Case Western Reserve University - Lux / Differential Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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kYalter and Dennett, the policeman by 'l'om llaviland. .lerome Cross ol'fered his services as violin soloist for entertainment between acts tor which the Dramatic Club is gratefully appreciative. CHILDR.EN OF THE MOON The next play to be presented was a tragedy. Miartin l7lavin's Children of the Moon . Originally it was to have been played before the Christmas holidays, but an unfortunate accident suffered by Miss Helen Roush caused the postponement of the play. It was finally given the evenings of .lanuary 12, 13, 14 and 16. Again lildred proved much too small to care for the crowds. Probably more time was spent in the preparing and rehearsing of this play than on any other given in the history of the club. Qllnt the etlorts seem to have been justified in the result. 'l'he performances left little to be desired in the way of a Iinished amateur production. Difhcult roles in difficult situations were carried otl' with remarkable ease and acting ability. Major Bannister tRobert liimmelj with his Coekney sergeant tlienneth Marvinij is forced down on the linglish coast in his plane during a heavy fog. NVhile recovering from a dislocated shoulder at a nearby estate, he falls in love with the daughter of the house tNadine Milesl and asks permission from her grandmother tllelen ,Roush to marry the girl. Receiving the permission he desired he tries to win the consent of jane, the girl. Meanwhile, an element of impending disaster enters in the form of a letter from Laura, hlane's mother tllarriett liinselj and in the entrance of the crazy, moon-mad grandfather lRalph Colbertl. llr. XVL-therell tllenry lJul.aurencel is an old friend of the family and tries to aid the Major's courtship as much as possible. l.aura comes home and for no good reason at all, except a heartless sellishnessl tries to pre- vent the match. liinding her daughter's will too strong to sway. she tells her the truth-that the Atherton blood is tainted with a moon mania. liverything coming at once in this way causes .lane to really imagine herself moon-mad and she carries a crazed part for a short time. Miss Miles did this bit of acting very well and together with Miss Roush and Miss liinsel formed a trio of actresses that one would hardly expect to encounter otl' the legitimate professional stage. lint to go on with the story, Major I-lannister's love is too strong to thus lose lane, so the two start off in the airplane for the moon, while l,aura. repentant at last, vainly calls to her child to come back. .Iohn Maurer, as the old butler, brings in touches of pathos and comedy in a truly touching manner. E The cordial reception which this play was given by the lildred llall audiences seemed to warrant looking for fur- ther lields in which to present it. lfinally, arrangements were completed to exchange per- formances of plays with Ohio XXI-sleyan l'niversity. :Xc- corclingly, the cast of Chil- dren of the M-ooo traveled to Delaware and presented the play, Saturday evening, lfeb- ruary l3, in their l.ittle 'l'he- atre. The production was well .Sh-:lr fron: flllf-Ifl't'II of lla' .llfmu received. and the Reserve 32

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'I ,llulim'rr.v lx'ul'1l Iln' tulvin nj' Ciuftluin .ll1ftlt'jm'L' material to ehoose from it was not clillieult to assign parts to eapahle people. lhe plot has to rlo with a rather timorous young linglishman, ,-Xiuhrose .-Xpplejohn ttieorge Salznianb, who has a longing cleep in his heart' to rescue some poor clzunsel from the elutehes of a terrihle villain. lle tiually decides that he is heiug helcl in a rut hy his tnorle ot' living. .Ns a result' he clceiclcs to sell his hoiuc ancl take :L trip ahroacl, niueh to the surprise anfl consternation of his .Xunt .Xgatha Wltateouihe tllorothy Iluut tiossj and his warcl, Poppy Faire thlareeline foel, who is, unknown to hint, cleeply in love with her hashful guarclian. 'llhe cletails of selling the plaee are left to the wiles ot' .lohnny .Iason tplavecl to perfection with all ua.ttu':1lness hy Daniel Xliilesl who makes up Il stol'5' of a hiflclen treasure in the house. 