Walker High School - Pepper Pot Yearbook (Simsbury, CT)

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The E+hel Walker School Presenfs BERKELEY SQUARE A play in Three acls by JOHN L. BALDERSTON Salurday evening, March elevenlh, I939 al eighl' o'cloclc CHARACTERS lln The order ol Their appearancel Maid Tom Pelligrew T Kale Pelligrew T The Lady Anne Pelligrew Mr. Throslle Helen Pelligrew The Ambassador Mrs. Barwiclr Peler Slandish Marjorie Franl Major Clinlon Miss Barrymore The Duchess of Devonshire ,T Lord Slanley T HTR.H. The Duke oi Cumberland T TT T TT T Peler Slandish Helen Pelligrew Kale Pelligrew Tom Pelligrew Rhoda Glenn Collins Feia Whilman Joan Newlon T T Vera Richard Anne Cunningham T T Marilynn Balcer Dorolhy Jane Mahaifey T T Joan Peabody T TT Ge-orgianna Flalher T Angela Kennedy T Caroline Hemingway Swan McLean Jane Miller Winiicred Sperry Virginia Richards UNDERSTUDlES TT T Nancy Walson TT Diana Hill TT Nancy Herron T Sara Ann Chapin l I6

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The Dial ParTy N Alpine village in our gym and The Suns - 'J' , iTs lucky TourisTs! For we enjoyed noT ach- D K' ing TeeT, buT dinner and beer on The house in yf 9 , The village inn. The menus, wriTTen in German , were a greaT surprise and kepT The non-linguisTs guessing. 1 V ln order To TurTher enTerTain us, The innf I keeper TD. J.l inTroduced The waiTers, who were ' I T noT only very eTTicienT buT also excellenT singers. 1, X l These were Tollowed by Two counTry dancers ' lBeTTy Clarke and Johnnyl. ATTer Them, some j T, W peasanT dancers showed us Their accomplish- 5N'NN. xp!-' menTs. As The monks lGeorgie, Ronnie and AN Nancy Johnsonl were noT busy rescuing Travel- fr hz-Eh lers, They obligingly did Their dance. Then The milkmaids sTrolled by on Their way home singing Their milking song. Jane Miller and some children came aTTer Them, singing a song. LasTly The innkeeper appeared again wiTh his accordion and sTarTed us singing German Tunes. By This Time we TelT compleTely aT home, yodeling and humming, so we were quiTe prepared To see our innkeeper leave us and reappear a minuTe laTer up on The sTage hanging a sign in The inn. lT was a summer morning, in The square OT a small Swiss village, The TirsT scene oT The scinTillaTing musical comedy Beer on The House wiTh iTs many marvelous acTresses. The sTory is abouT a young nobleman, Frederick, lGinnie Richardsl who is misTaken by a young TourisT lJean VeriTyl Tor The mounTain guide aT The Inn. Jean is Travelling wiTh some school girls lJohnny, PaTsy Crooks and Jeanie WalTonl chaperoned by l-larrieT Porcher, a Typical nervous school marm. Jean and Frederick Tall in love and There is much exciTemenT and Trouble To keep her Trom marrying The 'lwrong man buT iusT as we hoped, everyThing ends happily, Tor Jean Tinds ThaT he is The son oT her moTher's Triend lhliggyl. The caTchy Tunes wriTTen by ThaT genius, BeTTy FiresTone, had us all spellbound. Man on My Mind and Love in A FlaT are our mosT popular pieces, and we are a criTical bunch! Thanks Tor a lovely evening, Mary, Niggy and Dinkie, and all The Dials - l exoecT your wonderTul producTion To be a Broadway hiT, so be sure To save us all TronT seaTs aT The opening - we'll be There! II5

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SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT I Scene I-Five ocloclc, Gcfober 23rd, I784 Scene 2-Five o'clocl4, Oclober 23rd, I938 Scene 3v-Conflnuous willm Scene I ACT Il Scenes I and 2-Night a few days laler, I784 ACT Ill Scene I-Allernoon in l784, e weelc laler Scene Zffionllnuous wlllw Scene I, bul In I938 Direcled by Nene Vibber Scenery by Ilwe AVI Club and AVI Sludenls Under Ibe dlreclion of Nene Vibber Slaqe IvIanagerACl1arlo++e Lee Wardrobe Ivlislress-Emma Smllln Sound Elilecls-Sarah Edma llcGraw Promplergblancy Dodge Produced by special arranqemenl willw Samuel French ol New York II7