Crescenta Valley High School - Yearbook (La Crescenta, CA)

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The play was Lady Audley's hen is it O.K. to boo and hiss during a play? When it is a melodrama like the fall play, Lady Audley's Secret. A melodrama is a play that actively encourages audience involvement. The play went like this: Lady Audley fMichelle Millerj had been married to George Talboys fDarin Millerl but after she had wasted away his for- tune, Talboys left to remake his wealth. Left alone, Lady Audley sent a false mes- sage to her husband that she had died and she turned to Sir Michael Audley fEric Graves, and his fortune. When Talboys returned, he visited Robert Audley CChris Beeneyl, the son of Lord Audley's first marriage, on the Aud- ley estate. Talboys quickly discovered the resemblance between his supposed- ly dead wife and Lady Audley. Lady Aud- ley soon saw that Talboys would be a problem to her plan so she whacked him over the head and dumped his body down a well! The only problem with Lady Audley's plan was that Luke Marks tTim Sweeneyj saw her dispose of Talboys and rescued him! The play progressed from here until the climax when Lady Audley attempted to kill Robert and Luke but failed and Talboys was shown to Lady Audley to be alive and well, with the audience cheer- ing all the time. The play was so much better because the audience was so in- volved, said Chris Beeney. The play was frequently broken up by olio acts. The olio acts included the mor- al song Always Take Mother's Ad- vice , the dramatic monologue The Charge of the Light Brigade, and the virtuous song Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl . The olio acts provided a break from the play and added a humorous twist when Principal Mr. Nicholson came out as the evil man in one of the acts! Many students found the play to be the best that they had seen while at CV. lt was the best play l've seen, complimented Joe Aguilar. The actors enjoyed the play as much as the audience did. The actors put in many hours of rehearsal and many found it to be rewarding. My character was fun, because she got to kill people, said Michelle Miller. With the combination of a fine display of acting, a superb choice of play, and an enthusiastic audience support, the fall play was an outstanding success, by Steve Pfeiffer Fall Play Lord A udley

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