Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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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.

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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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The Golden Sheat The second scries of plays conistcd of four one-act plays given in the Little Theatre also. The first was The Golden Sheaf. a California Folk-Play by Leonard Bartlctt. The cast included: Barney Garner, owner of the saloon CLINTON Casad ■ Kelley, a habitue of Front St WILLIAM CROUCH McCrellis. employee of Garner HAROLD CORRIGAN Clark, a ranch foreman WAYNE BeRTHOLD Hurlburt, employee of Garner RAYMOND Wallstrom The Captain GORDON KELLEY The second play was Sacred Symbols, a pantomime of California ' s early religious history, by Elsie Cunha. The cast included: Majel, daughter of the chief of the Hoopas Elsie Cunha Chief Big Bear, her father JOSEPH BiSPO Fleet Foot, her fiance Matt CORRIGAN Flying Eagle, chief of the Yumas, father of Fleet Foot Sanford Tiedeman Medicine Man FloyD ROSE Soldier EiNAR AhNSTEDT Monk Florence Hahn Spanish Settlers — GERALDINE PACKARD, DOROTHY BEARD, Dorothy Poulson, Necia Reynolds. l! [40]