Northrop Collegiate School - Tatler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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the 1935 TATLER THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE A ITER five months of riotous rehearsals, the curtain rose with comparative quiet and decision on the authentic performance, that is. on the rocky coast of Cornwall, where the Pirates of Penzance were celebrating Frederic’s (Jimmy Hill to us) release from indenture. Echoes of Hurrah for the Pirate King! resounded from the rocks and the balcony of the Jefferson Junior High School auditorium. Sara Lee Fletcher as Ruth. Frederic’s nurse, delighted us all with the unexpected and inspired augmentation to her nose. It took Major-general Stanley's twenty-five daughters six rehearsals to muster up the courage to trip gaily onto the stage before the Hopkins Hill toppers, but they did it gracefully, considering their offstage actions. And they registered real admiration of Mary Lou Pickett upon her entrance. And the boys did very well with the girls to inspire them. The Pirates of Penzance is the second operetta that Blake and Northrop have presented together. Both this and last year’s Mikado” have proved great successes. The enjoyment of the audience was surpassed only by the delight all the cast took in the singing of this popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera. The material results of the performance were mainly new risers and a radio. The glee club also sang selections from lolanthe for the parent and teacher’s din- ner in May. The cast of The Pirates of Penzance” was: Richard, A Pirate Chief ------- Henry Atwood Samuel, his Lieutenant ------- Philip Walker Frederic, a Pirate Apprentice.............................James Hill Major General Stanley - -- -- -- -Alan White Edward, a Sergeant of Police ------ Arthur Larkin Ruth, a Piratical maid-of-all-work - Sara Lee Fletcher Mabel, General Stanley’s youngest daughter - - Mary Lou Pickett Kate I 11 eila Gillis F’dith General Stanley’s Daughters - - Martha Pattridge Isabel ! (Betty Ann Eggleston Chorus of General Stanley’s Daughters: Margaret Ann Atkinson. Mary Lou Benson. Peggy Carpenter, Ellen Jane Carlcton, Louise Chandler, Rosamond dc Laittre, Katherine Dain, Betsey Deems, Alex Gallcncamp, Marilyn Gluck, Ellen Huff, Marguerite Ireys, Bjtty King, Frances Mapes, Mary Anna Nash, Mary Frances Ncilson, Margaret Noonan, Rose Raines, Peggy Rutherford, Janet Sandy, Paisley Ann Woodrich, Mary Sue Zcllc. Chorus of Pirates: Robert Brooks, Ralph Bruce. Malcolm Clark, John Clark. John Dobson, George Hill, Albert Martin, Warren Palm, Stuart Rider, George Spencer, John Swanson, George Waters, William Wilcox. Chorus of Police (Pirates in Act 1): Lindsay Arthur, Boynton Bean, Edwin Elwcll, Robert Mirick, James Pattridge, Carol Wells, Thomas Wright, Robert Youngquist. Production Staff Student Managers - - - - Sara Lee Fletcher, Henry Atwood Business Manager ------- Betty Anne Eggleston Profterty Manager ------- Robert Youngquist Directors ----- Miss Edith Cotton, Mr. Stanley Avery Assisted by --------- Mrs. Foulstonc Page 25

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Left—Alan White as Major General, twirls his mustache and manages to look fairly dignified. Right— Arthur Larkin, the intrepid Sergeant of Police, smiles sweetly into the camera during dress rehearsal. Left — Papa want an aspirin? Mary Lou Pickett, as the Major General’s favorite daughter, Mabel, is tenderly solicitous of papa. Right—Jim Hill, as Frederic, and Mary Lou Pickett as Mabel, about to . . . break into a duct. Left — C'mon, c’mon, make up your mind! Henry Atwood, the Pirate King, and Sara Lee Fletcher as Ruth seem to leave Jim Hill no two ways about it. Right — Eeny-meeny-miny-moc! Philip Walker as Samuel seems to be having a hard time making up his mind between Martha Pattridge as Edith and Betty Ann Eggleston as Isabelle, two more of the general’s daughters.

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 Page 26 SPECIAL NOTICEI SEASON'S SUCCESS! rT HE Northrop Dramatic Club started out with a smashing season-hit. The Charm School, a delightful comedy by Alice Duer Miller and Robert Milton. The cast was a record-breaking one, including these nation-wide (well, at least school-wide) celebrities: Katherine Dain as Austin Bevans, the automobile salesman with ideas,” and Betsy Deems as Elisc Bennett, president of the Senior class at a school which essayed to teach its girls the gentle art of charm and attraction for the opposite sex. After much haggling with MGM, we succeeded in getting Jane Creamer, Sara Lee Elctchcr, Chloc Doerr, and Martha Pattridgc to take the prominent roles of Austin’s room-mates, who caused such a twitter at the Fairvicw School. And the Fox studios generously lent the services of Rhoda Belcher, Mary Lou Benson and Betty Silvcrthornc. Everybody accorded the play the season's prize. Of course, the school-girls, very proficient in the school’s main branch of study, cannot be omitted: Mary Anna Nash, Elizabeth Holmberg and Elizabeth Luckcr, Virginia Foley, Nancy Lou Mackali, Janet Wyer, and Mary Gluek McDonald! Mrs. Foulstonc was the able director.