Bowdoin College - Bugle Yearbook (Brunswick, ME)

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 ONE ON THE HOUSE” 'To the House of Cortwright jf.iitiiiilWsV Loft to right: SWEET. TILLOTSON. TILLOT- SON, LITTLE. DULCY” ''Shakespeare Had A Tremendous Feeling For Plot Loft to right: FARRINGTON. WILDER, Mc- KEEN, HETHERINGTON, GOOKIN, BRACK- ETT. CHITTIM, HAZEN, LANDER. RICHARD II Up, Cousin, Up! Your Heart Is Up, I Know Loft to right: DENNIS. RUTAN. FORKER. McCORMICK, HONE.

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 YES, MY DARLING DAUGHTER Mother, What Do You Think? Loft to right: MeBRIDE, COGAN, LYONS, DAGGETT, OSGOOD. 49 The 49th season, dedicated to “our alumni whose interest and support after graduation will reach a climax when they return to play Hamlet as a tribute to KCMS,” started with the summer session production of Mark Reed’s de- lightful comedy Yes, My Darling Daughter. The first performance was in the gymnasium, arena style. The author attended and made an elo- quent plea for a Bowdoin Theatre, despite his pleasure in having, for the first time, seen one of his plays produced arena style. In several parts, actors alternated in the two presentations of the play, for some were unavailable for the second performance. To open the fall season and to interest entering Freshmen, the play was repeated on October 15 in a three-sided arena in the Moulton Union. The second production of this season was an original musical play by Ronald Lander, ’52, with music by Allen Hcthcrington, ’54, Gordon eason . . . Stearns, ’54, Robert Brown, ’53, and Edward Cogan, ’51. Entitled It's a Fact and called “a fantastic farce in two acts with thirteen songs,” it followed the tradition of five earlier Bow- doin musicals in burlesquing the faculty and student body. The Meddiebempsters sang three songs especially written for them, and Don Hayward, in the leading role, sang four. Spe- cial props by Vincent Gookin and scenery designed by President Philip Stern added to the gay spirit of the play, which was presented to packed houses on January 25 and on Febru- ary 16 for Winter House Party. Four one-act plays were picked from eight manuscripts submitted for the 18th annual contest held on March 20th. Two of the chosen plays were short story adaptations by Richard Goodman, ’53, and Ronald Lander, ’52. Ed- ward Cogan, '51, had two plays accepted, both of which wrere original.

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f p 0 ecison (Oxecuhve President EDWARD COGAN Publicity Manager RICHARD H. ALLEN Secretary PETER A. LASSELLE Production Advisor RICHARD W. AHRENS Business Manager THOMAS R. PICKERING Members-at-Large THOMAS R. PICKERING LAWRENCE B. SPECTOR Production Manager WILLIAM F. HOFFMAN MASQUE AND GOWN