University of California Riverside - Tartan Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Jean Cartwright, Ken Harris, and Rod Lackey kneeling to the Virgin Mary, portrayed by Jeannie Parlette. Marv'-'ffta Q fs it la? is S 5' Bath'-fog knit? wr QE if ' Th Kenneth Harris - Rodney Lackey - Jean Cartwright - David Miller - - Millicent Sarvey - Jeannie Parlette - Christmas With boundless enthusiasm in what they were doing, UCR's University Players pre- sented the Second Shepherd's Play, a lusty member of a fourteenth century passion cycle. The conditions under which the play was presented were difficult for the players to surmount. For one thing no props were used and, secondly, all dia- logue was in verse form. However the production played ex- 6

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' H QW si :SE si? , 6 , King Bob Porter crowns Queen Judy Ford at the basketball social. Dancing and fun made the after-the-game dance a great success. Dick Hull, our Highlander, and piping friend A UCR cheer leader warms up The crowd for the game.

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ast - First Shepherd - Second Shepherd - Third Shepherd - - Mak - - - Gill - The Virgin Mary Play tremely well and, under the skillful guid- ance ot their director, Dr. William Sharp, it was enthusiastically received. A greater part of the play was a farce which whipped itself into a bombastic frenzy. A sudden break from the farcical overacting into near underplaying for the more serious nativity scene, the play ended on a jubilant note as the three shep- herds realized that the Savior had come. Millicent Sarvey and Dave Miller, as Gill and Mak, quietly listen to the three shepherds who, in turn, quietly listen back.