Highland Park College - Piper Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Emu i81'n1nmvl On Thursday nighl, April 27. thc Collcgc ol' Oralory prcscnlcd in lhc Borchcl Thcalrc, Clydc Filch's grcat drama, Bc-au Brunnncl. A largc and apprccialivc audicncc on lhal occasion paid lriliulc lo Dcan llohcri Hall Atchison and his linc company ol' Highland Park players. A lnosl arlislic pcrforniancc ol' Fila-h's niaslcrpiccc was prc- scnlcd. Dc-an Atchison, who slarrvd as lhc faslidious and admirable Bcau, i 1 could not have found a rolc bcllcr suilcd lo his pcrsonalily, or onc which gavc him a grcalcr opportunity I'or lhc display ol' his splendid dralnalic ability. His inlcrprclalion wasniosl coninlcndahlc in cvcry rcspccl. The parts in lhc supporting casl were all wcll lakcn. Thu cntirc production had nonc ol' lhc unplcasanl fcalurcs ol' thc so-callcd amateur pcrlorinancc. Unc ol' thc most intcrcsling fcalurcs was lhc Dancc

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M INSTHIEL SHOW PROGRAM Medley Overture. . . Curlain Mississippi Cabaret. . . . . . . . . . . I'm glad my wil'e's in Europe. . . . . . . . ...... Alabama Jubilee............... .... Wc'll have a jubilee in my old Kentucky llolne. .. P.urr ll Back home in Tennessee. . .. . . . . . . . Darktown Poker Club. . . Iivils of Crapshooling. . . . . ........ I Specially AClose Shave.... Selection. . . . .. ..- ----- Finale Dixie. . . . NIANIJOLIN CLUB .lack Kendall Al. Bevan 0ltCl'IliS'l'ltA Miss Ruth Viggers Mr. Hazel Campbell Elberta Kagy Margaret Johnson Sara Frank Mr. Davis Miss Emma Anderson liXl'ICU'l'lVli COMM! KlENNli'l'l-I Mlzsuzlc. . . . .lon Woonnow. . . . . . IL. L. Cox ......... RALPH M1zsIr:1c.... . . .Orchestra . . . . . .Chorus Mr. Whitacre . . . . .Mr. Berg . . .Mr. Mesiek . . . .Orchestra and Chorus Mr. Greenwood . Mr. Webster ...The Barber Shop Four .. . . . . .Mandolin Club . . . .Mr. Meyers and Chorus Ottie Miller G. Chamberlin Glen Mitchell Ernest Mitchell Carroll Carpenter Ralph Peer Ewing Nagel Johnson rlvlwlr I: 4 4 Chairman . . .Business Manager . . . . . .Musical Director AIl'l'I-IUllBRADLEY... ......... bvAL'l'lill Sm:Hw.xn'rz, Glao. Moonns .Advertising Manager Electrician

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ot' the Menuet de la Reinef' under the special direction of Miss Marienne Gould, who also played tl1e leading female role. CAST OF CHARACTERS Beau Brummel, prince of dandies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. Reginald Courtney, his nephew ................ The Prince of Wales.. ....................... . . . Mortimer, valet and confidential man to Beau .... Mr. Oliver Vincent, cloth merchant ............ Sheridan, the playwright .................... Mr. Abrahams, a money lender ..... Lord Manly .................... Simpson, Footman to Beau ...,. . . . Bendon, Footman to Prince ........ Bailiffs .......................... .M1'. Robert Atchison . . . . .Mr. I-larry Dritt .Mr. Grover Springer ..Mr. George Moocrs Mr. Franklin Weston Mr. Joseph Woodrow ..Mr. E. C. Williams .. .Mr. Samuel Smith .Mr. Harold Webster Mr. George Fiderlick ..'.'.'.'.'.'.'. Pederson, Mr. Karl Drus Mariana Vincent, beloved by Beau and Reginald ............ Miss Marienne Gould Mrs. St. Aubyn, a society woman.......................... Duchess ot' Leamington. . . . . . . . . . .. .... ....... Kathleen, maid to Mariana. . . . .. Lady Fathingale, a society girl. . .. ...... Miss Mildred Hunter Miss Mabel Hiller I 'Elizabeth Drysdale . . . ....... Miss Faun Johnston A French Lodging-house Keeper ..................... ....... M iss Alma Strawn SYNOPSIS or Sor5Ni-:s Time, Early Part of 19th Century Place, England and France ACT 1 Scene 1-Mr. Brummel's Apartment in the morning. Scene 2-Same in the afternoon. l ACT 2 Reception room at Carlton House. ACT 3 The Mall, or St. James Park, where fashionable London walks. ACT 4 Scene 1-tSix months lateri Mr. Brummel's lodgings in Calais. Scene 2--The attic at Caen. A very poor dinner with an excellent dessert MUSICAL PROGRAM Mr. Arcule Slieasby, Director Qverture-Polonaise Militaire ......................................... Chopin Selection-fThe Bachanale, from the Opera, Samson and Delilah. ...... Saint Saens Valsc Gl'ilClCllS0 ................................ Souvenir ............... . . . Gipsy Dance .............. Boheme ...................................... . ............. Edward German . . .Edward German . . . . .Edward German . . . . .Anton Subenstem Final-Purple and White .......................... ...Dean Frank Nagel , EXECUTIVE STAFF Stage Manager .......... ....................... . . .Mr. David W. Oyler Advertising Manager ...... .................... ..... M 1 '. Harry J. Dritt Business Representative ...... . . . Master of Properties. . . . . . . . . . . .. G. E. Pritchard . . . . .Mr. Harold Webster Master of GCl1il0ll10ll'S wardrobe ............................ Mr. G. A. Fiderlick Mistress of Ladies' wardrobe .......................... Blanche Ridnour Warren Entire nroduction under personal direction ol' Mr. Robert Atchison, Dean of College ot Oratory. Dance, the Menuet dc la Reine, directed by Miss Maricnne Gould.