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

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(Counterclockwise from Top Right): Fight in the Havana bar; The Hot Box dancers; Paul Revere - best bet; Adelaide belts it out; smooth talking Sky; Nathan Detroit and his belle; the Mission workers. Guys and Dolls? But where do the dolls come from? was my first reaction on hearing of the Spring Dramatic Production. Fresh from England as an ex- change student, I couldn ' t believe that T.C.S. was going to be flooded with rather flimsily clad females earning their living at a New York City night-club. How wrong I was! Master ' s daughters, local school teachers, high school girls and a brave T.C.S. lady (Mrs. Papp). Well there are the dolls but what about the guys? Gam- blers, small time crooks easy enough to find in any all boys ' school but ones that can sing? No problem; T.C.S. showed me its resour cefulness early — You want singing gamblers? — we ' ve got ' em! Maybe I ' m making it sound all very easy I really shouldn ' t because great effort was put into the show in all fields - especially by the director Mr. Philips who quite literally did not have a free evening between January 9th and March 12th. The show was his baby and it was largely through his nursing that it turned out so bonny. We would all groan when the famihar phrase Give it more energy! wafted up to us, knowing all the time that our beloved director was quite right. Every member of the cast played a character larger than life, and everyone conveyed their pool with expert precision and conviction. Catriona McDonald as Sgt. Sarah Brown (The Mission doll) chilled us with her coldness and then melted us with her later scenes in Havana when a little tipsy! Miss Adelaide, dizzy showgirl with a domesticated streak hved (there ' s no other way of putting it) in Laurie Spencer - Brooklyn accent et al. Sky Masterson in the person of John Warren sang excellently throughout and conveyed to us a converted sinner in progress to a tee. Chris Butler as Good old reliable Nathan Detroit was much more than just that superb in fact. The show would not have been the same without the irrepressible piano playing of Mr. Prower and the drums of Mike Southey. Similarly, sets by Mr. Gregg, lighting by Tom Wells, stagecrew with Mr. Hill, costumes from Mrs. Papp and choreography from Mrs. Pacey and Mrs. McFadden were all first rate and added greatly to the all round effect of the show. So with dice rolling, high kicking, Bible bashing (and a trip downwards and then skywards that I ' ll certainly never forget), Guys and Dolls took to the stage to the delight of all, audience and cast ahke. Jonathon Boardman