Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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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

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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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