Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SICIJ XXX lltlliSli Stilllbtll, XIXHXZINIQ e-arols. the- audie-ne'e- sat bae-le to e-njoy. amidst rollivleing se,-a-shantie-s and lusillade-s ol' pistol-shots. the- e-xe'ite-me-nts ol' liolze-rt l,ouis Ste-xe-nsonis 'l're-asure- lslandii. Sure-ly this lioolx is unie ue- in box s' lite-ratnre-. iavlee-el as it is with mirate-s. S vanish -fold. sudde-n l . l :- ele-ath and murde-1' on the- high se-as. lioxs ne-xe-r tire- ol' re-adin-f it or. appare-ntly. ol' l . P ne-ting il. The- stage- sw arme-d with xillainous pirate-s. anel the- gre-e-n room e-e-hoe-d with ele-luanels I'or tattoo marles. false- be-ards. bigge-r and be-tte-r bloody wounds. lenixe-s and pistols. The- play was a ee-ry long one- and some- ol' the- parts made- he-axy de-mands on the- ae-tors. l'or instanre-. those- ol'Jim llawleins and l.ong .lobn Silxe-r. but the- boys raught the- spirit e-xtraordinarily w eell and se-e-ne- al'te-r se-e-ne- e-ame- to lil'e-. Uiire- again the- Se-lwyn llouse- Playe-rs showe-d how capable- the-5 are- ol' handling a l'ull-le-ngth play in a vompara- tixe-ly short produrtion time- and with e-omparatixe-ly l'e-w re-he-arsals. R5 and large- the- ae-tors we-rv so good that it isdillie-ult to se-le-e-t any one- outstanding pie-e-e- ol' ae'ting. but me-ntion must be- made- ol' Tonnuy Se-hoplloe-be-r's thulubnail slse-te-h eil' llillie- Hone-s. John Se-e-l5's Silxe-r. and llilly Timmins' .lim Haw leins. Nlr. Nloode-y made- a Ne-ry e-xe-e-lle-nt job ol' the- se-e-ne-rp. and Nlrs. llowis anel Xlrs. Te-ste-r w4e-re- inde-- latigable- w ith the- malee--up. ,Xt the- e-nd ol' the- lfaste-r Te-rm. anothe-r xe-ry e-njoy able- t'lllPl'lBlIllllt-'Ill was give-n. Nlr. l'hillip's Choir sang de-lightlully as always. anel this was l'ollow'e-d by tw'o plays. both produe-e-d by Xlr. Xlaye-r. The- lirst was Xnton tfhe-leox 's amusing Ylarriage- Proposal w hie-h admirably de-monstrate-s the- Russian ide-a ol' tart. so e-x ide-nt the-sv days in politics. The- parts we-re- all w e-ll playe-d. and we- saw' Pe-te-r lxrohn as Tsvhubuleox. Billy Tinunins as the- e-xe-itable- Yassiliyitrh. and tie-orge-s N e-rhae-ge-n. a ne-we-onle-r to the- stage-. as the- at- travtixe- Natalia. The- se-e-ond play. lloughtons De-ar De-parte-cl , will lixe- l'or many ye-ars in the- me-mory ol' those- who saw' it. Who can re-adily forge-t twho inde-e-d would wish toill the- sublime- e-ntrane'e- ol' Pe-te-r Duflie-ld. e-oxe-re-d with blae-lx je-t and l'e-athe-rs. and vompar- able- only to Duse- or the- gre-at Be-rnhardtll Ur little- he-npe-clee-d Tim tifarsle-5 turning like- the- traditional worm on his buxom wiI'e-. John Se-e-ly il Ur Xie-holas Thornton. the- funny man ol' the- party. or Ylie-hae-l Nle-ighe-n. the- pre-e-orious and rathe-r whine-y little- girl. or Tommy Se-hoplloe-he-r. who de-e-ide-s that life- be-gins at TOS' The-rv was not a dull mome-nt in the- play. and. al'te-r se-e-ing it. it is tbe- se-e-re-t ambition ol' the- produe-e-r. following a sugge-stion by Xlr. Furse-. to e-ast Pe-te-r liullie-ld as lrina Fallon-r. balle-t's pre-luie-rv dan- se-use-. in a play introdue-ing re-he-arsals ol' Swan l.alee- . Pe-rhaps it may be- done-. who lenowsf' f. lfil

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Ftbli Tllli Sfllltbtll. Xlfklt H350 -lU3l if fi 7 iziaftwrrucs. i 'P l -- ,, . . ' lhe present N-hool Year has been a l :notable and active one for the Selwyn X f llouse Players in that. lirst. two enter- , tainments in place of the usual one were l given. one at tlhristinas and one at 4 lfaster. and secondly. we used for the i lirst time our own stage and scenic elfects. l The stage is small but adequate and the eurtain prosceniuln. background and ceil- ing: are truly excellent: more valuable still from the acting-producing: angle. il was a great help to be able to hold re- NJX-fl hearsals on the stage itself. instead of waiting until the last day.as was necessary in prev ions years when an outside stage and hall were used. Xt the Christmas entertain- ment. the new stage presented certain problems involv ing visibility and speed in making changes in scenery. but by liaster we knew where we were and each successive show should be run oll' more elliciently. .Xt Christmas. two plays were presented. l.e Xlalade lmaginairen. produced by Mme. tiyger. and Treasure Island . adapted and produced by Nlr. Xlayer. The former is all abridged version of the play by Xloliere and. thanks to lllne. t'iyger's skilful direc- tion. proved to be very successful. The elderly hypochondriac was cleverly portrayed by Pierre Raymond while Derek Nlarpole capably played the part of his very beautiful daughter. Angelique. whose lover. tfleante tplayed by John liddl. pretended to be her music teacher when he was told by Toinette. the maid. that Angelique was to be married to Thomas Diafoirus. a young man about to receive his degree in medicine. The part of Toinette was excellently acted by Peter Krohn. who provided the audience with most ol' the laughs. especially when he pretended to be a doctor capable of restoring youth to anyone. Brian Buchanan played Thomas Diafoirus and the role of Nl. Diafoirus. his father. a fully-fledged doctor. was acted by Charles Nlaclnnes. After excellent performances by the Senior Choir. directed by Nlr. Phillips. and the Junior Choir. directed by Mrs. Tester. each of which gave charming selections of l21l

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FOR TIIIC SCIIOUI. Y Iir-X11 1950 W-1951 SICIAYYN 1101 SIC I'I.1XYlCI1S mg KN 5 4 Photos hy Ctr-ighlonb SCPIIIPS from Treasure Island, TIN De-ar Dvpartvmlu and The Nlarriagv Proposal. 12331