Bethel College - Graymaroon Yearbook (North Newton, KS)

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Cwl Fait lutte On May 24 and 25 the Bethel College Mu- sic Department presented Mozart ' s opera COSI FAN TUTTE or Women Are Like That. The production staff was headed by Mr. James Bixel as musical director and Maynard Kaufman as dramatics director. Ellen Ortman and Rozella Schmidt accompa- nied the opera. . COSI FAN TUTTE is a comic opera with a light satire on women and romance. En- raged by Don Alfonso ' s slur upon their sweethearts, Ferrando and Guglielmo accept the old philosopher ' s wager that he can prove their sweetheart ' s fickleness in 24 hours if they follow his plan explicitly. After a touching farewell scene the lovers depart for the wars and leave the brokenhearted ladies in the hands of their maid, Despina, who is collaborating with Don Alfonso. The two men come back as Albanians and make love to Fiordiligi and Dorabella, who do not recognize their lovers. In despair the Albanians pretend to take poison, but are revived by Despina in the guise of a doctor. Their ardent advances are renewed and the ladies finally weaken and agree to marry. In the midst of the mock ceremony the lovers return undisguised and discover the marriage contract. Fiordiligi Joan Banman Dorabella Rosalie Voth Guglielmo Larry Graber Ferrando Donald Peters Despina La Vera Schrag Don Alfonso Gerald Dyck Chorus of soldiers, servants, musi- cians, and townspeople.

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Jofllt OL JOAN OF LORRAINE, Maxwell Ander- son ' s versions of the Joan of Arc legend, was presented on May 3 and 4 in Memorial Hall. Miss Marguerite Schriver, assisted by Esther Schmidt, directed the play. Anderson ' s JOAN OF LORRAINE is a play within a play in which each cast mem- ber assumes a dual role. In the frame play the actors prepare the stage and rehearse the JOAN OF LORRAINE play. ACT I: A morning rehearsal Prologue She Finds a Way to Speak Interlude I A Poet at the Court of the Dauphin Interlude II Joan at Orleans Interlude III ACT II: Rehearsal, afternoon of same day Rehearsal Preface The Coronation at Rheims Interlude I The Trial — The Question The Trial — Joan Answers Interlude II The Finale Masters, the Director, The Inquisitor Kenneth Kaufman Al the Stage Manager, Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais Stanley Pankratz Tessie, the Assistant Stage Manager, Aurore Barbara Rush Marie, the Costumer Hilda Regier Carder, the Electrician, Bertrand de Poulengy Karmie Galle Abbey, Jaoques d ' Arc (Father Massieu) Vern Preheim EUine Durand Laxart (Thomas de Courcelles) Harry Neufeldt Mary Grey Joan !..Jane Epp Dollner Pierre d ' Arc (Dunois of Orleans) Albert Braun Farwell Jean d ' Arc (Jean de Hetz) Executioner Gary Schrag Quirke St. Michael Carl Jantzen Miss Reeves St. Catherine Melita Goerzen Miss Sadler S t. Margaret Hildabeth Hirschler Sheppard Alain Chartier Myron Jantz Ward The Dauphin .:. Lowell Teichroew Jeffson Ge irRes de Tremoille John Heese Omer Galle Kipner Recnault de Chartres Archbishop of Rheims

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Bimate Ba i-B-Q The 17th annual Buffalo Bar-B-Q, sponsored by the Bethel College Letter Club, was held on April 29 in Memorial Hall. Don Faurot, athle- tic director at Missouri University, was the featured speaker.