St Johns Ravenscourt School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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At the time of writing, the school is involved in preparing for the presentation on Friday and Saturday nights, April 28th, and April 29th, four stages of drama ijj Theatre in the Round. This experiment in drama will take place in Hamber Hall at the school. About sixty boys and members of the staff are involved In this evening of drama; it is to, be hoped that a good audience will attend both evenings. At the moment, the directors Mr. McLeod, Mr. Gordon, and Mrs. Maurer, are busy with the first rehearsal weekend. Mrs. Stewart is designi ng and creating costumes; Mr. Bevis and his assistants are building Noah’s ark and various other items for the sets; Mr. Leonard is collecting properties; Mr. Shepard is preparing sound effects; the members of the casts are learning lines and attempting to adjust their acting to an audi¬ ence on all four sides of the stage in the middle of the dining room. One can overhear conversations about the three Gods in Noah being dressed in red, about the Fleur de lis being put on the French King’s costume, about what Mr. Hammond’s legs will look like in tights, and whether Mike Gard¬ ner’s hair will be dyed blond. Other discussions concern live doves, growing hair and beards, using blue floodlights to create a flood, and renting trees for the palace at Whitehall. Each year for the past few years, the school has attempted a major dramatic production, and each has been success¬ ful in its own way. Every year one is amazed at how little talent there is when casting begins and how much there is by the time the production is ready for an audience. In the process of development, a great number of people have an experience which may be of benefit to them in a variety of ways. In the last few years, we have produced plays in the Playhouse Theatre, Holy Trinity Church, and now Hamber Hall. Perhaps next year the play will be in the Dutton Memorial Arena or in the new Manitoba Theatre Centre. The following program information is as of the time of the printing of the Eagle. We apologize if changes which were made later are not recorded in this account of A Theatre Happening. IN THE ZONE Eugene O’Neill 1 1 CAST: Smitty: Terry McGaughey Davis: David Sprague Swanson: Stewart Searle Scotty: Peter Lemon Ivan: Greg Hill Paul: John Hutchings Jack: Mike Gardner Driscoll: Helmet Verges Cooky: Mark Jackman 36

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%m (jo di EmUa, Vm During the Easter Holidays, Mr. McLeod took a group of twenty-five boys on a tour to New York and to Expo in Montreal. The group left by train on March 22nd, travelling by a private sleeping car to Montreal, where they changed trains for New York. In New York they stayed in the Hotel Great Northern which is near Carnegie Hall in the center of Manhatten. One of the highlights of the tour was the visit to the United Nations on Monday, March 27th. This was followed on the same day by a visit to the top of the Empire State Building. Another interesting event was the visit on the day we arrived, Good Friday, to Radio City Music Hall where we saw the gigantic Easter Stage Show and also a movie. Later that evening, we attended a Broadway Musical, The Apple Tree, with Barbara Harris at the Shubert Theatre. On Saturday afternoon, we saw Gwen Verdun in the musical, Sweet Charity. On Easter Sunday, we started the day by walking to Columbus Circle where we saw the Colliseum and then we walked to Lincoln Centre and saw the new theatre and the new Opera House. Following that we went through Central Park to Fifth Avenue where we visited the Guggeheim Art Gallery. We then walked down Fifth Avenue and joined the throngs in the Easter Parade. That evening we went to The Village where we attended the controversial play MacBird. Later that evening we became Bohemians and visited various restraurants for our after theatre supper. On Monday evening, we saw the very humorous play, The Odd Couple at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre. On Tuesday, we were given the option of planning our own activities, but most of us joined Mr. McLeod to see Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in The Taming of the Shrew. On our last afternoon in New York we went to see the play, The Homecoming, which was a suitable way to end our stay in this great city. On Thursday, March 30th, we visited Expo in Montreal. As the World’s Fair was not officially open, we were not allowed into the buildings, but we did have a pleasant preview of what the fair will be like. We did, however, see all the pavilions. Our visit to Expo was arranged through the kindness of the Hon. Robert Winters. On Thursday evening, we boarded the train for Winnipeg and school. In addition to Mr. McLeod, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, Mr. Shepard, and Mr. Leonard accompanied us on the tour. This is the second tour to New York by boys from the school, the first one having been taken by Mr. McLeod two years ago. It is to be hoped that it will not be the last. The boys on the tour were: Mark Jackman (School Captain), Peter Lemon, Paul Leatherdale, Peter Sheen, Darrell Laird, David James, Simon Truelove, David Sprague, Jim Ramsay, David Murdoch, Greg Hill, Ed Myers, John Macdonald, Bob Dunstan, Kit Rowley, Edward Orton, Mike Bookbinder, Bill Ashdown, Paul Lewis, Jamie Campbell, Douglas Boyes, Scott McPher¬ son, and Jim Gillespie.

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miL V; THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS G.B. Shaw CAST: Shakespeare: Allan Hammond Beefeather: Harry Sheperd Queen Elizabeth: Sheila Maurer The Dark Lady: Judy Stewart r k NOAH’S FLOOD edited by Gordon D. McLeod | % HENRY V CAST: Gods: Noah: Sem: Cam: Jaffette: Noah’s Wife: Semes Wife: Cammes Wife: Jaffettes Wife: The Good Gossip: John Macbeth Derek Timmerman Morgan Thomas Edward Orton Kit Rowley Ken Newbound Charles Andison Nathan Kobrinsky Michael Hammond Rodney Briggs Hugh Malcolms on William Shakespeare Battle scenes as selected by R.L. Gordon CAST: Narrator: Stewart Searle Bates: Williams: Erpingham: Gloucester: Westmoreland: Salisbury: Mountjoy: Exeter: Bedford: French Kings: Constable: Barry Stevens Simon Truelove David Boult Sandy Shartd Sandy Chown Jamie Little Ron Little Bob Clemis Jack St. Ji Mark Dallas Lome Wiedman Errol Naiman Jim Lawson Doug Kiddell BEHIND THE SCENES , r h COSTUMES: Judy Stewart SETS and LIGHTING: Desmond Bevis, assisted by Bob Spaith SOUND EFFECTS: Harry Shepherd PROPERTIES: William Leonard li |l HOUSE MANAGER: Martin Ainley TICKET SALES: Lower School: Bernard Bdtre Upper School: Martin Ainley Gordon D. McLeod RlL. Gordon Sheila Maurer DIRECTORS: