Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR llll-'. SVHUUI. YIQXR HHS' l9'wll DRAM AUG S The production of plays in it buys' school presents niztny problenis. such :is casting, training in speech. inoveinent and grouping, interpretation of ulien emotions and experiences. the perpetual worry ol last-ininnte illnesses or stage-lriglit, and so forth. All these and at thousand more have gone into the making of School Drgnninit s. unknown and, it is to be hoped, unfelt by the audienme. Hut there is one problem, and that the inost difhcult. to be inet belore :any ol the others arise. and that is the selection ol the right play or plays. To produce ll play successfully, one nrust tonstgnnly keep the eye ol the iiiiagingts tion trained on the audience which will one day witness the finished product and for these unseen. unknown critics innst the whole business be pitched. ln at ihildren's performance, the first problein arises here. for the audience will obviously consist both of adults and children, and at play rnnst be selected which will produce neither shuffling leet lroni one nor polite parental indulgence lrorn the other. The tutors, too, must be considered, lor in this type ol thine, they are essentially part ol the gindienme and must enjoy their own perlorrnznnes every bil :is ninth its their elders. The ideal play, then. is one that, beiaiuse ol its clmrrn and inuiginzttive qualities. will inoinentarily transport children und parents alike into an enriching. dreann- fullilling world. Such, we hope, were the plays produced belore capacity audiences on December Qllth at the Montreal Repertory Theatre. To begin with. there were three scenes lroni Yictorien S1trdou's znnusing satire of the First lirnpire, Xlad:nne 5ansAGene . This. guhnirxtbly produced by Kline Cheer. set the ball for le balny rolling briskly. liolh shrill and deep laughter greeted the Duchess of Illllllligk efforts, as she tripped lliteratllyy the light fantastic with het maitre de clause . Napoleon, hat on brow, curl down. hands firnily lore and alt, was in the truly parvenu tradition ol dictators. to which we have all become accustomed. The caste was as follows: NI. Despreanx, inztitre de dunse, Paul Dolisie: nloseph Lefebvre. duc de Ijllllllig. Peter Cowie: Catherine Lefebvre, duchesse de Dantzig, Peter Nlilner: Napoleon. Ivan Phillips: Constant, valet, Peter Nlitchell. Then there cznne a thriller, Ghost by Request , produced by Mr. Cl. H. Nlayer. This play, acted by and for the younger boys, was their property lroin beginning to end. False nioustaches, handcuffs and guns twhich luckily never went olfl, tough lines f It's a pity yer Klonnna conldn't coine wid yu .- Yez1hl You're ll little white lznnb. yu areluj , and plenty of blood, drew oohs and aahs from our younger critics. XYe could afford to be indulgent. here. Acting honours go to Billy Tinnnins for his outstanding, performance as the crook, which drew oohs and aahs even from the experienced technicians lent to us by the Nl.R.'I'. Those taking part were, Margery Burton. John Clarke: Peter Burton, Tint tlarsleyz Bill. Peter Darling: joe, Derek Nlarpolex Harvey Blake, Billie Tinnnins: Tint Kirkland qdoubling very effectively with The Ghost of the Clabinj. Peter Duflield. IQISI

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IUR llll' Nl IIUUI Xl:XR lillll--l!l'ttI Bvhating EPSIL El-WN mromc nt. OCIETT l'he Selwxu Urgtturimitl Smit-ty had gt very suttesslul year. XYe had thirteen ntentlrers, Peter tluwie, President. Weslex' Xlgison, Vice-President. .Xnthouy Bogert, Sent-t.trr. :ind Paul lmlisie. .Xtttltrnn Hildred. Peter Nliluer, lvztn Phillips, Peter Xliuhell. hilly Xlclieuwu, llongtld Rztper. -Iinuni Clreiglituii. 'Luuuny Sehopfloclier. uid George Ht Kee who 'iuined in the second terni. lYe had sex erztl kinds ul prugtutitiiies. including hut nights. debates. 'll Questions, uid Quizzes. 