Brearley School - Brearley Book Yearbook (New York, NY)

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DRAMATICS The first play this year was The Tumbler of Our Lady, which was drama- tized by Miss Du Bois from Isabel Butler's translation. It was directed by Miss Du Bois, Miss Elsmith and Mrs. Wing. Almost all of Class IV was in it. Carolyn de Chadenedes gave an excellent performance. CAST Foreword .,..,g.. ..,........ R osanne Wigham Prologue ........ .,..,............. J udy Markham Tumbler ...... ,,....... C arolyn de Chadenedes Virgin ..... ........,..,..... M ary Sprague Angels ........ ,,...... S Barbara Bflms 2 Barbara Field Abbot ......... ......,... D iana Gerli Miss Cutler, our new dramatics coach, has produced two plays so far this year. The Birthday of the Infanta, a dramatization of Oscar Wilde's story, was given by Class VI. It was an ambitious choice, and not perhaps entirely success- fully carried out. This, however, is very carping criticism since almost everyone in the play gave performances well above the usual school level. The Infanta and the Dwarf were especially good. The Infanta ........,. The Dwarf . Chamberlain ........ Duchess ......... Don Pedro ....... CAST l41l .,Marilee Becker .....,.,Flora Blanc Mary Washburn ......,,....,Alice Otis . ...... Dorothy Moore

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F. Poon SPECIAL ART CLASSES The Friday afternoon art class under the direction of Mr. Lahey has continued this year as usual. A new tempera has been introduced to replace watercolor, and the drawing may be done in charcoal, pencil, or crayon. Usually a member of the class poses, and occasionally there is a professional model, the rest of the time the subjects are drawn from the memory and imagination. In drawing, an attempt is made to give an impression rather than a photographic likeness of the model. An etching class, also under the direction of Mr. Lahey, has been started this year. There is an exhibition of the etchings done by this class on the seventh floor. Among the best of these are Patricia Greenman's portrait of her sister, Barbara Hall's picture of the park, and Henrietta Callaway's Arizona desert scene. i401

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Carlos ......... .............,.,,.. J ane Perry Pages ,......,... S Lucretia Osborne Uoy Hume Court Lady ....,.... gg:'Q.lQi.z.Mary Carter Bottomley In our opinion the most successful production of the year was Class II s Peter Pan. Even the usually horrible moment when Peter appeals to the audi ence to believe in fairies passed without a snicker. Wendy was very convincing and all the lost boys were delightful in their pajamas. The pirates were properly terrible and Nana was most amusing. CAST Peter Pan ..4,t... .,,..,,..4.... Wendy .,.,.., L Michael ...,...,... john .......,..........s. Mrs. Darling .,....,.. Mr. Darling ...,.., Nana .......,....,., Liza ....,....,......, First Twin .......... Second Twin ...,s,.,,.. Slightly ,......,..., Curly .....,...... Noodler ..,.,..,., Toodles ,.s....,.r. Nibs t.........,..,.,.r.. Captain Hook ...,,.s Starkey .4.,...s..s.,.,, Smee .,.,s,... Cecco .s..... Mullins ........ jukes ......,. s....4......Barrie Smith ,,...,.s..Margot Dethier Althea Loughran 4.........,Mary Halsey Anne Miner .,s..,..s......,.Mary Paige Betty Ann O'Connor ............Jeanne Poillon Evelyn Lovett Mary Callaway .......,,...Anne Wisner ...Barbara Ziegler .,..,...,Sophie Mason ,...4,4.,.....jane Bedford .,. .Madeleine Taylor ....s,....I.ouise Farrell Marion Cowles s..Martha Wellington .....s....,....jane Delano .,.....s.Pauline Washburn .......,,.Daphne Nelson N21