Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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a. noisy response made inside the house. Richard Blaelfstoelf, by lowering his voiee, became a very grave and serious duke. The others, Heal: Blcmlfesztija, Ron Verde, Stephen Bunge, and Uruig Moore, all contributed mueh to the play. Among the female roles the first plaee naturally belongs to Desdemona. Mean SlH'I 1i!llll1l. .lliss Slll I'1lIIIlH was a sweet and gentle maiden, deeply and truly in love with the Moor. This was made apparent all through the play by her quiet and soft voiee although sometimes it was too quielt. This Dart was Well played although, again, there was an absenee of bodily movement which was needed. Emilia is very different from her mistress. She is eoarse, unimaginative, and earthy - humdrum. Carolyn Sltropslizre gave us this type of a. person. She played her part enthusiastieally and with vigour, finally reaehing her glory in the iinal act. Often, however, her voiee was too sharp and shrill which grated upon one's nerves. In many ways, .lltielzelle Dulziy gave the best female pertormanee. She very definitely depieted a brazen eourtesan. But, again, as with Emilia, her voiee often lacked the neeessary piteh and power. However, these girls acted well. Two seenes eall for speeial mention. The first was the drinking scene. One felt as if one wanted to jump on to the stage and join in the singing and .good fun. The other - to go to the other extreme - was the murder of Desdemona. A really high and sustained dramatie effect was achieved here by Bloomfield. The properties and sets prepared by Jlr. Vim and Stzulrt Blaber were strik- ingly simple and gave a ealm baekground to this intense emotional elash. The make-up by Jlr. Jeu-fill, assisted by .l1r. Brelmwr and Slmron Tattrie, was exeellent as were the lavish eostumes. The director, Jlr. Ifcirlekop, is to be heartily eon- gratulated lor a very line perl'ormanee. 1 p J. D. PURDY

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amatics thello OR THE THIRD TIME IN I1'oI'E YEARS the Pickering College Dramatic Club ehose a difficult and exacting play for its annual production - Shakespeares OTHELLO. This play is extremely difheult to portray owing to the intense emotional aeting and interpretation demanded from the two leading Inale roles, Othello and Iago. There must be a, sharp Contrast, between these two eharaeters. Both Bob Bloomfield, as Othello, and .BH-I'I'.lf Ilyoub, as Iago, portrayed their parts extremely well. Both possess fine aeting abililty and had the neeessary emotional qualities. They generally spoke their lines elearly and distinetly, especially Ayoub's soliloquies when he allowed us to share his devilish plans in an intimate manner. He was evil inearnate. Ile looked evil aIId he spoke evilly. lle was eertainly the intellectual superior of anyone in the play. He was eunning and intriguing. Despite his revolving jaw, whieh was often very distraeting and sometimes made l1is performanee melodramatie, Ayoub conveyed to his audienee his sense of purpose. This was a very demanding role and it was well played. However, it is the interplay of Othello and Iago that forms the texture of this play. Othello superbly apparelled, was noble, honest, and above jealousy - essentially a simple eharaelter. But he was also naive and foolish. This ma.de it very easy for Iago to mould Othellos thoughts and aetions to his designs. Bloomfirtrl gave us all of these qualities, and, indeed, depieted the tragie fiaw in Othello's eharaeter. Among the other male parts, Roderigo played by Jim liver, was easily the best. He indieated his griet. hurt, and anger from the very first seene with Iago. These two players established a good relationship xvhieh was sustained throughout the play. Vassio tErl Snifl.-ol was very dashing in white, adettuately portrayed his part but he didn't reaeh his heights until his first encounter on stage with the eourtesan, Bianea, ti.lI1'f'lwl1e Dulzigl, While Jilin .llelfzie looked the very part ot an outraged tather and leading eitizen, he eoultl have been even better if he had intieetetl his voiee more often. XVhen he shouted Strike on the tinder, ho , he should have bellowetl it and, equally important, there should have been NfllPf4Jf77'I

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Glee Club -H. M. S. ina ore ANDSOME SAILORSl BEAUTIFUL iuionxsl Melorlious voiees! Sprightly tunes! Delightful seeneryl These were some ol' the features ot Piekering Vollege Glee Clubs rendering of Gilbert anrl Sullivans H.M.S. Pinatoref, After an absenee of two years G LQ S returnecl to the st-hool's stage. Anal what better ehoiee eoulcl have been macle than the mueh beloveml Pinatore with its satirie jibes at love making in the class eonseious times ot the great Queen Vietoria. The entire performanee exucled gaity, humour, aml goofl fun. It was a speetaele wliieh thrilled the audiences of the three nights. The east was absolutely superb. The leacls, with one or two exeeptions, were taken by professional voiees whieh earrieml us tlirough the tortuous ancl intricate love affairs of the plot. This ol' eourse, makes it very rliffieult to ehoose any single pertormanee for speeial mention. However, tribute must be given to Ilowflrfl Jlrziesoial for his exeellent ancl amusing' interpretation ol' that evil lititle monster, the malieious llieli lleatleye, who ilifl not believe in mleeeiving his eaptain. Josephine. the mueh sought atter tlaughter ot t'aptain t'oreoran, was portrayed by Elizabeth Jlrrlzeson whose lovely lyrie soprano exeiterl the auflienee. Leslie Mackey as the stern, ambitious Vaptain Coreoran, eommanrler ot' the Pinafore, sang' his role extremely well. His renclition ot 'tlfair moon, to thee I sing was eertainly one ol' the liiglilights of the evening s entertainment. illrzry Vurr gave us a. delightful antl tleleetable Little Buttereup - vivaeious antl sauey antl rather perturbefl about her mistake many years ago. She eertainly clazzletl the captain at times. Every Gilbert and Sullivan operetta has a eomie eharaeter, a buftoon, a preposterous type. In Pinafore it is the noble First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. This part was taken by Etlfjflvl' Jlurrloeh, the resiflent music master, who was not quite as pompous or eoneeitecl as is usually expeetefl of Sir Joseph but, nevertheless, inclieatecl that the First Loral was rather an ass! Ralph Raekstraw, the love-siek toreeastle haml, was playefl by Ernest Ifwlel.-op tbearil anrl allll. h'erlel.'op's very fine voiee was very mueh appreeiatetl in this role although at times he hafl a tenfleney to sing' into the wings anfl not towards the audience. Tzeen ty-on e