Horace Mann Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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2 4 success was not so decided as its forerunner. Clyde Fitch's play of the rise and fall of Beau Brummel is well known and calls for a number of difficult scenes entailing mature acting in more than one part. As Beau Brummel is practically a one-man drama a good deal of its fix C ,...,-xwa .,,x.,- fx., Mg... -.f-X... -.. tx.- ..,-sh., ,.. X.- .-,. -N. i,-,- successful performance would seem to depend upon the actions of its main character. William Kilcullen, as the Beau, repeated his former polished performance and easily demonstrated that he is one of the most accomplished actors yet seen upon a Horace Mann stage. Nevertheless, he lacked that fin- ishing deftness that only an older and more experienced man could have given to the role. His remarkable portrayal of the final scene had quite an affect upon the audience and assured the success of the presentation. With two or three exceptions, however, the rest of the acting did not live up to the high standard set by Kilcullen. Many of the performances were amateurish. The role of Mortimer, the faithful butler, was sympathetically enacted by Alfred Compton, who seems to have a fancy for butlerian parts. He ably seconded Kilcullen throughout the play and most of the success is due to these two actors. Perhaps the most difficult part in the entire cast was that of the adven- turess, Mrs. St. Aubyn. Stuart Barden did as well as could be expected with the role but it was a little too much for him. Richard Levy again bowed and bustled his way through as the rich bourgeoise merchant and may be said to have done a good job. The rest of the cast acted under par and it is need- less to run through the long list of characters one by one, suffice it to say that they were only mediocre. In this production, as in the previous one, the Dramatic Club was handi- capped by lack of stage space. The Roerich Art Theatre, where the show was produced, although it provided an excellent theatre for acoustics, size and location, did not furnish much of a stage to work with. The theatre was built with the idea of sound pictures in mind, not dramas. However, the Club did the best it could and, in the last scene particularly, constructed an excellent stage set. The plot, occurring in the late eighteenth century, de- manded much lavish and expensive costuming and this was well attended to. A great deal of credit for the Dramatic Club's two achievements is due to their coach, Mr. Harold Clausen. He devoted much of his time to the pro- ductions and evidence of his instructive direction was everywhere apparent. For its Spring Show the Dramatic Club intends to present one of A. A. Milne's whimsicalities, The Dover Road. The cast, headed by William Kilcullen, is rather small, consisting of only six major characters. The pro- duction will be more or less of an experiment, as it will be staged, as was the fall show, upon the school platform. However, there will be no dance fol- lowing, contrary to custom. At this point it is not possible to predict the our- come, but if one were to judge by the two previous performances the show will be very enjoyable. One hundred eleven -..f-N.. ,.-f'x... ......f's,-- ...,....f'-..- ,,-,4.,... ..,.f'44.. H-,..gs4 ...p---...., ,mar-N.-, ,,...,-g,- 1 ' 1 . Y' f' 1 1 , ' : t - + f--- . . , tr ---. . . ..-...m,,,C1 l,-,--.-M K, . im, ,fx rm. . , , , ui --. -..g.-f-- M - M.-. . ,..,.u .X 5 b

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