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0 / t The Dramatic Club presented its second play of the year on March 26. It was a one act drama entitled ’"I Shall Be V/ait- ing. The play was directed by jvlrs, M. S. Bullock. The cast was a* follows• Joan Standing ..Johnnie M. Taylor Jfrs. Standing TheLma Gumbs Dr. Brandt. Vailiam Davis Carl Standing Charlie Jiggetts Peter Jeffrey Marvin Pettaway The characters displayed excellent dramatic ability, and the play was one of the best of the year. By Annie B. Brame The Dramatic Club presented a one act drama entitled "WINTEE SUNSET", )»y Robert Brome, The characters were; Mrs. Elizabeth Andrews^ffaded old woman Beatrice Davis Bill Andrews « her only son- Henry Moore Anita- Bill’s wife, self-assured, domineering, heartless, selfish, clever- Gwendetta Pratt Dr. Michaelson -a physican- George Harmon It is a story of the love a mother for her son, whose love apparently is not returned because of the influence of his wife upon him. Mrs. Andrews shop has oeen recently destroyed by fire.'Having .10 one filse to turn to, she sends for ler son. Bill, Bill arrives with his afe, Anita. His mother not knowing that le is married, is greatly surprised, for jhe is planning to live with her son. \nita doesn't like the idea, and being leartless and domineering, persuades him lo yhange his mind about his mother's lying with them. Bill is indebted to I'lita, Her father is responsible for -iLs position as a Dr. in a large hospi~ ■‘-lo M?. Andrews accidentally hears •heir argument and tells them that she changed her mind about staying with >hem. Soon they leave, and Jlrs. Andrews, iuffers a heart attack and dies. .’he Time; Jannuary, Late in t. - after- loon. he place; The largest of the three ooms above Ashly's Bakery, the living ■Viofli, of Mrs, Andrews. This year the senior class of Hend erson Institute will present a three act play entitled "Silas Marner". The story is centered around Silas Marner, a weaver, who had been falsely accused of a crime and cast aside by his friends and loved oned. He sought a new beginning in a strange country, but even there his hopes for happiness are denied him. Shunned and persecuted^ his natural love gradually took a strange turn toward the gold that was accumu lating until he eventually degenerated into a cold and grasping old miser. In time this hold on happiness was stolen from him, plunging him into misery and despair. At the height of his anquish, an in cident happened xvhich proved eloquently that the slumbering soiilof men may ever be awakened, and his faith in humanity was restored by the redeeming touch of a pure and unsullied love. The whole sweep of this immortal story, "Silas Marner", has been embodied in a stirring dramatic play, which will stir your emotions me moment, then relieve them with flashes of humor the mext. The play is oo be presented Friday, May 7 at M, The cast of characters are as iollows: Silas Marner Melvyn E. Burt Dolly Mnthrop Iris M. Taylor Godfrey Cass Charlie B, Jiggetts TICKETS to ALL' ' DON'T MISS THIS TREAT George O' Harmon Martha Kimble ..Doris E. Poole Dunston Cass .., 9. Robert Scott Master Brj^ce David V. Vails Mary Gunn Clara Henderson Jane^ Gunn .... Emily Borgus Dr. Kimble .V ilbert Knight Nancy Larameter ,,,,,,, Annie Bell Brame— Priscilla Laimeter Gladys Bullock .vlr. Larameter David Harmon Eppie Doris Thorpe Aaron rinthiop Vailiam Davis Squire Cass Henry Moore
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