The graduates' performance of "The Alchemist," an Elizabethan comedy by Ben. Jonson, was given last evening in Brattle Hall by the Harvard Chapter of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity.

The play is perhaps the most difficult that the chapter has yet presented, owing to the rapidity of action and the intricacy of detail. At the same time it is extremely well adapted for amateur production, since it is farcical and satirical in character, and does not tax too heavily the ability of amateur performers. Much credit is due Mr. Arthur S. Hills for his acting version of the play as well as for the details of the stage production. The performance as a whole was thoroughly finished. The action never lagged, and the stage "business," in the entire absence of any attempt to be "stagey" was eminently creditable.

C. Kempner '06 as Subtle, the alchemist around whom the action centres, carried off a difficult part effectively and with full appreciation of the possibilities of the role. As Drugger, a tobacco man, a minor part originally played by David Garrick, D. C. Manning '04 gave a clever and finished bit of acting; and as Face, P. E. Osgood '04 acted creditably a part requiring great swiftness of action and much ingenuity. K. K. Smith '04, as Dol, the accomplice of Face and Subtle, was convincingly feminine, and without overdrawing, infused, a great deal of spirit and dash into the role.

The first public performance will be given in Brattle Hall tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The remaining dates are second Cambridge performance, in Brattle Hall, Thursday; Boston performance, in Potter Hall, Friday; Welleslev "Barn." Saturday; Andover Town Hall, April 15.