Haddon Heights High School - Garneteer Yearbook (Haddon Heights, NJ)

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Y THE GARNETEER . . . 1937 l l 1 Scene fffllll THE QUEENS HUSBAND Marjorie Williainsg General Northrup, Edgar Crouthamelg King Eric VIII, 'lack Gart- landg Major Pleret, Martin Cummings, Dr. Fellman, William P. Tait, Prince Williaiii, Williain Boveg Laker, jack Deppe. Miss Helene Novak, dramatic director, trained and ably supervised all dramatic work during the year. OPERETTA-The operetta, joan of the Nancy Lee, under the direction of Miss Grace Giddens and assisted by various members of the Faculty, was presented in the auditorium of the high school on Friday evening, April 30th, by the music organizations of the school. The story of joan of the Nancy Lee is as follows: Sir Richard Camden, an English gentleman, has been exiled from his native country for political reasons, through the treachery of his cousin, Lord Egbert Mortimer. Before taking his leave, Sir Richard finds that his sweetheart, Lady Joanna Leyton, has jilted him in favor of Lord Egbert, who comes into the possession of the Camden lands and Scene from THE QUEENS HUSBAND l55l

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THE GARNETEER . . . 1Y9Q7 g JUNIOR PLAY CAST lIDlIRAllMliA ANID llMlillllSlIi41'3 THE DRAMAT1c SEASON opened with the formation of junior and Senior Dramatic Clubs, as well as one formed to encourage Freshmen. JUNIOR PLAY-The first major drama event of the year was December 4th, when the juniors presented Tiger House, by Robert St. Clair, a clever mystery play laid around an isolated country estate called Mystery Manor, because of its alleged hauntings. Erma Lourie, played by Mildred Reese, is a young shop girl, who inherited the estate from an eccentric aunt. Erma's cousin, Arthur Hale, played by Arthur Pacifico, Oswald Kerins, by Herb Beattie, and a girl friend, Peggy Van Ess, by Roberta Walker, are house guests of Erma's and her living Aunt Sophia's, acted by Helen Geary. Then things begin to happen! It is a delightful romance, a clean and highly amusing comedy, and, although the mystery element dominates, there are no dead bodies, no shots fired, and nothing too gruesome. Others in the cast are: Yami, a Hindu, played by Willard Arentzen, the mystery woman, Ruth Shearer, MacIntosh, jim Swackhamer, Mrs. Murdock, Dot Reilley, and Thompson, Bob jones. SENIOR PLAY-The Seniors gave the 'iQueen's Husband, by Robert Emmett Sher- wood. The play was presented to a matinee audience on March 4th, and there were two evening performances on March 5th and 6th, The story concerns King Eric, who is completely dominated by Queen Martha. But, when the Queen leaves for America to try to get money, the whole country becomes unruly. The Princess Anne wants to elope with the Secretary, Frederick Granton, but when given a chance, refuses to leave her father to face alone the revolutionists' uprising. When the Queen returns, she finds the palace in ruins, and the Princess rebelling because she has to marry Prince William of Greck. When the day of the wedding arrives, the Queen, with much advice and many orders to the King and Princess, leaves for the cathedral, expecting them to follow, but the King quietly marries Granton and Princess Anne, and goes alone to meet the Queen. The fart ir: Frederic Granton, Steward Nichols, Phipps, Allan Rosenberg, Lord Birton, Jack Cathrall, Petley, Peggy Staats, Princess Anne, Isabel Michael, Queen Martha, Barbara Backman, First Lady-in-Waiting, Marguerite Ergood, Second Lady-in-Waiting, i541

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THE GARNETEER . . . 1937 wealth. Sir Richard becomes a pirate and has as allies a band of young English gentlemen, who also have been jilted by their sweethearts. The pirates man the ship, Nancy Lee, and choose as their leader, Sir Richard, who becomes Captain Dick of the pirate barge. The Nancy Lee is sailing off the coast of England when her crew attacks and captures, a ship which is carrying back from France, Lady Joanna and her bridesmaids who have been to Paris to buy gowns for Lady Joanna's approaching wedding. The opera concerns itself with the way in which Lady Joanna prevents a mutiny of the crew, and makes herself captain of the ship, deposing her former lover. In the process of the plot, Joanna and Richard become reconciled, and the pirates, yielding to the charm of the maidens aboard ship, foreswear their oath to hate women and become suitors for the hands of their captives. The cart of Joan of the Nancy Lee if ar followf: Sir Peter Leyton, Edgar Crouthamel, Lord Egbert Mortimer, Jack Cathrall, Jerry, Bill Raws, Sir Richard Camden, Steward Nichols, Edward fNedJ Brinkley, Claus Rohlf, Barnaby Hyde, Jack Deppe, Stephen Lowe, Jack Obus, Bill Bloody, James Swackhamer, Monsieur Francois, William P. Tait, Signor Doremi, John Davis, Jim Sparks, James Mills, Sam Lavercot, Robert Middleton, Jonathan Lumley, Norman Anderson, Gile Rose Ed Weldon, Lady Joanna Leyton, Bernice Huntingdon, Clarissa Buckingham, Lilli-an Kiszonas, orinda Harcourt, Betty Champion, Florinda Harcourt, Dorothy Parkhurst, Governess, Virginia Snufiin, Dona Eustacia Mercedes Maria Pilar de la Montana, Elizabeth Kitchen, Dolores de la Montana, Maria Orlando, Henrietta, Erna Knapp, Bridesmaids, Edna Maier, Betty Steitz, Margaret Cotter, Eleanor Frederick, Rita Rabe. Besides those mentioned in the cast, the rloorur included: Sopranos-Ernesteen Bartelt, Betty Beattie, Juanita Boyd, Betty Chapin, Erma Kuehner, Marion Ely, Virginia Hawkins, Betty Money, Myrtes Mowers, Evelyn O'Brien, Evelyn Peters, Ruth Rathey, Eugenia Schreiner, Lucille Stanbach, Ruth Supplee, Elizabeth Thorpe, Frances Tomlinson, Barbara Walker, Phyllis Whitecar, Pearl Freedman, Altos-Mary Cooney, Mary Dean, Jane Hebrew, Eleanor Jaffe, Margaret Jensen, Edith Juditz, Orpha Keck, Mary Platt, Ruth Reiner, Beryl Schneider, Kathryn Sides, Virginia Snufiing Tenors-Warren Mackara, Jack Patterson, Edward Schneider, John Waters, George Zimmer, Charles Marchal, Baritones-Franklin Hunt, Robert Middleton, Harold Rayser, Leonard Schmidt. Student Mamzgew Ella Lloyd.i Pianist .' Eugenia Zipf. NJ, OPERETTA CAST I 561