Rehearsals of the Hasty Pudding Club's spring production, "Crowns and Clowns", are proceeding satisfactorily and all will be ready for the opening performance in the Hasty Pudding Theatre next Thursday evening, April 17, at 8.15. Only a very few tickets remain unsold for this first performance, but a limited number of general admissions will be available at the box office on Thursday evening.

"Crowns and Clowns" deals with the political ups and downs of the distant land of Czecho-Ptomania where a lazy king and a fiery Bolshevik each take their turn in making the people's existence wretched. It is entirely a travesty on Bolshevism, portraying the socialist rule in its humorous aspects. In the cast are included a real dog and an unreal horse, each of which plays its part in ridiculing the Bolsheviks.

The cast of characters will be as follows: Ivan, King of Czecho-Ptomania, amorously uninterested in the governmental,   C. A. Clark, Jr., '19 Anna, sister of the King, Cupid's contribution to Bolshevism,   H. C. Flower, Jr., '19 Borus, would be president of a would be republic of Czecho-Ptomania,   C. Canfield '19 Catherine, sister of Borus, a socialist with a social twist,   D. H. Read '19 General Hupincoff,  J. Lavalle, J.r, '18 Colonel Umptski,  A. Horween '20 Gumbutoff, Anabaptistical Attendant Idolizing Borus,  R. H. Ware '20 Flitch, his dog, a Ptomania fleece-hound,  The Dog Peter B. Heinz, of the 57 Workshop, Author of the Book, and admits it,   C. LaFarge '20 Gedapski, just a horse J. C. Bolton '20   and E. A. Bacon '20 Spurzoff, Minister of the Army,   G. C. Barclay '19 Peski, Minister of State,   C. DeRham '18 Discountoff, Minister of Finance,   H. K. White, Jr., Potatoski, Minister of Agriculture,   F. W. Hatch '19 Butler,  F. K. Bullard '20 Maid,  R. G. Payne '20

Councillors, Court Ladies, Footmen, Guards, Army of Bolsheviki, Models, Mob, etc.

The score, by F. W. Hatch '19, contains some unusually striking musical numbers. Song features include "Some of the Time I'm Lonely," sung by C. A. Clark, Jr., '19, D. H. Read '19, and F. K. Bullard '20; "The Bolsheviki Blues", sung by C. Canfield '19, C. LaFarge '20, R. H. Ware '20, and the Bolshevik chorus; and "Ptomanian Styles", sung by F. W. Hatch '19.

The company will go to New York for a matinee and an evening performance on Saturday, April 19, at the Hotel Actor Ballroom, returning for two performances at Jordan Hall, Boston, on Monday evening, April 21 and Wednesday evening, April 23.

Tickets at $2.75, including war tax, may be obtained at the following places: In Cambridge, Leavitt & Peirce's, Amee's, the Co-operative Branch; and on application to E. W. Pavenstedt, Jr., '20 at the Hasty Pudding Club; in Boston, at Herrick's and the Jordan Hall box office; and in New York, at the Harvard Club and McBride's