of the Monks
Chorus—"Pro T. Aquinas"	Villagers
Song—"Goodbye"	T. Aquinas, the Hunter

Run Through Chorus (III).

The Cast.

"in all the play
There is not one word apt, one player fitted."

—Shakspeare.

I. Parent and Guardian

Mr E. Evans

"I will prophesy he comes to tell me of the players."—Shakspeare.

Prof. T. A. Hunter

Mr. W. P. Pringle

"What have I done wrong that men praise me?"—Antisthenes.

Hon. J. A. Hanan

Mr. E. R. Murphy

"Words, words, words!"—Shakspeare.

Sir Francis Bell

Mr. W. Watkins

"The House of Lords represent no-one but themselves, and they possess the fullest confidence of their constituents."—Birrell.

Satan	Mr. J. Byrne
II. Sergt.-Major Cheetah	Mr. P. Martin Smith

"Not Understood."—Bracken.

"His gentle spirit rolls in the melody of souls."—Bab Ballads.

"The smith a mighty man is he."—Longfellow.

Xerxes	Mr. E. K. Rishworthpage 18
Lieut.-Col. Purdy	Mr. W. Watkins:

"Mislike me not for my complexion."—Shakspeare.

Commodore Pottah

Mr. H. D. C. Adams

"Every cock is proud on his own dunghill."—Proverb.

Lord Liverpool

Mr. A. J. Mazengarb

"God Save the King."

Dr. Thacker

Mr. R. Scott

"As mild a mannered man as ever scuttled ship.

Spartan Soldiers and Spartan Women
III. Leader of Monks	Mr. K. Low

"Let us pray."—Punch.

Thomas Aquinas, the Hunter

Mr. W. P. Pringle

"What should I do at Rome? I know not how to lie."—Juvenal.

Duns Scotus Adamson

Mr. H. G. Miller

"Audias effundere
Voces dignas Cicerone."

—J. "Rankin Brown.

A. T. Bothamley

Mr. C. Q. Pope.

"A tall order!"

Monks and Villagers

Interval.

IV. Sir James Allen

Mb. K. Low

"Sticks and stones will break my bones But names will never hurt me."

Earl of Pukekohe

Mr. C. Q. Pope

"Blessed are the Peacemakers."

Baron Bluff

Mr. L. C. Hemery

"I say the earth did shake when I was born."—Shakspeare.

The Butler

Mr. W. A. Sheat

"No man is a hero to his valet.''—Plutarch.

Kun Low	Mr. B.' G. Mitford
Genée	Miss L. Leitch
Partner	Mr. L. I. Day
Pavlova	Miss M. Moore
Partner	Mr. W. Watkins

Members of the National Government and various deputations of malcontents.

V. Japhetrow Wilson

Mr. H. G. Miller

"The time is out of joint; O, cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right."—Shakspeare.

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Shemenceau

Mr. W. A. Sheat

" The chopping French we do not understand."—Shakspeare.

Hambloyd-George

Mr. K. Low

"Now I perceive the Devil understands Welsh."—Shakspeare.

Satan

Mr. N. Byrne.

"Every dog must have his day."—Swift.

Super men and super women.

"'Tis a pity that a Shakspeare's tongue Should say such un-Shakspearean things."—Gilbert.

Scenery kindly lent by the Wellington Amateur Operatic Company.

Conductor—Mr. F. P. Wilson

Pianist—Mr. J.C. Beaglehole

Stage Manager—Mr. H. D. C. Adams

Costumes specially designed by Miss M. Richmond

Producer—Mr. E. Evans

"On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting;
'Twas only that when he was off, he was acting."

—Goldsmith.

The Victoria University College Students' Association desires to express its sincere thanks to all those ladies and gentlemen who have so willingly given valuable assistance in the various activities of the Carnival.

4.—The Present Day.

"'Tis the day of the chattel,
Web to weave and corn to grind;
Things are in the saddle,
And ride mankind."

—Emereson.

Scene—Bellamy's.—A Temperance Banquet given by Sir J. Allen, as a welcome to The Earl of Puhekohe and Baron Bluff.

Chorus—"The Conquering Heroes."	The Gnashional Govt.
Trio—"The Golden Fleece"	Allen, Massey & Ward

Choruses by various sections of Malcontents

Run Through Chorus (IV).

5.—The Coming Day.

"O that I could find a country to live in where the facts are not brutal and the dreams not unreal."—G. B. Shaw.

Scene—Atlantis—The Isle of "The Blest"

Chorus—"The Dawn"	The "Supers"
Trio—"Imperfect Peace"	Shem, Ham and Jophat
Song and Chorus—"Going Up."	Satan and the "Supers"

Final Chorus.