Camp Pasquaney - Annual Yearbook (Hebron, NH)

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THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL 71 first attempt of a m.an to dramaltize the lives of -the people living around him, a-s a contribution to -a native folk drama in Ame-rica that will be just as p'oten't -and beautiful as the folk drama of Ireland. The casts -of the three plays. were a-s follows: THE SCUFFLETOVVN CUTLAVVSM By W. N. Cox Henry Berry Lowrie, Chief of Croatan Indian Outlaws .... John C. Matthai John Sanders, white man from Nova Scotia ..........,.. James Tompkins Stephen Lowrie, Henry Berry's brother ............. J. P. Wade Levering Rhody, Henry Berry's wife ............ ..... E lihu. S. Howland Luke Locklear, a young Croatan ........................ Edward A. Davis June, Henry Berry's niece ......................... Walter B. Mahony, Jr. James McQueen, alias Donahue, white man of Robeson County W. Dana Hardwick THE PIPE IN THE FIELDS By T. C. MURRAY of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin Mrs. Keville ................ Peter Keville .... Mrs. Carolan .... Martin Keville ..... Father Moore ..... Woodland fawn ..... .............Henry H. Brewster . . . .John G. Rouse, Jr. . . . . . .Richard Prouty . . . . . . . . Philip Geiger ....Carter C. Higgins .....Thomas M. Hart JANE CLAY By GEORGE M. COHAN Judge .... Jane ..... Mason .... Clerk ...... Steve 4 ....... C. Chase . . . .John B. Tillson . . . . .Frank Brewer .....Robert H. Chase . . . . . . . . .Sterling Pile Policeman ..... ......... P hilip H- Tyler Mgthef ,,,,,, .... T homas P. Prout, Ir. Detective ,,,, .... E rnest B. Watson, Jr. The production of these- three as the spirit of the boys. The plays was a most ambitious under- scenery for- The Scufl-letown Out- taking and the fine quality attained, lawsl' was all made by the boys and speaks well for the coaching as w-ell equalled that of the Pmfesslonal

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70 THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL VVater Sports Day when the Pas- quanev Theatre presenfted T h e Scuftletown Qutlawsn hy XY. N. Cox, The Pipe in the Fields hy T. C. Murray. and jane Clay hy George M. Cohan. The Scuftle- town Qutlaw-s was written by a student in one of Professor Fred- erick Koch's plavwriting classes at the University of North Carolina. It is the recording of a true incident in the lives of the Lowrie gang, a tribe of Croatan Indian outlaws. The plav is not the work of an experienced playwright hut is the Photograph by F. O. Reed SAVELI WALEWITCH AND MADAME Our Delightful Russian Guests and Entertainers made more remarkahle hy the fact that the producers had made all the apparatus themfselves and were most dexterous in manipulating it. Monsieur and Madame Saveli XYalewitch were with us again this year. The former held his audience spellhound for over two hours. Both Monsieur and Madame were in native costume. The latter spoke verv charminglv as she descrihed the tolli songs which he was to sing. XYords cannot descrihe his delight- ful music. Of course the height of the dramatic season was reached on Photograph by F. O. Reed JOHNNY TILLSON AS JANE CLAY'

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72 THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL Flashlight Photograph by A. S. Cochran SCENE FROM THE PIPE IN THE FIELDS The Irish Play was repeated in l929 by request stage. The entire cast did good work, but Eddie Davis, 'clackn Matthai and Tack Hardwick de- serve special mention in this play. The Pipe in the Fields was repeated hy request this season hecauise of the tremendous success it enjoyed last year. This perform- ance was done hy the identical cast ' lm me ' - i 'F r ,ie-'r'?f3 Photograph by A. S. Cochran THE PASQUANEY CHORUS IN A MINSTREL SHOW of 1928, and showed the result of the previous experience. According to Dr. VVat-son, Henry Brewster gave the best performance as Mrs. Keville of any of the hoys in the comhined casts. Second to him was .Tohn Rouse, whose interpretation Cafgain quoting Dr. Vkfatsonl was superior to professional work. Philip Geiger also deserves mention., Carter Higgins' slow, even, and gentle manner of speaking lent him dignity and poise as Father Moore. He successfully conveyed to the audience the loving and understand- ing servant of the l,ord. The last play was 'flane Clay. The same futuristic setting of last year was again used with line light- ing ehfects. It came as a delightful