Lafayette High School - Marquis Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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-wi ..-I In a unique shot, Jimmy Boling's image is reflected while A look ofdisgust is shown on Allan Cccifs face as he portrays Mr. Kimber in ri scene from George Wa5l11'ng10nSlep1 Here. behind the curtain, he prepares to go on stage. S fM d ome o a ge's friends come to visit her end in her new summer home. ' i .x- F? C1515 ki 1 ...L ,..L,..V . aa... L i-----T gi F1 BM for the week- A close up shot shows Charlse lson, and Lisa Land as they portray Newton and Annabelle Fuller in a common scene of argument. After an excellent presentation of George Wa.rh1'ng1on Slepr Here, the large cast is shown at curtain call. Article and Layout design by Liz Palmerton Photos by David McBrayer and Brad Stevens Plays f I9

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A Change of Scenery Changing scenery is just one of the many events which takes place behind the cur- tain. The fact is, it takes a number of hours to make a production go well, and it all falls in the hands of Bob Gardner, the director of Lafayette's drama productions. The first and most important thing which has to be done, explained Gardner, is to choose the right play. Gardner chose Har- vey for the fall production. l was looking for a classical and well written, famous play which had a good message to it. Har- vey seemed to be it. Harvey was a comedy about a man, Elwood, who was continuously embarrass- ing his sister Veta and niece, Myrtle Mae, by talking to his Pukka, a six-foot-two, white rabbit, which he called Harvey. The rabbit was invisible and only appeared when and where it wanted to, making Elwood and his family the laughing stock of society. Meanwhile, Veta tried to get Elwood commited to a sanitarium, Chum- ley's Rest. The play ended with Dr. Chum- ley trying to get the Pukka for himself, after seeing that the Pukka had brought Elwood good luck. The rabbit then Ricky Barbour makes Mark Eblen up as he prepares to go on stage in Harvey. iN. 'f I , V ZfJiQ5lT 1!.,' 18 f Plays Q-,I w -11 U 1 1 l 3 i l - appeared in front of everyone, proving its existence, and Elwood and his family got along better and were no longer laughed at. The only real problems we had con- cerning Harveyf' explained Gardner, involved the two different sets which had to be switched and some of the lines, which seemed to be hard for the actors to memor- ize. Otherwise, everything went pretty smoothly. When Gardner was asked about what he looked for when choosing characters, he replied, Annabelle Fuller portrayed by Lisa Land, relieve herself from the disappointment oflosing her home, Q! Because of the rainy weather for the past two days, Annabelle Fuller expresses her anger at her husban Madge, her guests, and the Fullers, are forced to stay Newton, after learning that he has bought the hous inside and are bored stiff. she has just looked at. -. B glial Vt- . ' 'N -1 P'

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.Wu N ...- lx. i 1 M w rl, 'more sliows gin expression ol shock as she gho lt.-nummil Darrell Douglas, Bfcll Morris,1md Missy Morris irc llic picture ol llairvcy lo fr harlsc lson, Rodney Fcaths i ' Shown pulling up the sd mr lltlrwp CfSlllllU,L1lldR41IlSlUIli'I. T l 1 if You are limited by the script, so I look at the appearance of the actors, their person- alities and intelligence, how they move, and their speaking abilities. If there is no problem in finding characters, as in Har- vey, I usually have a double cast. The spring play, George Washington Slept Here, was also a comedy which was presented equally as well as Harvey. It took place in a farmhouse in Pennsylvania which was supposedly the house in which George Washington slept. lt was later announced that Benedict Arnold had slept there instead of Washington. Comical situ- ations developed as the city family tried to adapt to country living, and the fact that there was no water was no help to Anna- belle's terrible headaches. She never real- ized how much she liked living in the old place until Mr. Prescott tried to force them to move out so that he could buy the prop- erty. The Fullers then had to rely on their wealthy uncle who was actually not rich at all, to give them the five thousand dollars needed to pay off their debts so that they could keep their house. The play came to an end when the entire family sat happily drinking and Uncle Stanley had tricked Mr. Prescott into believing that they had the money and could now keep their house. Although each presentation called for an average of 250-300 hours of practice, and there came times when props and furniture were hard to get, the casts remained organ- ized and both plays went over smoothly. As long as Lafayette continues to receive stu- dents with such acting abilities, it is certain that Bob Gardner will continue to direct promising plays in the future. 20 f Plays 4 4 2 gs, F 1 . f ?'C,.,.A' fa ia i ef sfrf yy . W. A 27, , lb 11