Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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King Lear King Lear ............................... Howard Bleeke Cordelia ..................... Mari Christianson Gloucester . . . Ron Hughes Earl of Kent ......... . . . A J. Kunde Edgar ..................................... Tom Tatem Fool .Joan Douglas Gonetil ............................... . i Pam Anderson Regan .............. i ...................... Nancy Nietman Edmund ................................... Richard Wedemeyer Duke of Albany ............................. Donald Pfaff Duke of Cornwall ............................ Donald Stall Shakespeareis King Lem was the next undertaking of the University Players. It is the story of an old, imperious king Who foolishly divides his kingdom between his two unworthy daughters and disinherits his one loyal daughter because she refuses to flatter him as did her sisters. The self willed, domineering Lear is too vehement a person to be crushed to subsetvience by his daughters cruelty. His mind breaks under the strain of suffering and disillusionment. When he recovers his rEason his tragic experiences have given him a new sense of values, and by the time the last blow ends his newly found peace, he has become a Wiser man. Don Stall, Ron Hughes, Nancy Nietman, Bruce White and Ray Fontaine iservantsii A. Ji Kunde iKenO, Ron Hughes iGloucesteO, Don Pfaff iAlbanyi, Bruce White iBurgandyJ, Howard Bleeke dead, Nancy Nietman iRegani, Don Stoll iComWalD, Joan Douglas iFooD, Mari Christianson iCordeIiaL Ray Fontaine iFranceL Mari Christianson, Howard Bleeke, Bruce White idoctori, A. J. Kundc. 27

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Bruce White hFrederiClQ, Marcia Lohrmann Usabell Ruth Reisacher hMme. Desmorcew, Ann Burgdorf hCapuleQ, Bertha O'Dell Usabellek motherx Jeanne Karshick hLady India, Bill Gruhl hMesserschmannL John Brockelmann hRomainvillej . Marcia Lohrmann, Jo Ann Murphy, Bruce Whiteh Ring Round the Moon Hugo and Frederick Qwinsh .................... Bruce White Lady India .................................... Jeanne Karshick Messerschmnn ............................... Bill Gruhl Patrice ....................................... Dennis Norman Isabelle ......................... . . .Matcia Lohrmann Her Mother ..... Bertha O'Dell Madame Desmortes . . . h . . . ..... Ruth Reisacher Diana ....... .. ................... Jo Ann Murphy Joshua . .. ................................ Ray Fontaine Capulet ...................................... Ann Burgdorf Opening the drama season for the University Players Was a comedy of Wit and manners, Ring Round the Moon, by Jean Anouilh. The play is set in the winter garden of the chateau of an aristocratic continental family at the time of the seasonal ballh Confusion and mis- taken identity enliven the play as identical twins vie for the love of a single young lady. An innocent young middle class girl masquerades as a guest at the chateau, disrupting the game and bringing about a mixture of farce, cynicism, and romance. Bill Gruhl, Marcia Lohrmann, Ray Fontainc. 26

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