Weaver High School - Portal Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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FOREWORD The play has been fast moving For four years we, the class of ’60, have been performing in a gigantic spectacle. With Weaver as our stage and the faculty as our directors, we have all been acting in an all-encompassing drama. Not even Shake¬ speare, the greatest playwright of all time, could have crammed so much tragedy and so much comedy into just one play! The plot has been a complicated one and the characters have been varied. The play has been fast moving — we can hardly believe that the final curtain is soon to come down! We made our debut in 1956 with a feel¬ ing of stage fright that we thought we’d never conquer. Now we feel all the confi¬ dence of seasoned performers. But, just as we’ve grown accustomed to our parts and familiar with our lines, it is time to assume another role. We’re joining an even larger production, and we’ve been assigned an even larger role. Now there won’t be quite so much help from the prompters, and soon we’ll find ourselves in starring positions. As the second curtain rises, we all share the same hope — that our four years at Weaver have adequately prepared us for our new role. We of the yearbook staff would also like to express the hope that, in retro¬ spect, the Portal of I960 will serve as an adequate review ' of this unforgettable pro¬ duction. M.L.A. . . . the confidence of seasoned performers.”