Carleton College - Algol Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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Come, rome, you are a tedious fool. Measure for Measure Playing it to emphasize its strength as intellectual de- bate, Mr. Pettet guided Players through a relaxed re- hearsal schedule to a finished performance of Shake- speare ' s .Measure for Measure. Publicized by Tom Jeglosky and stage managed by Betsy Kissel, Measure for Measure took shape grad- ually as a sober discussion of unan.svverable ethical problems. The great debates between Isabella (Carol Saltus ) and Angelo ( Jack Sommers ) were seen against dark and angular backgrounds set by Ken Rowe and Julie Howard and lit by Kent Kirby, while the cos- tumes by Kit Stokstad and Jane Gore reflected the sub- dued tone of the work. The cast, among whom were John Swanson, Earl Gister, Nancy Reed,. Tom Zuck, and Daye Unumb, profited by the extended production date which gaye them time to perfect their acting. For Players, the play was a sad one in a special re- spect as Mr. Pettet ' s last time as actor-director in Nl,T, his stamping ground for six productive years. His loss will be deeply felt. Is it not strange and strange? 20

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Gammer Gurton ' s Needle By my troth, and well worthy besides to kiss the stocks! ' What d ' ya mean, I can ' t get a haircut? The male cast balked momentarily at the stage manager ' s demand for shaggy hair, but threw themselves with vigor into the pre-Elizabethan comedy, Gammer Gurton ' s Needle. This first sub-cycle production gave student Dave Unumb a chance to direct, with Margaret (Flossmoor) Barber as stage manager. Rare old Elizabethan oaths flew hot and heavy as the cast wrestled with the salt dialogue and elaborate horseplay. Rehearsal space was at a premium, for the sub-cycle schedule overlapped that of Bacon and Bungay. The audience repaid the trouble as they admired their Oldstyle Lemon Juice playbills and roared at the same rowdy jokes that tickled the Lon- doners of 1580. Thou arrant witch! 19

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Tom Jeglosky, Jack Sommers, Earle Gister in Famous Scenes from Shakespeare. Subcycle Offer ed in April, a concert reading of famous Shake- spearean scenes was the year ' s second subcvcle and senior Peggy Coombs ' farewell production. Directors Peggy and Grant Webster worked their rehearsals painstakingly around Measure for Measure , while production manager Marv Pearson saw to the per- formance ' s smooth running. The task proved difficult for actors Tom Jeglosky, Jack Sommers, Earle Gister, Carol Saltus, and Carolyn Stewart. When Shakespeare ' s writing and the actors ' former training demanded the use of the body, the concert technique demanded use of the voice alone from a quiet stance at the reading stand. Another experiment in early plays was that of Mr. Pettet ' s English Drama class, whose term project was an outdoor production of The Second Shepherds ' Play. Spectators huddled close, stamping and blowing, to join the madrigal singers who opened the performance. The shepherd ' s grumbling over the weather got un- e.xpected laughs as the ancient comedv and miracle play came alive on the cramped platform. To Bethlehem he bade that we should gang. — Second Shepherd ' s Play ' 21