'l'here were also inte-mitutte speeches. in which eztch member is given t wind :uid he hits to speak on it lor one nuuute. The highlight ol the yeztr wats the dinner :it the Kluunt Stephen Club to which the lgttht-is ul the nteinhers were invited. .Xlter at very good dinner, Iran Phillips and liuuny tlreiglttun lor the atllirinzttire. :uid Nlr. Phillips :uid Nlr. Creighton for the uegattixe tlehztted nu the suhiett. Rewlvetl thgtt the enthusiztsin ul youth is of more xgtlue tu sllttess thgtn the experieme ul nge. The delmgue was won hy the rtflirniative side. ilheie wats une either tluh dinner. at progiessixe dinner, which started :tt Billy Xltliemvirs house lor lruit puuth :uid wup. went on ui Peter NIilner's house for the ntgtiu murse. :ind finished :tt .Xiitlitniy Hugertk house lor dessert. A ping-pong ttnnpetitmn wats held ztlterwxtrds :ind lratu Phillips won tt. XXX' had meetings exert setnnd Fridaty. XXI- haul meetings :tt everybodys house ind the twn ltrst meetings :tl the stlitml. .Xlter eauh inet-ting we had relreslinieuts which were gl't'QlllY eniuyed hy itll. ilihe tlulm wats it great success Lind we itll had it lot ol fun. l'ni sure it will tuntinue to he very sutcesslul lor li lung time tu eonte. A.H.B. Pl'llLllI Sl'li.XlilXG ClONll'L'l'l'l'lOX 'lhe qtnuuatl public speaking tnutest nl the stlitml wats held in Xlarcli. This rein' t uuuther ul suhjetts wats suggestetl, the umiupetituis luring two days in which to tliuuse their tupit .ind prepgtre their speech, Nlitthell stud Xlclieowu spoke on My Cllwite l-'ur 'lihe Finest Spmts tlliatrgicter Ol 'lihe Hotlxex Sezisonhi Rziper on .Xttlee and Clliurthillf.X tluntrgtst ln pCI'5Ull1lllllCSuZ Clreighton and Phillips on XYhy I .Xin Nut .X fitllllllllllllxlnl Nlgtwn .ind Hildred un Hr Clioiee Of .X Country' Outside North .Xniericgtl XX'here I Should Like To Residc- 1 Cowie and McKee on llmx :uid XYhx l Should Like lo lniprme Rxtdiu l'ruu,1'1ttiitites : and Bogert and A . 1 Xliluet -an XYhx l Lilie'lir1l.iVe ln llztnaul1t . lhe Hun. lustite G. Xlillei llxde, whu guinugtllx duuattes it prize for the winners ul this ctnuest. xerx ltindlx tunsented tu judge the hngtls whith were held :tt Morning Xsseinlmlx' on luesdzty, Nlztrth llth. lrztn Phillips wats ziwztrded lirst place. Peter Cowie uid Peter Nlihier tied lm setnnd. just edging out qliuuny Creighton who hnished at guard third. XXX-sley Matson :usted tts tltgiirnigtn. lhe preliurinatries were judged hy the iiK'lllllllQlSll'l stud Nlr. Phillips. lffl

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Sl'l.lX YN ll0l'Sl-A St.llU0l, Nl Xl-,XXINIQ X SllXkl',Sl'laXRl'.XN 5l1l'lXl'. l lfrttr: ll. Ross. Xl. Xlexttntlot, lb, Neunottt, l. Slllllllllllllllq llmnl' NI. llennis. I. Seelx lfinttllt tgnne gt tontlensetl tension ol 'l'he Nlerehztnt ol Venice , also produced ht Nlr. tl. ll. Nlgtter. ln this, att titnes, the :uting rose to surprising, :ind intensely grtttilting, heights. XVithout exttggerzttion, it is tlouhtlul il' anyone who saw Tony llilthetl its Sltxloek will lorget his perlorinatnte lor at long titne: honours go also to Xlithgtel llennis qts llatssttnio qnul to klohn Seely, lor his tnost spirited interpretation of Portigt. llut the whole thing wats tlelightlul. 'l'hose who took pztrt were Hugh Ross :ts Xntonio: Nlithgtel Dennis, Bztssatnioz 'l'onnny St-hoplloeher. Sztlurino: Tony Hildred. Shxlotlu lohn Seelx. Portia: llztritl Sewinour, The Duke: Nelson Titnntins, Clerk: lhigtn lltttltatngtn. Xlessenver: litntnx' Creighton. Lorenzo: with the lollowinv its very' N . t Pt D , ellet tive extras, I, Segttll, P. Rztttnontl, Wright. 'l'. Carlin, D. Nlztetztggnrt. K. Matson, l'. lirohn. Nl. .Xlex1nulor. ll. Seilert tttul Xl. llronltnatn. In :ultlition to the plants, the 'lunior atntl Senior Choirs, under the most capable tlirettion ol Nlts. 'l'ester ttntl Mr. lf. CQ. Phillips, respectively, sung eurols which. had there heen no other entertgtintnent. would llllVL' tlelightetl the ttutliences. XVh:1t Can he more thztrtning thatn. att Clltristtnztsftitle, to heztr clear, young voices singing the old ttgulitiongtl linglish egtrols? 'l'he choirs, generously responding to the applause, certainly tnetitetl the enthusigtstn they evolsetl. We tatnnot close this :recount ol at tlelightlul entertatintnent without recording otn grgttitutle to those who so gtegilly tsontrihutetl to its stteeess. To Nliss Rosanna Sewhorneg lo Nlr. W. F. Slteplrertl: to Nlr. :intl Nlrs, Springlortl who, with their untiring tssistttnts, lnotlutetl suth lllllllllllglf' gootl in:tlse-up eileetsi to Nliss Nlatlztlmr for her gtettt lJ.lllk'lltl'I :intl to Nliss l.ewis. ol tlte Nl.R.'ll.. we signin stty. wllllllllli you. CHAI. 121 1