Trinity College School - Record Yearbook (Port Hope, Ontario Canada)

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OUR TOWN This fall, had you gone by the library on a Tuesday, Thursday, or Sunday night, you would have noticed big, yellow, Kedwellesque pieces of paper with black marker on them. The words read something like Rehearsal in Progress. Keep Out. Yes, the Drama Society was at it again. This year, the production was not the usual comedy or murder mystery, but rather what one would call a serious drama. Our Town, the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Thornton Wilder, was definitely up to T.C.S. standards. The play was set in a little town in New Hampshire called Grover ' s Corners, the home of a young girl who was very much in tune with reality. In the first act, the audience was acquainted with the people in the town and what makes them tick. The second act was concerned with the love affair between George Gibbs and Emily Webb and showed the reactions of the townspeople towards their relationship and marriage. The final act was Life and Death , and it brought up the point that what is past is past, and that one should never try to bring it back. The cast was spectacular. Although no one has been firmly estabhshed as an actor in the eyes of the school, the cast of Our Town did an out- standing performance on each night. Laurie Spencer returned to the school after having played Bet in Oliver as her T.C.S. debut. Mrs. Staunton and Mrs. Gregg were both spectacular and I am sure that the rest of the people in the school would be enthralled to have them back in a play again. Sian Jones made a good start as Rebecca Gibbs and I am sure that both herself and Judith Morris will also give other good con- tributions to Trinity ' s dramatics. It is unnecessary to speak of the talents of the students who played the male roles, as their talents speak for themselves. Finally, I hope we did a good job in breaking in Mrs. Papp to the costume end of the dramatics field. Hopefully Our Town will not be our last endeavour as a serious play. John Warren