University of Manitoba - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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U.M.S.U. DRAMATIC SOCIETY EXECUTIVE HE University Dramatic Society has travelled a road beset with difficulties this year. and has emerged. if not triumphant, at least wiser and stronger than before. The society's success in the fall term proved to be deceptive. In the usual One-act Plays at M.A.C.. the participation of six faculty dramatic societies made two full evenings' entertainment possible for the first time. On November 20th. M,A.C. gave The House with the Twisty Windows, an ex- citing drama produced by Lilyan Brown: St. John's made their first contribution to U.M.S.U. dramatics with the delightful Irish comedy. The Workhouse Ward. produced by Nancy Pyper. and Arts secured a real triumph with The Intruder, very capably directed by the student-producer Evelyn Morris. November Zlst saw Rich Man, Poor Man. a very entertaining farce offered by U.C.: The Grand Cham's Diamond. another comedy, by Science. and the most impressive and dramatic play of all. Ile, produced by the Engineers under Nancy Pyper's direction. The stage was capably handled by James Whyard and Bob Blakely. and Sheldon Arnett's business management secured a record at- tendance of over twelve hundred. From every point of view the plays were the best ever sponsored by the society at M.A.C. Plans for the annual play in March were also completed before Christmas: Sudermann's Joy of Living had been chosen to produce. after long deliberation. Only with the new year did com- plications appear which threatened these arrange- ments: they developed such weight that the play had to be given up, despite every effort to carry on with it. It was considered inadvisable to undertake a substitute under such conditions. While the insuperable obstacles encountered this spring made it impossible to produce an annual play, and so broke a continuity of many years. it may yet be confidently hoped that the society in the future will benefit rather than suffer from the lessons so learned. An extensive reorganization is already under way which should make such mis- understandings impossible henceforth. and every effort is being made to assure a vigorous and suc- cessful life for the society next year. Page Sixteen