Orangeville High School - Red and Blue Yearbook (Orangeville, Ontario Canada)

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164 GRADE l3 ATTEND CREST THEATRE Appreciation of UD,Qhn,9 Caesar and Cleopatra Anticipating a splendid evening of Shakespeare at its best, the members of C-rade l3 attended the Crest Theatre the evening of Jian, 5, The original prologue written by George Bernard Shaw in the early nineteen hundreds was used as the introduction of Caesar and Cleo patra as directed by Leon Majorh The purpose of it was the deliverance of satirical taunts to the audience as well as rnany social criticisms, li think this was most effective, since it attracted the immediate attention of the audience , Pa was played by Frances Hyland, This was contrary to my earlier belief that Ra was definitely a mann Toby Robins, in her role cof Cleopatra, was more of Shakes- pear's emotional, persuasive woman than ofShaw'fs genuine, innocent girl., Nathan Cohen in his review of Caesar and Cleopatra said, 'tToby Robins' Cleopatra is darkly handsome and she is intermittently successful in catch ing the feeling, if not truly the appearance, of genuine girlhood, In later scenes, when the girl is speedily coming to emotional age, Miss Robins is much more persuasive in the later scenes than in earlier ones, l thought her performance was even throughout, and ever effective, Mayor Moor, as Caesar, was not as effective and thrilling as his leading lady., When his age was mentioned, his actions and facial expressions fhistronicsy were very impressive and quite amusing.. But he lacked the handsome dignity I thought he might possess and he became quite carried away in some of his minor speechesa He makes it clear in earlier scenes that his affection for Cleopatra is completely paternal. Jonathon White was the dashing young Romeo who played Apollodorus, His character was too affected and he tried to create a great spectacle of himself., Even while the major characters were speak-A ing, he was running about and perhaps detracting from them a little, Still, l liked this character: he seemed to appeal to me very much, These were the three actors who left the greatest impression on me, But l will never forget the valid performances of Cosette Lee as Ftatateeta and Arno Gotthard as Theodotus, The sniall revolving stage made it impossible for the third act to be stagedq l feel this ruined the character of Apolodorus, partially ruined Ftatateeta and failed to develop Caesarls affection for Rufiot

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stay that way until at least April., The curtains are the interesting part, My mother must have picked them up on the same day she lifted the sewlng machine. They are abstract curtains, artfully executed in three gay coloursf brown, tan and off:-ewhite. The entire surface of the material 1S covered with a great deal of absolutely nothing, The mad, cluttered, meaningless things hand there all day and quietly go about their business, Their one aim in life is to have me committed to a mental institution. They may make it yetq God knows they're trying hard enough. I used to sit there and try to make out what they meant, and why my mother brought them home to mea They would gaze back at me with any one of several hundred eyes, and I could almost hear t.hem laugh. That about completes the picture of my room, I neglected to mention the finger-uprints on the ceiling, but we wonlt go into thato lf you ever have a spare moment, drop over and say helloo You will find me in my room, playing the bongo drums and staring at the curtains., You better hurry though, I may not last much longert, Chris Braithwaite 13A C lt' s the Thought A young man approached the counter at which Christmas cards were being soldo Have you anything sentimental T? he asked, I-Iere's a lovely one, replied the salesgirl, To The Only Girl I Ever Loved. That's fine, l'll take four H--J no fm- six of those, please, 6 lo

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Q V' G. A U 1, 554' of l In-an QQ Ql- 65 ' ,I 'xx T , 12 'Q 4 f , ? XX 3 .2..,,1 , .,,..... , GRADE 13A Back row: Front row: GRADE 13A - ' 11.1 GRADE 13A Back row: Front row: Q! ,AA -' ',,,.--M x my-1 M' x... Larry Stone, Don McNeil, Dave Cadogan, Linda Taylor, Betty Kee, Brian Marshall, Harvey White Margo Henry, Linda Boyce, Mary Ledlow, Eleanor Gallagher, Carol Ann Kittle, Ann McBeth, Sandra Worthmgton INSERT - Cliff Coburn. MISSING - Marjory Innes, John Steer, Sherry Yellan. 4. . an , 5 ? . sl 9?- iw-1. J., fx ,Q ' I L nswd an I A11 f and 4 :raw E! -an Q gvl 'MM SIE .151 1 w .. I . v 2 5 :E Y . I L 4 F Y ' ,....o, . gl 4 , , ,-. 1 , X A r. D 1 x ,YY E I t 5 k I ., 3 , L-O Darwin Gilhooly, Bill Burns, Gordon Brooks, Neville Holmes, Finlay Cook, Chris Braithwalte, Peter Clancy Pat McF'ee, Jean Merlina, Catherine Muir, Nelly Doekes, Sandy Coburn, Marilyn Brown, Sandra Moon