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Page Four THE SALEMIT E^ Pierrette’s THE FIRSTBORN Reviewed As Moving Drama By Grace Walker On Wednesday and Thursday nioi" in Old Chapel the P'^rette Players, under the direction of Miss Barbara Battle, presented a moving drama of Christopher Fry s The Firstborn. Using the first twelv chapters of Exodus as his souice. Fry goes beyond the familiar against Pharoah. Seti the II, the Pharoah, play^j by Fran Bell was a worthy op. ponent for Moses. In his dedica tion to what he believed was right he replaced his personal feelings lor the welfare of his empire. At times Fran spoke too loudly, mak ing her lines less effective, but on T7 rr P 5 beVOnQ Uie *-o , -1 Ull ^oThE'^E-yPtian and He-1 Perhaps the most stirring per. 'ew'families^ The“members of the formance was given by Crockett ca Ir” to'be congratulated for Rader m her portrayal of Shendi, S r vivid dramatizations of these Minatn s son. The play seemed to taried personalities. . ] come to life with her big entrance Nan Mhlliams was successful f „ portrSing Moses as a man dedi-j Anath Bethiah. and Rameses, the Sted to God yet torn between af-‘ Pharoah s sister and son rvere ef- e tion for his Egyptian family and fect.vely played by Felicity Craig, the demand of his destiny to revolt and Nina Ann Stokes. Theatre Students Prepare For Their Spring Productions By Sue Froneberger As the play progressed their per formance improved. They were somewhat stiff and uninvolved at first but by the end of Act I their performances were vivid and strong. The sound and the lighting were particularly impressive in setting the atmosphere of Egypt in 12M B C. and the sets complimented the Anne Uep.aund.' R.eanor Fishel and tm.iy Stone vv..i. luo.r puppets Anne —• - x—1 Child Lit. Students Produce Puppet, Chinese Shadowgraph, And Marionette Shows April 12 , _ - r o c 11 VinilP.t.t.P * ^ ^ 2,na me eumpnu This warm Spring weather seetns j^^Qyg^ignts of the action. ,• 1 j_ j1 _ 1T1 __. . * » rr*! The presentation of The First- By Susan Hughes I The elementary education stu-1 dents who are members of the class in Children’s Literature will present j a puppet show, a Chinese shadow- j graph, and a marionette show Tues- j day, April 12. These plays have been adapted from children’s books by the students themselves. Emily Slone, Suzannah Parker, Linda Lee Rich, Anne DePland, and Eleanor Fischel have pirepared a puppet show centered around the character “Nothing-at-All.” “No- thing-at-All” is a little dog who has two perfectly normal brothers, hilt “Nothing” is completely unsee able. The dogs live in houses that match their names so that the children will be able to keep the characters straight. Pointy has pointed ears and lives in a house with a pointed roof; Curly has curly ears and a curly-roofed house. “No thing” has a house with a rounded roof, but of course, no one knows whether or not he has rounded ears, since no one can see them. Regardless of his unsee-ability Notliing-at-All is very happy. His philosophy is summed up in little song: I’m not very tall Nor yet very small; I look like nothing Nothing at all. But I don’t really mind Cause it takes all kind Both see-able and Unsee-able you’ll find. One day a little girl comes to the forgotten corner of the farm where the three little dogs live. She de cides to lake the two dogs that she can see home with her, and No- thing-at-All is left behind. He starts to follow them, and runs and runs until his legs get very tired and he falls asleep under a big tree. When he wakes up, he can’t find his brothers. As he searches for the way they went he meets a bird his who says “I can’t see you. Are you that empty space beside the tree?” Nothing-at-All is very happy when he finds that the bird has a book of magic which contains a chaptei called Nothingness and Something- ness. The secret of becoming some thing is to whirl and whirl until you get dizzier and dizzier. So Nothing-at-All starts to whirl and sing “I’m busy getting dizzy . . .” All of a sudden he cries “I’m a shape!” And pretty soon he has acquired some black spots, a black- tipped tail and-at last-some rounded ears. Fie has become “Something- After-All.” Fle trots down the road to the farm and when the little giil sees him she decides to keep him, too, and they all live together happily ever after. The puppets that the girls made themselves are paper mache with painted faces and cloth bodies. The Chinese Shadowgraph If I Ran the Zoo, by Dr. Suess, is all about what a little boy named McGrew would do if he ran the Zoo. There would be quite a few changes made. Instead of a four legged lion, there