Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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I HONOR STUDENTS Donaldson Moorhead jean Robertson Gale Prize lf.v.rayi5! Gale Prize lfJ.rayi.rf Torrance Fiske Valediftorian Deborah Hall Robert Crounse Salumtarian Calf Prizf Esfayiyl 19

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.,, Ellie Qllasa Flag lfli class play committee of Central, after many weeks of consultation, decided on the Cricket on the Hearth, a dramatization of Dickens' famous story of the same name, as the class play. They made known their decision to the class at a meeting called for that purpose, and after some discussion this play was adopted. The class also voted on the liast High Audi- torium and the night of Friday, April 15th, for the production. XYe were also so fortunate as to secure Bliss XVilliams for our coach. The tryouts were held in February and being very successful it was with no little difficulty that the judges selected the follow- ing cast: Dot, or Mrs. -lohn Perrybingle, the bustling little housewife, is to be played by Florence Curran, and Tilly Slowboy, the awk- ward country girl, who is portrayed by Dickens as always being in a state of perpetual astonishment and gaping admiration, and who is also the nurse to Dot's precious baby, is taken by Abbie Chase. Agnes Read was chosen for the part of Bertha, the poor blind gentle daughter of Caleb Plummer. The part of the matronly Mrs. Fielding, who always stood on her gentility, was assigned to Blanche Lane, while that of her dutiful and obedi- ent and also very beautiful daughter, was given to Pauline Curran. Imogene Nelson has the part of that comforting com- panion, the Cricket. john Perrybingle, dear, good, generous John, to quote his wife, Dot's opinion, is to be played by Donald llrown. The part of Caleb Plummer, made famous by Nlr. Joseph Jefferson, is take11 by David jones, and he represents a meagre, thotful and whimsical man, while the part of his sarcastic, sour-natured em- ployer. Tackleton, who by an irony of fate has chosen the occu- pation of toymaker and though his partner has been dead for years, still goes by the firm name of Grutf K Tackleton, was assigned to George Davis. The stranger, later discovered to be Caleb's son lidward, whom he thot lost in South America, a sun- burnt sailor fellow, is to be played by Douglass Hawley. XX'ith such a capable cast and with almost daily rehearsals we may all look forward with great interest to the production to be staged April 15th, a production, which being a standard one, will keep np, if not raise a little higher the standard of Old Central. MARY CHll.lJ, Chairman. 21