Wayne State University - Griffin Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Eh' V311 ca.-Qi '- I l The Opera The opera Sweethearts, which took place Felmruary 20 and 21, was voted a great success hy the musical directors ahout the city. The audience was the largest ever assembled for a City College opera and it was extremely appreciative, From the minute the curtain rose until the tinale, the audience was attentive, whether laughing at the antics of the comedians, or watching the dashing prince woo the little laundry maid. hliss Louise Conklin is to he complimented on the splendid direction of this familiar opera. Yvaldo Gutowsky, as Prince Franz, made ardent love to Sylvia, who in real lille is Dorothy Hope. hlany a sigh swept over the audience as they witnessed the charming love scene and heard the heautitiul song, Cricket on the Hearth, Possibly it recalled many memories or desires, who knows! If one were standing outside the door of the auditorium and heard a gale ot laughter he could guess that ixlildred AlcDaneld as Dame Paula, or Alichael. portrayed by Brownlee Kerr, were holding sway. This couple contrilmuted much toward the success of the opera. At this time it would he a veritable crime to neglect three other fun-makersg these were Kenneth Pierce, Cecil Cody and David Persons. Running the gauntlet from dapper men of leisure to friars in hrown robes and doleful faces, these men were particularly diverting. Petite and vivacious Liane was acted very well by Bonita Curtis and she was ably supported hy Dick Fredericks as the flirtacious Lieut. Karl. Their songs and dances were received with great pleasure. The singing of the chorus was very good and the dances, which were arranged and directed hy Lahloyne Everhart and Leone Xvangenheim, were clever and well executed. ik, 1 ' ,L .1 Vi' 111 ' '

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r- g yccw s '-wr gr- rrrr Honorary A R 1 sJ:2.5Ife re x i l R l ei A ,.. - Sweethearts BY VICTOR HERBERT A Comic Opera in Two Part CAST OF CHARACTERS Sylvia, Princess of Zilania ......,,.....,.,.,.....,, ....... D orothy Hope 1 Prince Franz, Heir Presumptive to the Throne. A . ..,. Wlalclo Gutowsky 1 Liane, a lxtlilliner of Bruges .... .....,....,....,... . . . ...... Bonita Curtis l Nlilcel, a Diploman ot Zilania ..........,..........,,....... Brownlee Kerr 1 Paula, Proprietress of the Laundry ot the Vtlhite Geese ...... Alilclred iNlcDaneld l Lieutenant Karlx Betrothetl to Sylvia ......,,.....,,...... Richarcl Frederick Hon. Percival Slingshy ............................. , , . . , . .Cecil Coedy . . . . . . . . . . .Kenneth Pierce Aristicle Caniche. . , . . . . Petrus Van Trump ........, ...,.. . . . . . . , . . .David Persons. Helen Porter Dlayhelle Christiansen Dorothy fVlcBride Betty lxlchlullen Helen Thompson 3 Lucile hlason Lahloyne Everhart Leone Wvangenheim Ieanette Clairette Bahette gfifgfte , Daughters ot' Dame Paula ..... Nanette Florette Mariette Dance-Spectre De La Rose ,,... ..... CHORUS Ruth Ale Ann Bristol Ianet Cant Alice Beclierson Doris Knowlson Charles Shaw Douglas lWcCvre Don Swan George Skene C' Frances Christiansen Nlartha Iohnson Irene Dowson SOLDIERS AND PE.-XS,-XNTS Hazen Funk Harlan Henderson Freclericlc hleisner Arne Boesen l La Wloyne Everhart ' ' A ' l Leone Yvangenheim Cecilia Shetzer Flora Vinz Dorothy Phillurick Anne Keel Stanley lesson Alec VVhitley Ross Scrimgeour Wilniot Iordan 'L Li' x W 1170 P C aj'

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o or ji ' ij' 1 Q 2 5 lui r Qf ' iiiifrr ,sq- CAST OF IUNIOR GIRL'S PLAY Junior Girl's Play On Friday evening, Flay 29th the women of the Iunior class of City College presented hefore a select audience the dramatization of Nlesser lllarco Polo lay Don Byrne. The performance marked the establishing of the lunior Girls' Play as an annual event given by the lunior Women in honor of the Senior class. The production of Dlesser lxlarco Polo was exceedingly well done. Sarah Aledvedov as Nlalachi Camliell, the narrator, Ruth Dlccullough as Kuhla Khan, Dorris Selleclc as llflarco Polo, played their difficult masculine roles with ease and excellence. Lillian Estrin made a most charming Golden Bells, the demure Chinese heroine with whom ltlarco Polo falls in loveg Li Po, the philoso- pher was well enacted hy Florence Ellis, while Vesta Sweitzer as the Pope and Betty Plc Phail as the Old Plan of the hlountain both deserve mention of their success in their unique roles: Nlildred Lewis as the magician and Thelma Seihert as Uncle hlatthew exhibited the same talent as in their recent plays. Helen Deutsch played very well the role of a Chinese sea captain. The acting of the pantomine characters was indeed praiseworthy. The follow- ing deserve mention: Helen Gillette, Doris Hannah, Doris Husted, Betty Nieh, Geraldine Sellars, Tecla Rosenhusch, Leone lvagenheim, Laltloyne Everhart, illargaret Vtlestlalie, Dorothy Hope and Erna Zehnder. The novel arrangement of the stage settings, although rather difficult to execute proved very successful and added to the fantastic atmosphere of the play. The audience liefore which the play was given was very exclusive, consisting of the members of the Senior class who were the guests of honor and about two hundred others to whom that numlver of tickets were sold in order to cover the cost of production. The play as a whole was a most delightful and artistic fantasy and it will serve as a most excellent example to all future lunior Girls' Plays. The committees in charge of the production were as follows: Dramatization, Dorris Selleck, Ruth Dlccullough, lule Pinninger, Helen Deutsch3Business, Tecla Rosenhuschg stage sets, Helen Gillette: stage properties, Helen Parker: costumes, Betty lWcPhail. The entire play was under the general chairmanship of Vesta Sweitzer and directed hy Bliss Catherine Reighard, and Bliss Thelma lames. 9 32 47 - .JA 'i 'l l l 1 ,Y QL P at -'f 112 -'K