Mrs. Briggs of the Poultry Yard is a play in three acts written by Evelyn Gray Whiting. It was published in 1905 by Walter H. Baker & Company. This typewritten cast page is by Kate Hammill (class of 1925), courtesy of Alan Staton.

Read the play at this link on Google Books.

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The Concord Daily Tribune, 30 Oct 1924, p. 3.

MOUNT PLEASANT NEWS
Excellent Amateur Performance

Mt. Pleasant, Oct. 29. – Tuesday night, there was given at the auditorium in our town one of the best amateur performances ever witnessed here. In fact, some of the actors and actresses rivaled professionals, as was the universal opinion of those who were fortunate enough to attend. It was a comedy play entitled “Mrs. Briggs of the Poultry Yard,” on the order of the famous book and play, “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.” It was a scream from start to finish, and the large audience was kept in a constant roar of laughter. Where all the parts were so meritoriously sustained, it would be difficult to particularize, but special mention is deserved by the fine portrayal of Mrs. Briggs, the worried widow with her quartette of “enfants terribles,” whose dramatic performance stamped her a real artist in that line. The children themselves were up to the mark as trouble-makers in their harassed mother’s existence; the character acting by Misses Lucas and Misenheimer and Capt. Middlesworth (all of the faculties of the two institutions) were realistic in the extreme, their costumes as the poor, careless and carefree children of the Widow Briggs being just a little big of “all right.’’ Altogether it was well worth seeing and more than worth the small price of admission charged. It is hoped and expected that the play will be repeated in some of the neighboring towns. While the audience waited for changes of scenes and costumes the Intitute quintette, consisting of Messrs. McLaughlin (Chas. and l.ex) Goodman. Hinson and Walters, rendered many humorous vocal selections -which brought forth bursts of applause showing the popularity of these young musicians.