Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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A Midsommer Night ' s Dream As a variation this spring, the annual Shakespearean play was given in Grecian costumes and settings. The colorful wood, enchanted by the accom- paniment of Mendelssohn ' s Incidental Music, was the scene of most of the action. The four young Grecians; Martha Tucker, Necia Reynolds, Matt Corrigan, and Charles Morris, Jr., performed nobly, looking the part of real Athenians. LeVerne Leiter as Puck, the mischief maker, rendered an excellent piece of work. In the same fairy scene, Cecil Davis and Sarah Frances Welch were very satisfactory King and Queen. Too much credit can hardly be given to Manfred Hanson and his players who presented the play within the play. These six characters were highly entertaining: Sanford Tiedeman showed himself to be a delightfully natural comedian. The cast follows: Athenians: Joseph Bispo, Viola Donkin, William Crouch, Martha Tucker, Charles Morris. Jr.. Matt Corrigan, Necia Reynolds, William Brooke, Dorothy Beard, Dorothy Poulson, Sarah Holley, Geraldine Packard, Hartwell Preston, and Wayne Berthold. The players group consisted of Manfred Hanson, Nolan Black. Sanford Tiedeman. Carleton Lehman. Edward Dennett and Floyd Rose. In the fairy scene appeared: Cecil Davis. Sarah Frances Welch, LaVerne Leiter. Florance Piper, Orlena Hawkins, Jean Rickenbacher, Sue Elleby, Florence Hahn, and a group of young dancers consisting of Athena Stefan, Betty Belle Anderson, Margie Barton, May Francis Lervis, Dolores Ring. Peggy Ring. Patricia Ring, Virginia Ring, and Eleanor Taylor. 3J - - i -£j

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1 Blow Your Owe Horn The second play of the year was the spirited comedy Blow Your Own Horn, by Owen Davis. The theme is of a poor soldier, Jack Dunbar, just home from the war who, roaming the country with his kid brother Bud, comes on a millionaire business man, Nicholas Small, who tells him that the reason for his failure is that he never blows his own horn, Charles Morris, Jr., who played Jack Dunbar, the poor soldier, went over big. The audience will long remember his first appearance with his side kick LeVerne Leiter, as Bud. Skinny ' s portrayal of the kid brother struck the audience in the right place — particularly his appearance in the velvet suit which was too small to sit down in. Viola Donkin, as Ann Small, did a very commendable piece of work as the daughter of the newly-rich Mr. Small. Her hysterical scene was especially well done. Theron Cline, who was Nicholas Small, very wise in the ways of man, was the best millionaire imaginable. Who would have thought that Theron could act as well as he could play football. ' Of the remainder of the cast, Emil Carlson deserves honorable mention for his humorous portrayal of MacAnders, the gardener. The rest of the players included Rachel Hoist, as Mrs. Jolyon, the hostess: Matt Corrigan, as Mr. Jolyon, the host: Edward Dennett, as Augustus Jolyon, their son, engaged to Ann Small: Einar Ahnstedt and Charles Ransome, as Newton Cole and Austin Bevans respectively, guests of Mr. Jolyon: Hilma Girard, as Mrs. Hester Yates, a rich cottager: Gladys Crowell, as Julia, her daughter: Dorothy Hill, as Mrs. MacAnders, cook of the Jolyons, and Orlena Hawkins, as the maid of the Jolyons. The awards for the two best performances in this play were presented to Charles Morris, Jr., and Viola Donkin. [371 u,

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I he Pnntt ' ss and iht- Pfdiuck One - Act Plays Mrs. Hoch has discovered much new talent in her playwriting class, and as a result the following plays have been produced. These plays, created in the playwriting course, are acted by students in the Little Theatre Workshop, staged by members of the stagecraft class, and directed, as far as possible, by the student authors. In the playwriting course the student is urged to preserve in dramatic form the life about him, the heroic deeds of his ancestors, the ideals of the pioneers, and the rapidly disappearing folk-lore of California. These plays were entered in the state playwriting contest which closed in May. Among the first plays presented in the Little Theatre was Bright Lights a tragedy of Modern Home Life by Dorothy Hill. The cast included: Mr. Davis Theron Cline Mrs. Davis Eleanor Brophy Marianna MARIAN DAVIS Bud LaVerne Leiter The second play was Drifting Snow. a burlesque of College Playwriting. by Kathryn McClure. The cast included: Gordon, a college genius Carleton LEHMAN Miss Thornton, a college instructor RuTH McBride Batty, a co-ed Marjorie CarlSON The third play was You Can ' t Kiss Her, a comedy of the younger generation, by Kathryn McClure. The cast was: Mr. Wright JOSEPH BlSPO Mrs. Wright Marian Pettis Edith Wright, the daughter JEAN RiCKENBACHER Robert, the brother MATT CORRIGAN Isabel, a school chum - Florance PipeR ' iommy, a boy friend of Bob ' s Sanford TieDEMAN 139] ■£L.