NOVEMBER 22, 1957
Lights, Camera, Action On Reveler's Club
FIRST PRODUCTION
OF YEAR IS (IN
Last night the Reveler's Club
presented its first production of the
year. Some of you may have won
dered about the background of this
organization. Well, after much re
search on the subject your reporter
came up with the following facts.
The club has been an institution
here at Guilford since 1921. Its con
stitution states that its aim is "to
produce plays for the benefit of its
audience and of the student par
ticipants, and to promote interest
in good drama." Some of its past
directors have been such noted
persons as Phillip W. Furnas and
Daryl E. Kent. Its present director,
Donald E. Deagon, has proven
himself very capable in several pro
ductions.
The Dramatics Council is also a
part of the group. The executive
powers of the club are vested in
this body. The main function of
this organization is to select plays
for production by the Reveler's
Club.
Members of the Carolina Dra
matic Association for nearly 201
years, the Reveler's Club has at-
MR. DEAGON
tended that group s festival held at
Chapel Hill and taken an active
part. The club is a versatile group
since it builds all its own scenery,
makes its own posters, and ingeni
ously improvises most of its cos
tumes. Thus students with talents in
varied directions come out to make
its productions a success. The club
would like to invite all of you
who have any interest whatsoever
to turn out and help with its next
production which will be given in
March.
—Robin Heritage
Christmas vacation begins Dec
ember 19 and ends January 3.
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"Alchemist's" Second Showing
To Be Staged Tonight
The Alchemist, by Ben Jonson, is
an Elizabethan comedy. With the
knowledge of this in mind, the stu
dent knows that a preliminary read
ing of the play is desirable before
viewing the performance. For the
students of Guilford College this is
not widely possible because of the
time factor. Therefore a review is
necessary.
The central theme of the play is
a group of three characters, namely
Subtle, The Alchemist, Face, his as
sistant, and Doll, the gun-jnoll, who
make it their business to cheat a
variety of people with the promise
of turning base metals into gold.
They manage to do so successfully
until they are discovered by the
man who owns the house they are
practicing in and are disclosed to
their victims.
The first act begins with a quar
rel between the three cozeners
(cheaters). This is quickly dis
patched by the entrance of one of
their victims, a gay blade named
Dapper, who wishes to get rich
quick. He is followed by a variety
of others who have the same idea
in mind. They are Drugger, Surly,
and Sir Epicure Mammon. Sir Epi
cure and his companion, Surly, are
two of the main suckers and Mam
mon, cozened by Doll, is led to
believe all.
The second act, which is the
longest, begins with members of
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the same sect, discussing their plans
to also get rich quick. After this,
the scenes change, and the three
cozeners tie up Dapper, to keep
him while they tend to Mammon.
Doll then plays the part of a bril
liant lady to beguile Sir Mammon.
Now the two men, Subtle and Face
are free to deal with a variety of
the Gullible ones. Kastril and his
Dame Plaint, etc.
However, Surly enters, disguised
as a Spanish Count, and, as the plot
thickens, Doll plays a mad scene to
get rid of Sir Epicure, now that he
is cozened. The chemical works are
said to have exploded, Mammon
leaves just as the master of the
house, Lovewit, returns.
The third and final act sees Love
wit and a crowd of neighbours in
front of the house. They get Face,
who used to be Lovewit's butler,
out and ask him what has been go
ing on. He takes Lovewit aside and
explains to his favor, the situation.
Meanwhile, inside, Subtle and Doll
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"HAPPY ROAD"
—starring—
GENE KELLY
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"MONTE CARLO STORY"
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—starring—
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have been cheating more people, in
various guises. Face enters and tells
them that the jig is up. They flee
when the police come. However,
Face is in the good graces of his
master, who marries Dame Pliant,
and those who have been cheated
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; The dialogue is in the Eliza
■ bethan fashion but the plot is still
, in force today. It is a riotous farce
and the people who come to see it
will be heartily pleased with their
evening.
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