The first public performance of Ben Jonson's "Bartholomew Fair" was given last night at Brattle Hall by the Harvard Chapter of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. The success of the play does not hang on the plot, which is slender, but on its unusual scenes, its swift action, its stinging satire and the spirited delineation of character. The performance last night was remarkably smooth, the cast of thirty-four persons being of more than average ability. C. B. Wetherell '08 played Overdo, the pompous justice of the peace, with signal success. H. R. Shipherd '08 was successful throughout in his rendering of Waspe, the long-suffering man servant and brought down the house in the amusing stock scene by his clever acting while effecting his escape from the stocks. F. A. Wilmot '10 shared with him the applause of the comic scenes at the fair. The difficult role of a madman was extremely well rendered by R. H. Smith '10, and H. P. Breed '08 and C. W. Burton '08 impersonated Ursula, the pigwoman, and her tapster, Mooncalf, with a vigor and sincerity which was decidedly realistic. A pleasing feature of the performance was a clever ballad, sung by R. M. Middlemass '09.

In general the the play was wellstaged with careful elaboration of detail and many of the comic effects were admirably executed. The cast, though large, was well handled, and the smoothness of the action showed the result of much careful training.