Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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:1 3:222:23 .mwzmmgngmrgzr 2125:2326: . : mmazza' L .M'fETuTW'Wng'E'Erifzntztt l114l REED COLLEGE ANNUAL + 1915 bringing out the worth of the plays themselvs thru the direct- a unified effect rather than to hav one part stand out more ness and truthfulness of their presentation. The performance prominently than any other. The players wer: was preceded by a talk upon the work and aims Of the Irish Bartley Fallon ............................. Harold Golder players, given by Professor Hammond. BOth plays wer pre- Mrs. Fallon ............................... Mary Brownlie ; sented with the utmost care. Sprcding the News was a very Jack Smith ................................. Lindsley Ross real comedy depicting the proneness of human nature to pas 1.121116?f Ryan ---------------------------- Stelfhenscifl Smith -- . - ' C, - rs. ar e ............................... rma onecrren on an exc1t1ng blt Of g0551p. Those takmb part enterd into Mrs. Tulfliyy ............. .. ................ Adele Bibault Magistrate ................................ William Schell A Policeman .............................. Archibald Clark Mrs. Early .............................. Alta Armstrong The second play, The Traveling Man: was in a more serius uh 3 ii i w: ' h . I : n V I t. it with enthusiasm, and put into their parts such tru Gaelic feel- : ing, that the little play left the audience the impression of having , i seen a bit of real Irish life. The entire cast workt to present assuumwwwmiwuuagguaiw

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REED COLLEGE ANNUAL 19 1 5 WI DRAMA CLUB HE Drama Club had its beginnings during the sec- ond year of the college. when a group of women I interested in dramatics formd the Cothurnian Club $ with the purpose of arousing interest in dramatics among the students and of presenting plays for the K9 college and its trends. Owing to stage limitations and t0 the fact that the membership at that time consisted of women only, but one play, The Piperis Pay, was given during the year. However, this play, presented in the social room of the Arts Bilding on a small stage improvised for the occasion, was sufficient to arouse considerable interest in the possibilities of dramatics at the college. In the folloing' year the membership was thrown open to men, and the work was undertaken more seriusly. During this second year the Drama Club was fortunate enuf to num- ber among its frends Professor Hammond, whose experienst advice was invaluable to the organization. Under her super- vision the Drama Club presented a group of Irish plays by Lady Gregory. and Bernard Shawis 111011 of Destiny in the social room of the men's dormitory. These wer given first before the students and wet repeated later in the year to an audience of trends of the college from off the campus. The third year markt an even greater step in the life of the Drama Club as an organization. In the two former years the sole interest had been in the formal presentation of plays, and the club met, as a club, merely at stated intervals to transact business. At the beginning of the current year, however, the Drama Club decided to hold evening meetings once a month, at which informal dramatic programs would be given by its members. Lady Gregory's VVorlelzousc Ward, Maeterlinck's Barbe Blcu, Shakespeareis songs in their settings, and Shaw's Pygmalion she the diversity of subjects in which the members hav tried their skil. Besides these informal affairs, Galsworthyis Pigeon was given in the auditorium of the Lincoln High Seool, being the first play to be presented off the campus. Interest has stedily increast in dramatics with each suc- ceeding year of college life. From its unpretentius beginnings the Drama Club has grown until it has come to hold a promi- nent place in student life. XVith the erection of the new VVomenE Bilding and the subsequent provision of an adequate place for staging its plays, there can be no dout that the field wil be opend for greater accomplishments. Irish Plays Early in December, 1913, two of Lady Gregory's one-act plays wer presented by the Drama Club in the social room of the men's dormitory. The dominant cord struck by them was simplicity, and the students tried, as the Irish players hav tried, to make up for the lack of setting and elaborate costuming by .-..fu tum ,..i..,i a .., w-Y'Nti-Y'LH'ECLH'; ' ' H t 57. ii; if r? n...- n. L. i N

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'.':Z 3.'7'!7:rlrfrrrtrr'r-i-y v...n--rr.-.-;-F9og-w--c.a.. REED COLLEGE ADUQUAJ mood than Sprcdz'ng the News, but was presented with equal success. It is a miracle play of Christmas time, reHecting the belief in the unreal and mysterius which plays so great a part in the rural Irish community. Its very nature made it difficult to play, but the cast was equal to the task, and succeeded in aid- ing the audience to appreciate, in their presentation, that pecu- liar quality of the imagination which makes the Gaelic folklore appealing. The cast was: The Traveling Man ....................... Howard Barlow A XVoman ................................ Arlien Johnson A Child ................................ Pauline Alderman 6659 Man of Destiny Perhaps no one of the plays which the Drama Club has staged has been more admirably adapted to the materials at hand than The Alan of Destiny by Bernard Shaw, presented February eighteenth, 1914. The social room of the men,s dora mitory, where the play was given, with its dark oak paneling and dim staircase in the background, formd an excellent set- ting for the quaint old Italian in in which the action takes place. The incident upon which the play is based is supposed to be taken from the life of Napoleon during one Of his early Italian campains, but as is caracteristic 0f the work of this dramatist, the interest centers in the dialog rather than in the story itself. The manner in which the cast carried their parts shoed that they not only cant the spirit of the play but appre- ciated the skil and wit of the satire. :L;c Ln; :yH'uH. 3155.551. m:.g..1.u.;..ur.:. ICUIVII'I',V.'--rr .th-u-pqvh'v .w -r .- ..a.....- a 1915 WI The preface to the play, in which the author explains his own purpose and the historical setting of the action with car- acteristic ironical wit was converted into a prolog and red by Harry VVembridge in the guise of Shaw himself. This was an innovation which servd to create the proper atinosfere for the action. The cast: Napoleon ...... , ............................ Arthur Caylor The Lady .................................. Lois Williams The Lieutenant .............................. Edgar Piper Guiseppe ................................. Wynn Redman z'.fa.3:a'is::3-'rl$ 519735: musk: 11.352.