State Normal School - Crystal / Levana Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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- THE MERRY WIVES OF WIN DSOR-Continued. . As the Merry Wives themselves Misses Jessie Redd and Minnie Mae Green took their audience into their con- fidence early in the play and convinced them that wives may be honest and yet merry too Miss Redd in the spirited role' of Pages wife 'was particularly charming . Miss Walton Parker as Mrs Quickly the unscrupulous gossip and go-between did some good acting and kept her audi- ence in a gale of laughter One of the strongest characters was ually intelligent and sympathetic for a young actor' while Mr Weeks as the trustful Page was also good Sir Hugh Evans the VVelsh clergy- man with his laughable dialect his keen appreciation of a joke and his ludicrous mixture of worldliness with godliness was a role most cleverly played by Miss Grady GRear who was particularly happy in her interpretation of the part in the scene where Sir Hugh leads on the supposed fairies in their punishment of the evil-minded Falstaff As Fenton the successful wooer of cc ' :J J J ' J 2 , . 7 J cc - 3 ,' an . , , r 5 J In ' J 3 1 I J ' 2 Miss Anna Aiken who impersonated Dr Cains, the French physician, ludicrous because of his broken English, his infiam- mable temper, and his determination to have sweet Anne Page for his bride, whether or no. -And Anne Page,- sweet Anne Page, -who is the innocent subject for so much plotting and the cause of so many heartaches, and who skillfully outwits both father and mother and marries the man of her own choice, was most lovable as shown to us by Miss Bessie Miller. Poor Slender, who Mistress Page says 'fthough well-landed is an idiot , was one of the most laughable of all the charac- ters as the part was played by Mr I W Cole Slender too with all his poor fool- ish heart is in love with Anne Page justice Shallow attempts to help him in his wooing but all to no avail as it after- wards turns out The part of justice Shallow was cleverly taken by Miss Sal- lie Fannie Mann Mine Host of the Garter full of in- fectious good humor was well presented by Mr W B DuVall Mr Fred Paradise as Ford the Jeal ous husband did some splendid work His interpretation of the part was unus sweet Anne Pageu, Miss Mary Holcomb was pleasing, while most of the minor parts were also well taken. Among these were Mr. H. G. Wiley as Robin, Mr. R. F. Freeman as Rugby, Mr. C. M. McClure as Bardolph, Mr. E. B. Davis as Pistol, Mr. E. P. Aiken as Nym, and Mr. R. Roach as Simple. It is hard for even the most apprecia- tive of audiences to realize how much work a play of this kind represents. For months these young people, under the leadership of Miss C. S. Parrish, have been hard at work, and with an unusual amount of patience and earnestness they have labored over their parts. They have reason however to feel that the returns were in proportion to their effort for in addition to the direct benefit that they themselves get from such study the appreciation of the audience and the pro- ceeds of the play prove that it was a suc- cess. This money will be used in buying books for the library of the Pedagogical Department and for the Elementary School and so the audience had the double satisfaction of seeing a good play and at the same time of contributing to a most worthy cause . , . . . . . . , , y 2 5 ' 7 . . 2 . 9 J 7 . . . , . Q o . . . gg ' 77 9 1 . . . . - . 5 . - s Q , - J J s

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if I i eQ N 'f vf ily My ii :wi ,yall 7 ik Q f 4 ' . f '21 4 THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Qn Monday. evening, April the twen- tieth, a large audience had the pleasure of seeing the llflerry Wfives of XVindsor presented by students, of the State Nor- mal School. The play was given on the campus beneath a splendid oak, whose -deep shadows were relieved by large arc lights, and by a row of footlights bor- dering the rustic stage. Particularly suitable and effective was this out-of-door setting for the scene of the midnight revels of Anne Page and her companions disguised as urchinsQ oughs, and fairies green and white . The play had been freed of-all traces of grossnessg and, as presented, .it abounded in good humor and pleasing wit, and afforded the audience many a hearty laugh. Wfith thorough abandon to the jolly humor of this great comedy, the actors spirited the audience away to the Merrie England of the days of King-Henry the Fifth, and brought them into close contact with the quaint and interesting characters of the play as Shakespeare saw them. fFirst, there is Falstaff, a bluff, hearty old Englishman, attractive in spite of the fact that he is wholly unscrupulous and of the earth, earthy . Mr. NN. G. Acree wasg throughout the entire play, an in- telligent interpreter of this very difficult. part. VVithout exaggerating Falstaff's shortcomings or slighting his attractive parts, he kept the bluff old knight before his audience, and led them in turn to laugh at his follies and deserved imisfor- tunes, and tocondemn his weakness. ir K2 fin 'K j . r-5 1 ,Q . 1 1' f 'X 91 ig . K H 2.76 : X v ..-.fi t . 'lf N flhl 4 xg lbw -., , ,4 '4 1-' --J. f 'itsfg' ' WA A ' 51.1 .55 f .Jw I ig ! '3 i .Fi T ful ' X X Mk QR 1 -2191 X G ,' . X x' I . , . , .. rl ' X 1 W fy A. , 2 illllilglw' ri , i YF l 4 X lt il . .'i X i all W li s ,R iwk jf l-lxrll pf if f X. , .- K M I kc - , - . 1 t - 4. .IN ,fx ,XN P 4?l 1 -. Q 1 K Bm ff N. J 4. UQ 1 ff! ji l X X ' 1 x i I -u. .- ..-,- ',.

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RQBERT HILL WIER, Night Vlfatchinan. Mr, Wier? Who's Mr. Wier? The verdant Freshmen sayg He comes here only late at night, And leaves at early dayf' 'fMr. Wier,', the Sophs reply, ls Watchman in the nightg He paces round and round and round And keeps us from all frightf' Ah, Mr. VVier l the Juniors cry, f'Late hours he does detestg But surely he's the 'goodest' friend To girls ofthe S. N. Sf, To Mr. Wierll' the Seniors drink VV'ith voices gaily blentg He is the Very best of all On this old firmainentll'