Monroe High School - M Book Yearbook (Monroe, WI)

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King Sextimus wonders back and forth trying to figure out how he can get his wife. Queen Aggrivain, to allow Prince Dauntless to marry Wmmfred After Princess Winnifred passes the Queen's test. Prince Dauntless Screaming at King Sextimus, Queen Aggravain would like to know what he is going to do can finally be married. with his son. Prince Dauntless. 11

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Lady Larken's look of despair is caused by the Queen Aggravain and her son Dauntless the drab look on as the new princess arrives and wonders “DkJ she really knowledge of her pregnancy unknown to Sir Harry. swim the moat?' No sleeping Through Once Upon A Mattress Tales of chivalry and romance during the medieval time period came alive with this year's musical production of Once Upon a Mattress . This twisted version of the ''Princess and the Pea presented a musical tale of one princess's chivalric duties to win her love's hand in marriage. Problems began with Queen Aggravain (Beth Larson), an over-protective mother, disapproving of all the eligible princesses in the neighboring kingdoms who wanted to wed her son, Prince Dauntless (Dan Hemming). To make problems worse. King Sextimus(Byron Berry) couldn't defy his wife's orders because he was plagued with a spell of muteness that would only be broken when the mouse devoured the hawk. Queen Aggravain refused any marriages within the kingdom until a princess, as wonderful as herself, was found to marry her son. Meanwhile, to save herself from shame. Lady Larken(Kris Ann Pinnow) needed to wed her boyfriend Sir Henry(Mike Shreve) before nine months time. Forcing the Wizard (Robert Vickerman) to conjure up impossible tests, the Queen prevents any Princess from taking her draby Dauntless away. Sir Henry, wanting Dauntlesses marriage to get out of the way of his own, set off to the swamplands and brought back Princess Winnifred(Kathy Ambler). Arriving as contestant number fourteen, Winnifred shocked the kingdom yet impressed Dauntless by swimming the moat. If Winnifred passed the sensitivity test by feeling a pea under twenty mattresses, she and Dauntless would be allowed to marry. As the musical comes to an end, the Wizard, Minstrel (Lee Wunschel), and the Jester (Brent Brayko) were tired of all the preposterous delays of the kingdoms, marriages, so they put jousting equipment, instead of a pea, under the mattresses to keep Winnifred from sleeping. Act II ends with the young loves of the kingdom married. The king's spell of muteness passed onto his wife for Dauntless finally stood up for himself against his mother. The mouse had finally devoured the hawk. 10

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Who is earnest? Gwendolen Fairfax (Milda Vickerman) and jack Worthing (David Baker) discuss their wedding plans while at jack's country house. Who is Ernest? And who is earnest? And is Ernest being earnest? These were just a few questions answered in this years production O ®9, • 9. The play takes places in England in high society. Algernon Moncrieff (Dan Hemming), nephew of Lady Bracknell (Kathy Ambler), lived a double life to escape dull dinner parties by inventing a friend named Bunbury, whose unpredictable health required Algy's absence from London whenever his aunt had a dinner. Algy's friend. Jack Worthing (David Baker), also lead a double life but for a different reason. Caring for his ward Cecily Cardew (Barb Dux Charme), who lived at Jack's country home under the stem Miss Prism (Kris Ann Pinnow), Jack felt he should portray high standards. To escape this good life he invented an imaginary brother named Ernest, whose identity Jack uses while in town. Jack has fallen in love with Gwendolen Fiarfax (Milda Vickerman), Lady Bracknell's daughter. Gwendolen also loves him, particularly because of his name - Ernest . While quizzing Ernest about his family history, Lady Bracknell discovers he was found in a handbag at Victoria Station. Upon this news Lady Bracknell refuses the marriage, until Ernest can produce at least one parent. Realizing Ernest must end. Jack returns to his country house to say he has died, yet before he could return Algy had gone and posed as Ernest. Upon doing so, Cecily took a deep interest in Algy, the pretend brother of her guardian, thus, Cecily and Algy fall in love, and Cecily confesses her dream of loving someone whose name was Ernest. In turn Algy decides to be rechristened Ernest in hopes of marrying Cecily. Calling upon Reverend Canon Chasuble (Robert Vickerman), Algy discovers Jack has also requested to be christend Ernest. Gwendolen soon arrives at the country house and meets Cecily. During their talk because of the mix up in names, they believe they are engaged to the same man. When both Algy and Jack appear together, their true identities are revealed. The girls are upset, but, in time, they forgive their lovers. Looking for her daughter. Lady Bracknell arrives at the country house to find hernep hew engaged to Cecily. Upon finding Cecily very rich. Lady Bracknell gives her consent to marriage between Cecily and Algy, but Jack does not unless Lady Bracknell gives her consent tohis marriage with Gwendolen. Upon Miss Prism's returning and confessing that she was the nurse who has left Lord Bracknell's house with a male infant whom she had accidently placed in a leather handbag and left at Victoria Station, Jack realized he was that infant. He also finds out that he is the son of Lady Bracknell's sister, which made Jack Algy's older brother. Jack's christened name was now the question. It was, naturally, - ERNEST. During their stay at the country house, Cecily Cardew (Barb Du Charme) and Algernon Moncrieff (Dan Hemming) confess their love for each other. 12