Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1911 — PLAY STAGED BY CONVICTS [ARTICLE]

PLAY STAGED BY CONVICTS

San Quentin Prisoners Erect Structure and Make Properties for a Dramatic Performance. San Quentin, Cal. —In the shadow of “murders’ row” of the state penitentiary and with convicts in stripes, both men and women, as an audience, a dramatic performance has been given on a stage erected bjetbe convicts in the prison yard. The play selected was one dealing with the struggles toward honesty of « reformed safe cracker. Stage properties for the most- part were manufactured by the convicts, who threw themselves into the work of preparation in a way that, rivaled their reception of the play itself. Among the audience were men serving life terms. Some of these figured in the prison band, which supplied the music for the piece.