Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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14 SAMARA On November 5th Elmwood began their dramatic productions with the annual house plays. These plays, directed by the house- heads, were all extremely well done and there were many outstanding performances. First, this year, was Keller ' s play Michael with Sheila McCormick, Joan Yates and Joan Fagan in the leading roles. Fry and Nightin- gale tied for second place with their plays The Valiant and The Bishop ' s Candle- sticks . Credit should be given to Gillian Neville, Marianne Lovink, Sally Trueman and Victoria Brain for their excellent perform- ances in these plays. The Christmas plays this year were under the very capable direction of Mrs. Meiklejohn and Mrs. Davis. The first, the story of the Nativity, was narrated by Jennifer Wooll- combe and Marianne Lovink while the players moved on stage very simply and beautifully in accordance with the words. The second Christmas play was directed and written by Mrs. Davis and was presented by her junior form. The lines of the play, which was called The Christmas Rose , were written in rhyme and the costumes were exceptionally lovely and appropriate. On the night of March 5th the Ashbury- Elmwood Dramatic Societies presented the Irish play The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge. This difficult play was under the combined direction of Mr. Belcher and Mr. Devine and was well received by the large audience at the Little Theatre. Credit should be given to Joan Fagan for her role as the wild Irish girl, Pegeen Mike, and to Gillian Neville for her part as the scheming widow Quin. Sheila McCormick, Emilie Van der Vaart and Judy Ewing also did extremely well in their roles of country girls. The play, spoken in thick Irish brogue, was the result of many weeks of hard and feverish practice. The following week saw the last dramatic presentation of the year, with the successful performance of Our Town by Thornton Wilder. Credit should be given to Mrs. Meiklejohn for her direction of this play and for the very remarkable performance she gave in it herself. Excellent performances were also given by Janet Chapman, Meg Reynolds, Sheila McCormick, Joan Fagan and Gillian Neville in the leading roles. These have been the plays presented so successfully this year by Elmwood ' s many budding actresses.

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SENIOR BASKETBALL TEAM JUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAM HOUSi, ,,...r:R WINNER— FRY HOUSE