Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1963-1964 'I7 LE PROFESSEUR EST EN RETARD Saynete par W. PERCIVAL Personnages Jean MICHAEL HOFFMANN Henri TIMOTHY AINLEY Marcel PIERRE VIGER Louis JAMES BENSON Georges . DEREK MORTON Denis JOHN CARSLEY Pierre CHARLES GURD Jacques PHILIP MILLER Robert JOHN LOVELL Le Monsieur PHILLIPPE DORLAND Le Professeur , PETER MAASE La scene est une salle de classe FORNI ll CHOIR Carol of the Drum Czech Carol, arr. Davis Drummer: Ian Dobell If ye would hear the angels sing Dutch Soloists v. I Grahame Hodgson v. 2 Freddie Cowans v. 3 David Craig v. 4 Michael Warwick Come, all you worthy gentlemen . Traditional, arr. Casner INTERMISSION FORM III CHOIR The Door of Heaven opens . . Tyrolean Christmas Song This endris night , , Traditional, XV Century Soloists v. I Stephen Leopold v. 2 Gregory Weil v. 3 Jeremy Clark v. 4 Tony Schroeter v. 5 Robert Seely v. 6 Billy Boggs v. 7 Barrie Wexler v. 8 Brandon Ayre v. 9 David Fuller v. 10 Sven Hurum On this day earth shall ring . . . ,.,. . .. ,,.. .... . . . Stewart THE SECOND SHEPHERDS' PLAY The Second Shepherds' Play from the Wakefield mystery cycle dates from about 1450: the author is unknown. The play is a curious combination of simlpe piety and robust humour and represents the attitude of a time when humour and religion were not necessarily opposed. The play begins in winter, traditionally a time of barrenness and death, and proceeds to a promise of hope and fruition rep- resented by the bird and the bunch of cherries. The horseplay about the stolen

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16 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Christmas Entertainment On Friday, 6th December, Selwyn House School held its annual Christmas Entertainment. At both the afteroon and evening performances the gymnasium was packed and the high calibre of the acting and singing was much appreciated by those who attended. The choirs again sang beautifully, especially the solosists. For this much credit must be given to Mr. F. G. Phillips and the boys for achieving such excellent results with so little time available to them for rehearsals. Unfortunately there performances more than were but two plays this year, however the quality of the compensated for the lack of quantity. The French play, Le Professeur est en Retard , directed by Mr. Martin, was amusing and well acted and the pronunciation of the actors was well nigh perfect. directed by Mr. E. Phillips, provided a fine ending to the performance. The was, again, of a very high standard and the play itself, written by an unknown in about I-450 A.D., was interesting and amusing. Play , acting author The Second Shepherds' Special thanks must also be given to those working behind the scenes, the make- up department under Mrs. Gibson and Madame Dorland, and the stage crew the direction of Mr. Moodey and assisted by Robert Diez. under CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT, 6 Dec., 1963 THE JUNIOR sci-iooL CHOIR lafternoon onlyi In the bleak mid-winter I saw three ships come sailing in SOLOISTS v. I Michael Parker v. 2 v. 3 Christopher Noble v. 4 v. 5 Stephen Evans v. 6 v. 7 Dean Bremner v. 8 v. 9 David Clarke Like silver lamps in a district shrine FORM I CHOIR Joseph and the Angel Myn Lyking . SOLOISTS v. I John Cooper v. 2 v. 3 George Stinnes v. 4 Come, gentle shepherds Gustav Hoist Traditional Lawrence Ayre Jefferson Mappin Jan Donald John Leopold Steggall Traditional, arr. Terry Traditional, arr. Terry Andrew Culver David MacCallum French carol

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I8 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE sheep is really a mock Nativity, a promise of what is to come, and the obvious anachronism of the entire play only serves to enhance the genuine piety of the adoration. The play is presented in a contemporary metrical translation by SYLVAN BARNET, MORTON BERMAN and WILLIAM BERTO, and permission to use this translation has been given by Mr. Morton Berman, Chairman of the English Department of Boston University. CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Narrator GARRY GENTLES First Shepherd CCollJ JODY ALLISON Second Shepherd fGlb, PETER SCRIVENER Third Shepherd CDawJ BRUCE BARKER Mak, a sheep-stealer SIDNEY SEGALOWITZ Gill, his wife ROBERT TENNANT Angel STUART CONNOLLY Mary, Queen of Heaven JAMES JOHNSTON The action takes place on a typically English heath, and in a poor cottage, quite a long time ago. The curtain will close during the action, to show the passing of time. F.... -,, ,, . vs.- 'H ' t ,MN 1, X .ff-f -' V .1 N . '. i '-if Vv':'Y, - ' , ,V 1, Af 5 I lx K RX -, sm, ' XM L Al V V' In x , E14 ,, QUO VADIS?