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

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Jfw 1933 ' To play: buT Bohan was properly righTeous and able, and did one oT The besT small pieces in The show. As RalsTon lvlcliodd, The American sweeT singer Trom Wisconsin who caused much oT The Trouble, RoberT Rice was belligerenT and good in alTogeTher Too small a role. l-lerberT DieTz porTrayed The VicTorian and homely Lady Middlewiclc in a remarkably realisTic and amusing manner. Dana, as a saccharine Phyllisg William T-lay, playing a perT liTTle maidservanTg Donohue, as a London bobby g and MarTin Erlanger, William SweeT, Louis ToussainT, and George CompTon in less conspicuous roles, were all well casT and TulTilled Their Taslcs in a sTraighTTorward manner. Mr. l-larold Clausen again deserves crediT Tor his energy and guid- ance as The Club's direcTor. Much oT The DramaTic organizaTion's success has depended upon him. Warren Munsell was The Business Manager, and iT was mainly Through his and Miss lVlclnTosh's eTTorTs ThaT The pro- ducTions were Tinancially successTul. Scene Trom The Fall producTion, The New Sin. 51202-

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Jhe 1933 Qfomce The lesser roles were placed in fhe efficienf hands of Vicfor Barnouw lfhe only one fo porfray parfs in bofh producfionsl, Rowland McClave, Louis Toussainf. and George Dana. Barnouw, fhis fime in a serious role. porfrayed fhe unlucky recipienf of an assassin's bullef wifh graceful arrogance: lv1cClave was honesf alfhough somewhaf forced in his inferprefafion of a slow-fhinking Parliamenfary lordg Dana was a loan merchanf wifh a fanafical craving for murders, and Toussainf played fhe parf of an elderly and doddering bufler-landlord-servanf. The excellenf dance which followed confinued an inferesfing and worfhwhile evening. Winfer Proclucfion lf is safe fo say fhaf fhe Club's presenfafion of Leave lf To Psmifh , P. G. Wodehouse's comedy, was one of fhe mosf polished and successful producfions ever affempfed by fhe Dramafic Club. The acfing was splendid: fhe sefs and lighfing adequafeg and The makeup and cosfumes realisfic. Bruce Bliven appeared in fhe 'rifle role, and gave a suave and amusing performance. ln addifion, he worked a meafy parf fo ifs fullesf wifhouf any over-emphasis and delighfed a suscepfible audience fo fhe ufmosf in his lasf performance on fhe l-lorace Mann sfage. Forfunafely provided wifh an amazingly convincing makeup, Vicfor Barnouw oufdid any of his previous characferizafions as fhe humorous. likeable Earl of Middlewick. Barnouw has a fremendous amounf of nafural acfing abilify, and in fhis play, as in 'rhose ofhers in which he has appeared for fhree years, he remained in characfer confinually and delighffully. Roberf O'Brien was undoubfedly fhe greafesf sensafion in Leave If To Psmifh . As a seducfive and ingenious gangsfress. O'Brien looked and acfed fhe parf wifh surprising finesse and dignify. Keenan Wynn, as fhe iuvenile lead, Freddie, made fhe mosf of a role filled wifh rich possibilifies nof only by his enferfaining anfics and ufferances, buf by several iniecfed modernisms which broughf forfh hearfy laughs from fhe audience. Gerald Buerger, Alan Raphael, and Richard Bohan were fhe prin- cipals in fhe supporfing casf. Buerger porfrayed a comedian-crook, and his capable acfing combined wifh fiery red hair and a humorously hefero- geneous ouffif made him a perfecf characfer. Raphael played fhe heroine wifh a nafuralness and sfage presence which were peasing and resfful. A sneezing, inquisifive, buf efficienf secrefary is a hard parf ifllcil-

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