Bancroft School - Blue Moon Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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THE BLUE MOON 69 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING CThe Castj Don Pedro, prince of Arragon .......... . . Don John, his bastard brother .... Claudio, a young lord of Florence. . , Benedick, a young lord of Padua .... Leonato, Governor of Messina ..,. Antonio, his brother ...,......,,, Balthasar, attendant of Don Pedro . . . . Courage followers of Don John Borachio I Friar Francis ......,.,........ Dogberry, a constable ..... Verges, a headborough . . Hugh Oatcake George Seacole A Sexton .............. A Messenger l......,..... Hero, daughter of Leonato ...,...... . Beatrice, niece to Leonato ......,,.... . Ursula gentlewomen attending Margaret on Hero Men's understudy ................. . Women's understudies . .Virginia Cutting . . .Mary Gardner , . .Nancy Brown . .Elizabeth Wood . .Priscilla Johnson . . . .Eleanor Daniels AmyRuno Virginia Loud Elizabeth Newkom . . .Brenda Baxter . . , .Harriet Coley . . .June Haviland Amy Runo Mary Woodworth . . . . . .Alice Goff . , . . .Faith Adams , . .Marjorie Adler Jane Ellsworth Sally Pratt . . .Edith Blakeslee Vera Bullock Mary Atwood Miss Frances Omar Weeks, pianist: Miss Leslie Baer, violinist. Cffhairmen of the Student CommitteesD Scenery .... ......................,.......... J anet Heywood Properties , . .,........ , . Costumes. . . . . .Amy Lucinda Lyseth . . .Nancy Johnson, Barbara Pierpont Make-up . . . . . . Elizabeth Gardner, Elizabeth Newkom Tickets. . . ............. Mary Elizabeth Chase Ushers . . , ................. Eleanor Thayer Candy . . , .,........... Catherine Forbes Music .... ...,............. D orothy Elias Publicity . . . , . .Virginia Cutting, Thayer Hunter Program . . . ..........,.......Leslie Baer

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

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70 THE BLUE MOON DRAMATIC CLUB VIRGINIA CUTTING, '31 President MARY GARDNER, '32 Vice-president MARJORIE ADLER, '33 Treasurer ELIZABETH NEWKOM, '34 Secretary MISS GROFE Faculty Adviser THE Iirst Dramatic Club meeting was held at Gray Gables, on Friday evening, October 16. After the election of vice-president and secretary. plans for the year were discussed. The purpose of the club was explained to all prospective members, i,e., that it sponsors all dramatic projects at the school. This includes programs presented by the grades in assembly, the Christmas pageant, our annual play, and the Commencement play. At this meeting also a carefully planned budget was submitted for our approval, and accepted. This item was of particular interest to us, because of our determina- tion to leave a worthy balance in the treasury at the end of the year. After the business meeting, the Gray Gables girls displayed their histrionic ability in an entertaining and interesting presentation of Barrie's Hop O' Me Thumb. The November and December meetings were given over to reports and scenes from the following plays: Romeo and Juliet, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Much Ado About Nothing, and As You Like It, by members of the Junior and Senior English classes. After a heated discussion, in which every girl took part, Much Ado About Nothing was chosen for the annual school play in March. At this time we made an appropriation to pay for the medieval church scene, which was built for the Christmas pageant. In February, a short meeting was held to make Hnal arrangements for the annual production. The various committees were announced, and a plea from the treasury was made to sell as many tickets as possible. The first performance of Much Ado About Nothing was given Saturday afternoon, March 19. lt was doubly enjoyable to the actresses, because a large group of girls from the Lincoln School were in the audience. The following Monday evening, March 2l, the curtain opened for the last time on the great hall of Leonato's house, and the actresses played their parts once more to an appreciative audience. We feel very rich in many ways, as the result of this production. We have become the proud owners of three pairs of tormenters. which match the outdoor scene, and a splendid set of Shake- spearean costumes. Our receipts were greater than ever before Cover S4605 , but most of all, we feel the satisfaction of having put on a worthwhile play successfully. We wish to extend our most grateful thanks to Miss Groilf, as our faculty adviser, for her sincere interest throughout the year, to those of the faculty who helped so much in producing the play, to the committees who worked so faithfully, and to the students who cooperated in selling tickets.