Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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LOYOLA COLLEGE Page 14 REVIEW given the opportunity to admire its dramatic power, through the painstaking efforts of the Loyola group. By means of a well contrived setting and special lighting, a large number of scenes are used. . . . The central figures are well cast. . . . Undoubt- edly the work of these four (Shepherd, Fortin, Macdougall and Knox) plays a large part in making this drama real and believable, and one becomes in- — interested in their seemingly hopeless task of searching for the cause of yellow fever. “The show is being repeated this evening in the Loyola College theatre, and is unreservedly recommended as being definitely one of the outstanding amateur productions of the current season.” Montreal Herald, Saturday, May 6th: Loyola Thespians Cleverly Render Difficult Drama.’ “.. . for a first night the performance was remarkably free of the usual signs of nervousness that find their way into amateur productions. Under the able direction of Maurice Stanford, the Loyola players deported themselves in a manner that is rapidly placing the west-end college dramatic society in the front row of local organizations. “The sound effects, setting, and particularly lighting, played major roles in the success of the performance. Timed so perfectly, one was inclined to believe that this is the way Howard himself had. envisioned іс...” At the second performance, to remove the slight obscurity occasioned by technical passages at the start of the play, a lucid prologue was composed and effectively given over the loud speaker b Mr. Sheridan, S.J. | Though the acting of the players mentioned above was outstanding, we should like to add our humble commendation of the work of Privates O'Hara, McClelland, Busch and Brinkerhof, played by Frank Kelly, John Scullion, Lucien Cardin and Frank Kaine. Mark McKeown gave perfect support as Major Gorgas, and dis- — talent which should draw him a more important role next year. Francis amill made a very convincing Dr. Ames, quiet, unobtrusive, and entirely adequate. Arthur Welbourne made us wish that his role had brought him before us throughout the action of the pay. Thanks are due to Reverend Father Rector for his cooperation and encourage- ment. It is also a pleasant duty to acknowledge here the hours of generous labour done backstage by Gene Gareau, Gerald Mulcair, John Doyle, Harold Tingle, Pierre Senécal, grues Baudouin, William Shore, Royden Thoms, and Norman Dann. Much of the critics' praise of staging and lighting is to be referred to these students. Deserving of much credit is Victor Mitchell, for work that greatly expedited the sequences. The press reports cited above appear definite indication that the year just past has been a milestone in the history of the Dramatic Society. The three-act farce has its place in our dramatic work, and many plays of that category are of real merit, but that it should constitute the sole dramatic product of an institution of higher education seems obviously undesirable. It is to be hoped that YELLOW JACK has effected the rupture with this quasi-tradition. Our players are capable of better performances, our theatre unequalled in the city. It is hoped that this be appre- ciated by the committee selecting next year's production. іі сім A

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` CHAIRMEN HINPHY, 136; T. MANLEY, '28; E. TYLER, '38 . NOBLE, 29. ADVISORY COMMITTEE LOYOLA ALUMNI EXECUTIVE e 5 M. COLLINS, '23; R. HOLLAND, 18; JOHN WHITELAW, 29; STANLEY JOHNSON, Sec'y; NORMAN A. SMITH, Pres., 27; E. BRONSTETTER, 37. REV. T. J. WALSH, S.J., Moderator, '23; WALTER ELLIOTT, °31.