University of British Columbia - Totem Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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PLAYS IN SUCCESSFUL YEAR G. C. Wood, the wife of the founder of the Players' Club. ln the cast were Maryan Macieiewski fMuchj, playing the part of a broken-down writer, Marilyn Miller, C21St as one of Williams' faded Southern belles, and Ethel Shuster, in the role of a hard-bitten landlady of a none-too-respectible rooming house. The second play chosen was an original Canadian play written by one of Canadais few successful play- wrights, Robertson Davies. The title of this fast-paced satire was Eros at Breakfast, and it was directed by the envoy of the Heart: and Ioy Brett in the role of Hepatica fthe little bit of woman in every proper manj the delegate of the Liver and Lights. The third play of the evening was far removed from the modern day and age, being a mediaval morality play entitled Everyman that was directed by another 4 of We , Q s-pr , 'DX 'K Rib Rf ' 49:29 M fs, . fm., 'wan 4 --o,fs,,N K -'-.SNXD ft tets ., Y 7 s 'klncluded in the annual fall productions was Tennessee WiIIiams's one-act play, The Lady of Larkspur Lotion. Cast as the shady heroine harrassed by cockroaches, Marilyn Miller complains to the ambitious writer Maryan Mcxchiewiski, whose dreams exude from the whiskey bottle. a student member of the Club, Robin Terry, who had already produced his own adaptation of Hansel and Gretelw for the Everyman Theatre this year. The scene of the play was the abdomen of a Canadian university student, and the characters included such entities as Chremes, head of the abdominal department, played by Bob Plumbg his assistant, Crito., played by Bruce Pey- mang Aristophontes, delegate from the brain was Bill Ferguson, Ralph MacPhee in the part of Parmeno, and the large cast included Albert Simpson, Bob Wood- ward, Norman Young, Rolf Schreeder, Alex Saunders, student, Shelia Cameron. The play concerned itself with the journey of Everyman from his life to the grave. The title role was played by Sandy Manson. Betty Vogel, Albert Plant, Mary Butters, Doreen Od- ling, Pat Strange, Irene Barrie, Liz Grant, Marguerite Stanlow and Marg Robertson. During the Spring term, Players' Clubbers were busier than they have been in some time, producing 'The Male Animal' in aid of the War Memorial Gym. Leads were Sheila Cameron and Phil Keatley. 67

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ZW Under the leadership of an active executive, the Players' Club could count the year of 1950-51 as one of its most successful in the thirty-six years that it has existed as one of the maior clubs on the campus. The executive was headed by President Philip Keatley, with Vice-President Elizabeth Grant, Secretary Anna VVooton, Treasurer Norman Young, and Committee Members Doreen Qdling and Shelia Cameron. Fred Lipsett returned to the campus to take the iob of Stage Manager after an absence of four years. Lipsett had previously managed the stage for the Club from 1942 to 1944, after which he became president of L.S.E. Under his silken whip- hand, the stage crew changed sets in two minutes, forty-three seconds by his stop watech, and built an entire new box set for the Spring Play in five days. The social life of the Club was under the direction of Angela Wood as Social Convener, and consisted of the regular two production parties, with a Fall Formal held at Stanley Park Pavillion, a New Members' party at the home of Liz Grant, and the annual Valentine's Marque- rade held at the home of Val Clyne. In the fall, as its annual private performance the Club presented three one-act plays. The plays chosen in 1950 were of three widely diverse styles of theatre fare, and the student actors found each had its own problems and its own re- wards. The first play of the pro- gram was one of Tennessee Wil- liam's eary efforts in drama, The Lady of Larkspur Lotion, a study of three neurotic and dream-haunted individuals in the back-alleys of New Orleans life. The production was under the direction of Mrs. F. 66 PRUDUCES FIVE i'The Players' Club execu- tive gathers for an in- formal meeting. Treasurer Norman Young makes a suggestion to the obvious disapproval of president Phil Keatley. The rest of the committee enioying the argument are: Vice- President Elizabeth Grant, secretary Anna Wooton, committee members Doreen Odling and Sheila Cam- eron, and social convenor Angela Wood. Absent from the picture is the stage manager Gerald 0'Connor. 'A'Production time and time for costumes and make-up. President Phil Keatley deftly executes an' experi- enced hand in applying make-up to Maryan lMuchl Machiewiski, while Val Clyne assists him. As pro- duction manager for the fall plays Phil did every- thing from sewing up seams in a costume to hoisting up sets in the intermissions between plays. 'A'Together with the English department, the Players' Club presented in January Ben Jonson's Elizabethan comedy, The Alchemist, under the direction of Miss Dorothy Somerset. The three witty conspirators were played by Phil Keat- ley, Garth Bryans and Elizabeth Grant. Here they are pictured gulling one of their victims, An- thony Davis. The perman- ent unit set built for the play will permit the pre- sentation of many more Elizabethan plays.

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5 arliamen tary orum eic. Biggest activity of the parlia- mentary forum this year was the McQuon cup debates between the Universities of Manitoba, Saskat- chewan, Alberta and British Colum- bia. UBC lost possession of the McQuon cup this year. Debating in Brock Hall against the University of Alberta team, UBC's team of Foster Isherwood and first year law student Ioe Noel went down on a split decision two to one. At the same time Winnipeg's second two-man of President-elect Vaughan Lyon and Edsel Olsen, team co-defenders of the trophy went down to an unanimous defeat at the hands of the University of Manitoba team. In the three times the cup has come to the Pacific Shore, UBC has never successfully defended it two years in a row. Home team argued the affirma- tive of the resolution that the activi- ties of labor unions are detrimental to the welfare of Canada' while the team at Manitoba argued the nega- tive. Debate judges in Vancouver were Rev. Cecil Swanson, rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Alderman Halford D. Wilson of the Vancou- ver City Council and Barrister and Solicitor T. G. Norris. On the campus, Parliamentary forum bought downtown business men to debate on current problems. Don Lanskail, downtown law- yer had his debate' punched with action. He spoke the word 'com- munist' and someone threw a fire cracker bomb in the door. In inter-faculty debates for the Legion Trophy Home Ec girls car- ried home the silverware from the Law huts. 'kTop to bottom: Vaughan Lyon, Foster lsherwood, Edsel Olsen and Joe Nold, members of the McQuon Cup debating team. Team lost the cup which it gained the year before. Lyon and Olsen went to Winnipeg where they lost to the University of Manitoba team. i'Below is Caroll Wenaas and Terry Nugent challengers of UBC from the University of Alberta. They topped two home debaters, Foster Isherwood and Joe Nold.