California State University Chico - Record Yearbook (Chico, CA)

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THE GOOSEBERRY MANDARIN' , Prologue .,...,.. ...,...................................,.,.... ... - - Vorus Roulsten Mandarin ....... ...... ...,.. ......,.. .v.... . . .,,, L o uis Olker Ping Loo ...Y -- - ......... ........,........,....,.,. . Dora Montgomery HPANURGEJS SHEEP Gabrielle D'Arcy ,,,....,...,,.,..e.............,,,.....,.,..,... Maeola Eastburn Martha Nervil..- ....,. .....,,, . .--Pauline Huse Antoine... ...........o..,. ....., .,.... ,..... . K e nneth Moore .Jacques Durand ,o.,...,,,,....,r.v.. ,....., . -..James Riley 'ITHE BOORU The Young Vwfidow ................................ ...... D orothy Brown Gregori Stepanovitch Smirnov ,.................... a... . .-.Dan Farmer Luke, the servant .......,,...,,.....,............,,........ -. ..., Mario Capri A CUP OF TEA A farce full of mirth and impossible incidents was repeated for the Parent Teachers Association Founders' Day program at the College auditorium. The cast included: Wilfort Wendell. ..,.. ..... . -- ,,.,, ..,-..--.Ray Denlay Jane Wendell. .,..... . ,,,,.,....... .Pauline Huse Azalea Waring ...... ....... .. ................................... Maeola Eastburn John Waring. .......................,.... . ..........,................... Mario Capri This is an improbable but very amusing farce dealing with a poet, Wilfort Wendell, whose wife thoroughly understands his propensity for philandering. His recent affair with a married woman is saved from a tragic ending by the quick-wittedness of Nlrs. Wendell. -.n-,gf 39 Ea..-

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V -,,.,, , mi- --- TEA FOR THREE The dramatics department was requested to give a play for the Presidents' Conference, held here in March. The Family Upstairs was selected and rehearsals were well under way when Miss Barney received word from the pub- lisher that the play would not be released for amateur production. Not wishing to disappoint the expectant audience, work was begun immediately by an entirely different cast on a three-act comedy, Tea For Three, by Rio Cooper Megrue, Some of the members of this cast did remarkably well considering that they had only one short week to put on rehearsals. The cast follows: Philip ..c...a,,...c,...,cc........,....... .,r.,..r,....,,........,......,.... , Ray Denlay Doris... .,..Y-c............. ,. .........,.....,,.... ........,.....,,,....,... P auline Huse Carter ....... ..,.,, V Dan Farmer Austin ,....... ,......... . .....,. . .... i Joseph McGie Draycott ....,..... .. .r....,r-,,,.. c r,,-,.,,,.,.., ww ....,...... ,Marian Willard THE GOOSEBERRY MANDARINX' HPANURGES SHEEP AND THE BOORH The three one-act plays presented as the main feature of the International Evening of Drama and Music at the Senator Theatre were outstanding in the dramatic annals of Chico State Teachers College. They were given on the eve- ning of November 12 in commemoration of Armistice Day. The first play was a Chinese fantasy by Ruthenburg into which a note of weirdness is introduced by a prophetic willow tree that talks. The second, a French domestic comedy by Meilhac and Halevy was very cleverly enacted and the third, a Russian farce by Anton Tchekov, full of dramatic fire and action was in striking contrast to the first two and a fitting climax to the evening's entertainment. The three plays were performed by the following actors: --vii 3 8 ite'-

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,M-,xfx xl fl. 1 f ll. if I l All Nia 2 5 , l 1 1 l Q l , V I A V fix Y fx xr sf-a.,- Q , . 2 it The music under the direction of Paul Howard Young and Lida Lennon and the costumes and settings designed by Mavis Todd Brown and Margaret Max- well lent atmosphere to the plays and greatly aided in the success of the per- formances. A melodrama and tragedy of unusual interest by Goodman and Hecht was given April 30 as a benefit for The Record. The characters were: Captain Ashby, Anglo-Indian Army ...,........ -......-, . Joseph McGie Mahib, Ashby's native orderly ......... M ................... Kenneth Moore Denri Durot, officer in French Secret Service ........ Maxon Mellinger Major Wellington, attached to the general stan' ............ Louis Olker Kodah Kahn, a Sepoy sergeant ...................,... - ,.... Kenneth Palmer Music for this performance was under the direction of Paul Howard Young. . At present several other plays are in rehearsal, but it is still too early to say much about them save that, in all probability, they will be: The Romancers, given as an out-of-door production on the campus early in June, and a group of classroom plays to be given during May in the College auditorium. Among them will be: When the Whirlwind Blows, Action, The Rescue, Fleur- ette and Company and Wrong Numbers. Some worthy work has been done in the staging of plays. The three most outstanding plays in this respect were: The Loveliest Thing, Tea For Three, and The Hand of Siva. These were respectively staged by Antonia Faulkner and Mario Capri, Gertrude Luehning, and Pauline Huse. -..agf 407135-a... N ,f'N - X.. . ,!'Nw,. ,. N, , N. . 'Rf'