Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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HARLEQUIN PLAY-Under the direction of Miss Brong and Miss Baum- gartner, the first Harlequin Play, The Maker of Dreams , a delightful fantasy by Oliphant Down, was presented in 1925. Quality Street , a four act play by Sir Iames Barrie, was given as the second Harlequin Play in 1926. A few years later Miss Margaret Lehman, later Mrs. Richard Beck, was elected as English instructor and dramatic coach. Her long and successful career terminated in 1940 when she accompanied her husband to Boston. She was responsible for many of the present day policies of the club which include the point system, the inner circle, and the double cast system. This year the club presented Mystery at Greenfingers , a farce in three acts, by I. B. Priestly. The play was given on December 12 and 15, under the direction of Miss Ruth Snyder, English instructor. Mystery at Greenfingersv is a gay come :ly which centers around the disap- pearance of an elderly guest, Miss Tracy, who loves mysteries and likes to poke about in other people's business. Mr. Crowther, an ex-Scotland yard officer, plays the role of the self-important policeman who literally knows it all. Young and pretty Helen Tennent is the games and social hostess at the hotel. With the aid of Fred Poole, the cocktail barman, she is carrying on an unlawful business of selling narcotics. The sharp hotel secretary, Edna Sandars, in helping to solve the mystery wins the admiration of Keith Heley, assistant hotel manager. Mrs. Rose Heaton, stall' manageress at the hotel, and Arnold Iordon, chef, play the roles of the typical husband and wife who have had an argument. Sally Phillips, sharp witted and cynical, and Clara Packer, a simple good- hearted creature, play the roles of the hotel maids. The cast for Mystery at Greenfingersn is as follows: Miss Tracy, Ruth Lippincott and Alice lean Poole, Robert Crowther, Leroy Shutt, Edna Sandars, Dorothy Selner and Dorothy Ference, Keith Henley, Edgar Hayman, Sally Phillips, Carolyn Le Worthy and Ianice Keller, Clara Packer, lean Titus, Arnold Iordan, Enoch Moore, Rose Heaton, Virginia Hendricks and Susan Butler, Fred Poole, Allen Potter, Helen Tennant, Kathryn Hobensack and Edna Larzelere. 25

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SENIOR PLAY-The first senior play in Doylestown High School was staged in 1921. Previous to 1951 all senior plays were given three evenings, namely g Thurs day, Friday, and Saturday, but in later years only two evening performances were presented. This year Crazy House , a farce in three acts by Pete Williams, was given before a capacity audience. It was presented under the direction of Miss Iean Runkle, language teacher. Crazy House , a mad, merry farce packed with laughs, told the story of the Beldinkers, as likeable a family of crackpots as every got together under one roof. Lancelot is a mild-mannered, henpecked, little man 3 Aspasia, his wife, is writing an opera. Then there are three children, Aay, Bee, and See, so-called because Aspasia doesn't want to destroy their individuality by giving them arbitrary names. Aay pedals his bicyle in the living room twelve hours a day in order to get in shape for the six-day bicyle race. Bee, painter of modern pictures which no one can understand, including herself, is engaged to Dick Charles, a most prom- ising student at the College of Embalming. See can best be described as one of the most thorough-going brats in recent dramatic literature. Grandma Dimity, with the purple hair, spends all her time clipping coupons and entering radio contests. The production staff, which plays such an important part in the staging of any play, consisted of forty-five members in comparison to the twenty members in 1954. The program for Crazy Housen was a green tint with a hand decorated blockprint much like one old program of 1928 for Smilin' Through which was an orange tint with a hand decorated blockprint. The cast for Crazy House is as follows, Mr. Aspasia Beldinker, Ruth Lippincott, Bee Beldinker, Edna Larzelere, See Beldinker, Dorothy Selnerg Laura, Carolyn LeWorthy3 Grama Dimity, Alice lean Poole, Aay Beldinker, Philip Moyer, Ionathan Pypuss, Guenther Orthausg Dick Charles, Edgar Hayman 5 Suzy Kloppenhouer, Sonia Slotterg Launcelot Beldinker, Leroy Shuttg Peter G. Fillup, Robert Gallagher, Signor, Stanley McCormack, Radio Voice, Stanley McCormack g Understudies, Susan Butler and Horace Swartz. 27