'I'wo sUl1:u'ate factions ot' eroolcs now appear trvuw' to hncl the itnzwinarv tre'1sure. lftrsl. Maclzune Xaleslia , A h , ' tarhuirahly portrayecl hy lloris Youngl poses as a lacly in distress heing traclcecl hx lXllld.lllUllN spy lx ltl Il uol lti tXYtltti l'tltou uho utunlx l lecl uul tccl ,'.' , 'I I' S' I ' , ' C i ' Otbi' I ILC ' the martl. Sinee this is wha .X m ml -'ol 1:1 m-- 'zi ine' for, h- ti: lls 1 easv l t 1143 tnltllctnutt g L 1 in 1 pltx to her cleception. .Xml then Mr. anal Mrs. l'engarcl tfiiflney .Xnclorn :uul Joiothy l the storm IlCl IS Il VL' hunselt as awalcening luiinoi-om is a real t .Xlpplejohn atter. Raish lo furnish 31 layesl of the other group of eonspirators, appear as strangers lost in anrl rlisplay an interest in the purchase of the house. 'l'he seeoufl presentation ot' a weirtl rlrezun ol' .Xpplejohn's in which he imagines an intrepicl olrl sea pirate hy the nzune ol' t'aptain .-Xpplejaclx. Un he eannot torget the language ancl manner ot' the pirate and hy rt situation the eonstpirators are fhseoverecl anrl it clevelops that there reasure alter all. The storv eucls with a realization on the part -if that he is really in love with Poppywantl they all live happily ever . Alones, fil'USSIllIlll ancl liiuuuel were horrowecl from the tllee tluh the song ot the Coast tiuarcls. l,ush, the hutler, was playecl hy lfrerl

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players were entertained royally by the VVesleyanites during their stay. An unusual incident occurred during the production at XVesleyan which threat- ened to take the tragic tone from the play. Roars of laughter greeted the first appearance of Major Bannister on the stage. Hob said later that he thought there must have been some- thing wrong with his make-up or clothes. llut it came to light after- wards that the real cause for laugh- ter was the remark of one of the girls in the audience passed when she tirst saw the Major- My Gawd, isn't he handsome ! .-Xside from this, the play was re- ceived very well and the first part of a dramatic connection between the two schools was established on a hrm foun- 7-,N 'I-,.,,.,.,.,,f,,.: C-,,iM,.,.,, nf dation. tht- iltlimu THE GOOSE HANGS HIGH The return performance -of XVeslcyan was presented at lildred Hall, Sat- urday, March 6, to a filled house. The story is one showing the sacrifices that parents of college students often undergo that their children may receive a higher education and also showing that the seemingly carefree and artihcial youths of today have worthy hearts and souls. The parts in the play were well cast and the players carried their parts extremely well. The compliment of the step taken by Reserve proved equal to the production. offered at Wesleyan. .-Xu en- tertaintment given for the XYesleyan players after the play showed college co- operation and brotherhood at an ideal stage because all hard feelings arising from competition and decision were markedly absent. YOU AND I 3-ou and IH, a comedy by Phillip Harry, was Reserve's next play. .lt was presented the week before and the week after Spring vacation. The novel idea of a double cast portraying the same play in their own individual manner on different nights resulted in strikingly different presentations. The casts included: Maitland XVhite, tAddison lirenan, Arlan Cookjg Nancy, his wife, fAnnabel Allen, Marjorie I-loltjg Roderick XVhite, their son, CKenneth Marvin, Richard Barkerjg Veronica Duane, his fiancee, tl-Ielen Hamilton, Josephine ,ludsonjg Mr. G. T. VVarren, tllenry l3ul.aurence, joseph Russelljg Geoffrey Nichols, til.aurence Robishaw, Vincent jenkinsjg Etta, the maid, tNadine Miles, Evelyn l'ruchampj. This ultra-modern play with an old-fashioned idea as the basis for the plot went well with the college audience. The remaining schedule of plays was not complete at press time, but in- cluded either a 3-act play or a bill of three one-acts to be given the last week in April, possibly under student direction, a showing of The 'First Year about the m1ddle.of Mayg and the biggest thing Reserve has ever attempted in the line of dramatics-a presentation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dreami' in june. 7 3 3