Portsmouth Abbey School - Raven Yearbook (Portsmouth, RI)

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DRAMA TICS CLUB . Fifi! Roux' Bayne, P. Brady, Tatton, Kent, Hanrahan, Donovan, P. Robinson, Second roux' McConnell, W. Connolly, M. McDonald, Hoyt, Pavani, Mitchell, Third ron: Ham- ilton, Knoll, Rousselot, P. Duncan, Melvin, SlcI17lU77g,' Wa. Fisher, Burke, P. Kennedy, Dorn Wilfrid, Mr. White. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Reviving a custom of some years ago and to celebrate the completion of a new stage and ptoscenium in the Playhouse, the Dramatics Club presented their first production of the year, Gilbert and Sullivanls Pirates of Penzance , on the last Saturday of the winter term and again on May lOth for the Alumni. In spite of this being a more ambitious project than last year's Pinaforeu, both principals and chorus surpassed themselves in giving perform- ances of exceptional spirit, and the acting of the whole cast was deserving of the highest praise for its effortlessness and originality. The production and costumes were once again handled in professional manner by Dom Wilfred Bayne, while the music and staging were directed by Mr. Carroll Ball and Mr. Anthony White. Special mention should be made of the stage crew, who managed by Leandro Galban, worked with great efficiency behind the scenes. Everyone concerned should be congratulated for the excep- tionally high standard of morale and effort maintained throughout the rehearsals and performances, so making our third Gilbert and Sullivan operetta an un- qualified success. MR. WHITE

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CAMERA CLUB . Sealed: Remick, R. Healy, Lavedan, Godfrey, Slmzdi1zg.' Jo. Williamson, Knoll, Hoyt, J. McDonald. This year, as in the past, the Camera Club started out with very few active members, those on the Photography Board of the Yearbook being the only camera fans to be observed around the campus taking pictures. However, largely through Fred Switzer's efforts, the Camera Club was organized into a flourishing activity, and soon a managing board was drafted to arrange the statutes and club regulations. Following, with the help of Dick Godfrey and Russel Hoyt, the darkroom was painted, and by a well appreciated donation of a print dryer by Mr. Lawrence Hoyt, as well as donations of developing trays and linoleum covers for shelves, given by Bob Healy and Fred Switzer, the necessary working equipment was complete. Soon, though, the cynics began to say, What are the meetings of the Camera Club for? They never seem to do anything. To dispel these objections an exhibition was staged by the club, and it showed that there is good photography technique to be found in the school. The managing Board also dedicated itself to teaching the junior Members, boys with the desire to learn the finer points of developing and printing, the proper darkroom tech- nique. In this manner is the felicitous continuation of an active Camera Club insured. R. H.

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Firrl wuz' Power, Busher, Tatton, B. Adams, Hanrahan, Pavani, Spencer, Bayneg Second rouf: Coyle, Seymour, J. Lane, Lenihan, Connell, Hoyt, Mitchell, P. Reardon, Third muy' Carmody, Knoll, Hogan, Kenney, P. Duncan, Quinn, Sttzmfi11g.' Hamilton, Godfrey, Mc- Manus, P. Kennedy, Dom Wilfritl, Mr, White, Wi. Fisher, Wa. Fisher, Abrezztf D. Sullivan. RICHARD Ill The Portsmouth Dramatic Club after two excursions into Gilbert and Sullivan C Pinafore , last year, and The Pirates of Penzance , early in March of this yearj returned for its late spring production to the historical plays of Shakespeare. The series of dramas that 'begins with the Lancastrian usurpation and its consequences in the deposition and death of King Richard the Second, carries the spectator through the vicissitudes of the reign of Kings Henry the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth, to end in the defeat and death of the fratricidal Richard the Third on Bosworth Field. This series forms a continuous and well-knit story of crime and its consequences, and in this is not unlike the famous trilogy of Aeschylus which celebrates the crimes and sorrows of the House of Altreus. About four years ago the Portsmouth Dramatics Club gave a performance of King Richard the Second, an historical pageant in which as many as thirty-nine boys participated. This year it offered King Richard the Third, with Padraic Kennedy in the role of the arch-mischief-maker. DOM WILFIQID