Schuster School - Proscenium Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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December 1 1 and 15, 1914 - Miss Gertrude Brice and members of the Little Playhouse Company in three unusual oneeact plays e The Man on the Kerb,n by Alfred Sutro, under the direction of Mr. Boyd Agin; One Hundred Years Hence, by William C. de Mille; iiThe Dark Lady of the Sonnets, by Bernard Shaw, under the direction of Mrs. Helen Schuster-Martin. The Dark Lady of the Sonnets is Shaw, and Shaw when he is exceedingly talky. The subtleties of the dialogue would very likely be lost in any but a Little Theatre. Miss Brice gave a clear and weli-sustained performance in portraying the easily Hattered Queen Elizabeth. Miss Hazel Sloyer was an excellent Dark Lady. Mr. Allen Stelten, as Shakespeare, handled a diHicult role With apparent ease, and Mr. Lee Altemus did his best with the part of The Beef Eater. Miss Brice proved her ability as an emotional actress in The Man on the Kerb, and Mr. John Alexander's work in the part of her husband was virile and sincere. 1n the farce, One Hundred Years Hence, Miss Brice again .gave evidence of her versatility, when she appeared as the villainess who lures Rollo away from home. Mr. Agin's clever work as Rollo, and Miss MacLean's charming personality in the part of his wife, gave to the sketch a snap and ginger that contrasted satisfac- torily with the other plays on the program. December 29 and 30, 1914 e Annual Fairy Play by the Juvenile Players Club of the Schuster School. Curly Locks, a fantastic comedy in two acts. The children always do well. They showed the evidences of talent made the most of by splendid and careful training. The principal characters Were: Bo Peep . . . . . . Edith Meyers Boy Blue . . . . . Dorothy Hilmes Dame Bustle . . . . . Alice Fasolt Flirta . . . . . Mazie Davis Lilla . . . . . Georgiana Smith Prince Clever . . . . Anna Rippey Fairy Dew Drop . . . . Alice Bryson February 19, 1915 e HEliza Comes to Stay,H a farce comedy in three acts by H. V. Esmond. Given by the Schuster Players for the Scottish Rite Masons at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Under the direction of Mr. Boyd Agin. Miss Oiga Reinstatler, as Eliza, came up marvelously at the performance, surprising even the director by her clever and easy portrayal of the longileading part. Mr. Bert Thompson gave an excellent performance as Sandy Verall, to whose bachelor apartments Eliza Hcomes to stayH and settles downH for good since Page lwenty-vsix

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Sandy marries her in the end. The support was well cast, and the performance was said to have ugone off in a manner that would have done credit to profes- sionals. The cast included Faith Tracy, Gertrude Brice, Leland McMurphy, Allen Stelten, Ralph Adams, and Albert Cash. February 25 and 27, I91 5 e Formal opening of The Little Playhouse. Visit- ing star, Mr. Tyrone Power, supported by Mrs. Power and The Little Playhouse Company in Scenes From the Classics. Mr. Power is an artist of the highest type and Mrs. Power is a Enished and tal- ented actress. The school and members of The Little Playhouse Company, and all the patrons of the Little Theatre appreciate Mr. Power's splendid cooperation in the effort to establish The Little Playhouse as a real Little Theatre. We are indebted to him for the most artistic performance of the season. The members of The Little Playhouse Company who supported him were: Messrs. Boyd Agin and Allen Stelten and Miss Gertrude Brice. February 27, I915 - A Fan and Two Candlesticks ancl Entrlacte, by Mary MacMillan, presented by the Schuster Players for the Kentucky MacDowell Society. Miss Marion Reeves made a charming oldefashioned belle in A F an and Two Candlesticks, and both Mr. Stelten and Mr. Alexander did what they could in the way of acting to make up for what the play lacked in situation and plot. HEntrhcteH was also greatly helped by the dash and personality of the players. Mr. Bert Thompsone work as Romeo was clean cut and spirited, Miss Crystal Levy was a wellacast Carmen, and Miss Clothilde Heiman made an attractive Juliet. Between the two short plays, Miss Marian Heiman interpreted uThe Blue Danube in a beautiful classic dance. March l5, l9l5 -The Junior Class presented one of their class plays, uThe Faith Healer, by Wm. Vaughan Moody. As Ulrich Michaelis, in the title role, Mr. Allen Stelten portrayed faithfully the stages of self-conflclence, complete despair, renewed hope and supreme assurance through which a man of high-strung temperament may pass in allowing love for a woman to come into a life dedicated to sacred aims. ln sharp contrast to the emotional development of the principal character described, stood the clear-cut in- tellectualism of Dr. George Littlefield, ably represented by Mr. John Alexander, who also played with conviction the character part of the old negro, Uncle Eph. The leading feminine role, that of Rhoda Williams, was charmingly portrayed by Miss Mary Harrington, and showed that she possesses possibilities somewhat beyond the usual power of so young an actress. Miss Madelaine Mitchell played with sin- cerity the unusual and clthlcult part of an invalid who is twice healed by the power Page twenty-seven b.h..evww.iags A