The seventeenth annual Cercle Francais play, a four act prose comedy by Beaumarchais, entitled "Le Barbier de Seville," will be given in Brattle Hall at 8 o'clock this evening before the graduates and members of the society. The first public performance will be given at 8 o'clock Saturday evening. As there will be no matinee this year, the only Boston performance will be at the Bijou Theatre on Monday evening, December 21, at 8.30 o'clock. The Mandolin Club will play during the intermission this evening.

The cast is as follows: Le Comte Almaviva, amant inconnu de Rosine,  W. M. Shohl '06 Bartholo, tuteur de Rosine,  J. V. Blanchet '05 Rosine, pupille de Bartholo,  P. G. Henderson '05 Figaro, barbier de Seville,  O. L. Mills '05 Don Bazile, maitre a chanter de Rosine,  K. H. Gibson '04 L'Eveille, vieux valet de Bartholo,  E. Eversole '07 La Jeunnesse, autre valet,  M. Wertheim '06 Un Notaire,  A. F. Hurlbut '07 Un Alcade,  L. B. Robinson '07 Plusiears alguazils.