Miss Porters School - Yearbook (Farmington, CT)

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j X s L i j ' E , 2 vi 5 E R I, xi 5 i x 'fi l i i Q Q! L 1 'W First Row: Alice Fleitmann CSecretaryD, Ann Ellis QPresidentD, Clark, Virginia Lowry, Edith Moffat, Nancy Wylie, Susan Kelsey, Ann Wooster. Third Row: Anne Whitmarsh, Katharine Hamill, lVIarjory Hasler, Catherine YVhittemore, Ruth Humphreys, Nlargaret Goddard, Virginia Durand. Anne Wisner' Qlllistress of the Wardrobej. Second Row: Charlotte 1, The Players' Club As a result of the trials for the Players' Club held on October eighteenth, the following girls were elected members: Charlotte Clark, Virginia Durand, Margaret Goddard, Katharine Hamill, Marjory Hasler, Virginia Lowry, Ann VVooster, and Catherine VVhittemore. Cn Saturday, December fourth, The Players' Club, under the direc- tion of Miss Dillingham, presented a one-act play by Rachel Field, entitled Bargains in Cathay , a story of an ambitious salesgirl in the book depart- ment of a large store, who is daunted by nothing and makes all her dreams COITIC tI'UC. N x

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The Shepherds ..... . . Cornelius A Christmas Fancy . . . . Thiman Sleep, Holy Babe . . . . . . Snow Sancta lVIaria . . . . . Faure THE PERILHOU CLUB During the intermission, slides of famous pictures of the Nativity were shown. When the concert was ended, traditional Christmas carols were sung. The evening came to a close with a tableau, by the Perilhou Club, of the Madonna and Child, with angels, shepherds and the three kings. The stage was illumined by blue lights, and the effect was almost ethereal. THE SPRING OPERETTA UTANTIVY TOWERS A comic opera by Thomas F. Dunhill and A. P. Herbert Characters HUGH HEATHER, a singer .............. ..... N ancy Tenney JENNY JAY, a would-be painter . . . . . . Marie Armstrong THE EARL or TANTIVY .......... . . Emily Holcombe THE CoUNTEss or TANTIVY ........ . . . Anne Schrafft LADY ANN GALLOP, their daughter ........ Elizabeth Howe CHARLES, V1scoUNT HARKAWAY, :heir son . . . . . . Rosamond Reed CAPTAIN Loan BAREBACK, M.F.H. ...... . .. Margaret Delano Time: The Present ACT I The scene opens in Hugh Heather's studio in Chelsea, where Jenny jay, an artist who is in love with Hugh, is giving him a birthday party. She has invited Charles, Viscount Harkaway, and his sister, Lady Ann Gallop, to the party, the former is in love with jenny. Charles, however, arrives without his sister and immediately becomes the center of an admiring group of the opposite sex. Later, Lady Ann Gallop enters. She is immediately informed by her brother that their parents, the Earl and Countess of Tantivy, are coming to take her back to Tantivy Towers, from which place she has escaped. Hugh, upon meeting Lady Ann Gallop, falls desperately in love with her, thus making Jenny very jealous. The Earl and Countess arrive searching for their wayward girl, and promptly become so interested in Jenny and Hugh that they invite them to Tantivy Towers for the week-end. ACT Il The scene opens on the night of the Earl's Hunt Ball. Among the guests are Charles, Captain Lord Bareback, who is engaged to Ann, and Hugh, who is disguised as an entertainer but recognized by Jenny. Although Bareback is violently jealous of Hugh, he asks the singer to join the hunt the next morning. Hugh, however, shocks the guests by refusing. ACT III On the morning of the hunt, Hugh wanders disconsolately through the woods. He meets Ann and they become reconciled. She has just returned her engagement ring to Lord Bareback, and so Hugh asks her to marry him. While the whole party is lunching in the woods, the sound of the hounds and horns is heard. Hugh jumps up and shoots the fox. Ann, disgusted with his conduct, slaps him in the face and immediately decides that she loves Bareback. The latter enters angrily, demanding to know who has shot the fox. He starts to tussle with Hughg but the singer escapes, and he and jenny return to Chelsea.

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The cast consisted of: MISS EMILY GRAY .......... ............ A nn Wooster JERRY O,BRIEN, a post boy .... .... l Catharine Hamill MISS DOTY ............... . . . Virginia Durand THOMPSON WILLIAMS .... ........ S usan Kelsey MISS BLISS .................. ........ C harlotte Clark MR. ROYCE ...................... Catherine Whittemore A GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK ........ Margaret Goddard The winter play, Friend Hannah , was presented on January twenty- ninth. It is a tragic story of the eighteenth century concerning the secret but happy marriage of the Prince of Wales, incognito, to a lovely Quaker girl, Hannah Lightfoot. When he becomes king, he intends to make his wife known as Queen of England. His mother, however, without his knowl- edge, tells Hannah of the discords a commoner queen would provoke, and she unselfishly flees to America, where the prince cannot find her. Forty years later, she returns to her home in England. One day, the King, now blind and sick, passes by, and asks his brother to lead him to Hannah's garden, which he once knew so well. She watches him sorrowfully, and speaks to him. He thinks she is only a phantom of his imagination. Hannah realizes, however, that' he has never ceased to love her. As the two men leave, the King's brother, kneeling, kisses the hand of the old Quaker woman. The program: FRIEND HANNAH By Paul Kesler THE PRINCE OF WALES .... .............. A nn Ellis EDWARD, DUKE OF YORK . . . . . . Catherine Whittemore THE DUKE or CHANDOS .... ....... M arjory, Hasler LORD BUTE ............. ....... S usan Kelsey THOMAS LIGHTEOOT ....... ..... A nn Wooster ROBERT GLEGG, a post boy .... .... K atharine Hamill ISAAC AXFORD ............ .... R uth Humphreys AUGUSTA .............. .... T Anne Whitmarsh MARGARET LIGHTFOOT . . . . . . Alice Fleitmann BETTY TROTT ......... .... V irginia Lowry HANNAH LIGHTFOOT ...................... Nancy Wylie The play of the spring term is presented on the last Saturday of school. The Farmington Players are assisted in their production by the Perilhou and Mandolin Clubs. Last June, the play was Goldsmith's immortal She Stoops to Con- quer. It was a delightful presentation, and was enthusiastically received by the audience.