would be a tmi- legged lion; there would be a pink elephant with red ears, a red trunk, and a red tail, and some “pea shooters.” One of the most enter taining aspects of the story are the names that the characters and ani mals have. (I won’t give them away.) Chinese shadowgraphs are clit- ferent from the regular shadow graphs in several ways. They still use the sheet stretched across a frame with a bright light behind it. But instead of using the solid paper figures which cast a silhouette on the screen, the girls are using plastic figures which are colored the colors of the characters. The light shines through the colors and makes a picture on the sheet. The story of the zoo includes some very color ful characters and should create an interesting effect. Cynthia Hyatt, Jane Howie, Betty McGowan, Vickie Van Liere, and Mary Ann Floyd are in charge of this story. The other story concerns The Pig That Danced a Jig.” This is an Irish folk story about a pig named Patrick and his owner a little girl—who taught him how to dance. One day her aunt gave the little girl a new doll and as she played with it she forgot about Pat rick. His feelings were hurt, so he rail away. All of a sudden, he real ized that a man was trying to catch him. The man had decide'd that it would be nice to have the plump little pig to eat, so he put him in a pen. Somehow Patrick escapes and runs home. His little mistress is so happy to see him that she forgets her doll. Alta Lu Townes, Churchill Jen kins, Carolyn McLoud, Kay Cun- diff, and Lucy Parker are making their own marionettes for this pro gram, and they have written their own script. The girls have said that even though the show- is for faculty child ren they would like to invite all of you to come to see their plays Tuesday n ight. It would be in teresting to see what the girls are doing. After all, they might be teaching our children some day. to stimulate the theatrical blood m ^ the veins of many Salemites. The Born, although of an entirely dii Pierrette Players have been busily pg.ee and time from that of preparing for their spring P^'O^uc- Boy Friend, was just as effeo tion; also, the members of the In own way. The Pier troduction to the Theatre class j.gj.^gg gj-g Be commended for at under the direction of Miss Batt e ^gjjjp^jj^g ^^yo plays of such di! have been very much at wor . ^ ferent natures and of being success This course is designed to^ interest: their dramatizations of eacli students in the theatre by instruct- , ^ pg^ ing in the techniques involved in j all phases of a production. The ’ rN . class spent the first part of the! I r©S©ntS semester taking notes on acting and • directing, thereby obtaining a foundation for their work this spring. In their two hour lab each week, the girls acted out panto mimes, portrayed emotional inci dents such as the loss of a dear friend, and presented skits. All of this work and .study has led up to the workshop plays to be presented by the class April 26 and 27. In preparation for her play, each girl has read several one act plays and has chosen one of them to produce. Each girl is respon sible for her own blocking or stage movements, her set design, her costume designs, her lighting, make up, and all the other aspects of her production. The girls cast their own plays, choosing Salemites to act the parts. The direction of the entire play is the responsibility of each member of the class. Also, I he girls must set up rehearsal schedules, ending with a dress re hearsal. Five plays will be presented on each of the two nights. The stu dent body is invited to attend these plays. Already much work has gone into these workshop plays, and there is still much to come. Recital Sunday Evelyn Dawes, from Anderson, S. C., will present her sophomore recital this Sunday, April 10, at 3:30 in the afternoon. An organ student of Mrs. Mueller, Evelyn will play “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” by Bach, Men delssohn’s “Sonata No. 2”, and three selections from Jean Lang- lais’s “Suite Medieval”. Alumnae Plan Senior Picnic Salem College Alumnae will en tertain the present senior class at an informal supper April 21 ta 5:00 to 8:00 o’clock at Tanglewood Park. All of the group plan to 'veai Bermudas for the event. Two of the more recent Salen alumnae, Mary Curtis Gramley am Judy Graham Davis are in charg' of entertainment. PAY A LITTLE MORE , . . LOOK MUCH BETTER For finest quality beauty work . . . For designed hair ems • . . For styling and permanent waving to suit you and your features THE HAIRDRESSERS BEAUTY SALON Downtown at 416 N. 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