The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1964 Page: 1 of 4
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"Drums Under the Window" to Be
4th Program in S. U. Artist Series
’ The rich vitality of Sean O’Casey’s
writing takes human form in
"Drums Under the Window” set
for Friday, Fet>. 21, at 8 p.m. in
' the Alma Thomas Theatre at South-
- .western Univererty.
. This is the fourth program in the
y k .Williamson County - Southwestern
*r .University Artist Series for 1963-64.
• The Cleveland Play House Tour-
ing Company will perform the dra-
ma, drawn by Paul Shy re from the
, third of six autobiographical vol-
umes by O’Casey. Shyre scored an
■earlier success with "I Knock at
the Door”, another adaptation of the
•Irish playwright’s autobiographical
.\yritings. O’Casey appears as the
central character, Sean Casside.
' The play " takes Casside through
life wilth wide-open eyes and! ears.
Charles Keating plays the role. He
is a Londoner who also starred in
“I Knock at the Door.”
Shyre combines narration and
„ stage action to retain the rich lan-
guage of O’Casey in a powerful dra-
matic package. More than a dozen
characters support Casside In his
encounters with life. It is a sensi-
tive learning process. Young Sean
soon knows how to work and1 sweat
and yet savor the joys of Shake-
speare and Shaw. He sees his first
field of com with the eyes of a child
and a poet. He tastes bitterness as
his sister dies impoverished.
■ With O* Casey as the source and
dominant figure, the play naturally
moves with ease between humor and
dagger-sharp stabs in many direc-
tions. O’Casey never spares* the
representatives of ignorance, hypo-
crisy and intolerance, and neither
does the play. It accurately
. at general and specific targets —
political, religious and literary.
This is a return engagement to
v^puthwestem University for the
‘Cleveland Play House Company. In
1960 the group presented “Volpone”
and “Candida” and in 1962 “Hedda
Gabler.” i
"Services in Song”
Sunday, March 8
The Southwestern University Choir
will present a “Service in Song” in
Dallas at Urban Park Methodist
Church (6670 Military Parkway) at
7 p.m. on Sunday, March 8.
During the morning worship serv-
ice' at 10:50 a.m. the choir will sing
at the First Methodist Church in
San Saba on Sunday, March 8.
Composed of students from vari-
ous sections of the country* the
40-member choir is gaining recogni-
tion as one of the outstanding chor-
al groups in the state. Dean Jolin
D. Richards of the Southwestern Un-
iversity School of Fine Arts is the
conductor.
The program for the Sunday “Ser-
■> vices in Song”, consists of music
from the sixteenth, seventeenth,
nineteenth and twentieth centuries,
closing with folk songs and spiri-
tuals.
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fe-
ll
Persons interested in working on
a student - sponsored radio program
on KGTN should report to the
Music Room of the Union Building
next Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 6:30
p.m.
All lost articles found on campus
are turned in to the Recorder’s Of-
fice in the Ad Building. Presently
in the lost-and-found are two pairs
of gloves, a scarf, a ring, a bracel-
* et, and a pair of black, hom-rim-
: med glasses.
-o-
VESPERS will be held this eve-
ning at 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel. The
* t speak#* will be Ttiro Ooaailfe H 4
)t JWeaapfiotte
VOLUME LVII
Georgetown, Texas Friday, February 21, 1964
Number Eighteen
"Our Hearts Were Young And Gay"
Comes Home To Play Feb. 27-28
American Gothic ? . . . well, no.
Pictured, really, is part of the cast and
crew of Mask and Wig Players who are
rehearsing Jean Kerr’s adaptation of
Cornelia Otis Skinner’s and Emily Kim-
brough’s comical farce, OUR HEARTS
WERE YOUNG AND GAY, directed by
Drexel Riley. It will play here next
Thursday and Friday, February 27-28.
Of the cast and crew, shown above, left
to right, are: Shjrley Ballard, Angus
Hendrick, Cray Cooke, Van Phillips,
Glenn Paysee, Judy Stone, and Stew
Slater.
S'western Alumna,
Mrs. Knox, Author
Scheduled for spring release is
ANIMAL LINES, a book by Mrs.
Elizabeth Knox, alumna of South-
western University.
At Southwestern Mrs. Knox was a
member of the English Writers’
Club for five years, studying with
the late Dr. Claud Howard, long-
time head of the English department
She was graduated with special
honors in English, and elected to Sig-
ma Tau Delta, the national English
and elected to Sigma Tau Delta, the
national English writers’ fraternity.
She is a member cf Phi Mu soror-
ity
Mrs. Knox, formerly of George-
town and Bertram, did graduate
work at Southwest Texas State Col-
lege and the University of Texas.
Her poetry has been published in
The American Anthology of College
Verse and The Rectangle (publica-
tion! of Sigma Tau Delta).
Her illustrations appeared in
WHY THERE ARE ' NO DINO-
SAURS by Mrs. Joe A. Sheppard
of Burnet.
ANIMAL LINES, to be published
. fay ^ The* Nay to® Company of San Aftr
dren’s tale, written in verse, which
takes the reader on a trail of de-
lightful adventures with Eskimos,
phants and fish.
Providing each poem with her
own illustrations, Mrs. Knox captur-
es the “Walrus and Carpenter” at-
mosphere erf her work. Adults as
well as children will find the book a
delight to read.
Required Film
There will be a free showing of a
short but very important cancer
film for women on February 25, at
10:00 a.m., in the Theatre of the
Fine Arts Building, announces Dean
Martha Allen.
Attendance is required of all wo-
men students and all women of the
faculty and staff are urged to at-
tend. '
The film is provided by the Amer-
ican Cancer Society and is sponsor-
ed on this campus by Women’s Ad-
visory and the Womens’ Physical
Education Department.
KGTN Presents:
COLLAGE 368!
Southwestern University talent
and news will be aired via radio
when Georgetown KGTN Station fea-
tures a special 30-minute program
each Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Participating in the weekly broad-
cast will be students and faculty of
the university.. -
Hosting the program to be desig-
nated COLLAGE 368 are some stu-
dents in a class in radio and tele-
vision being taught by Professor
Dr*** Riley of the 9pe«d* and
Drama Department in the Southwest
ern University School of Fine Arts.
The first program on Feb. 19 fea-
tured''songs by Betsy Hearn, and
guitar specialties by Angus Hendrick
Jr.
Special guest on the program was
Miss Drusilla Huffmaster, Artist in
Residence and head of the piano de-
partment in the Southwestern Uni-
versity School of Fine Arts, an in-
ternationally known pianist who
joined the Southwestern faculty in
1961. ' : ;;
by LANNY NAEGELIN •
OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG
AND GAY hats the road February
24 for viewing at McMurry College.
Then it comes home to play on the
Southwestern stage February 27 and
28. Curtain time is 8:00 p.m.
The play, based on a novel by Cor-
nelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kim-
brough, was written for the stage
by Jean Kerr.
It is a farce dealing with the
lives of two 19 year old girls on a
jaunt to Paris. Cornelia is played
by Ann Allaway, and Emily, her
traveling companion, is played by
Linda Simmons.
Ann, a sophomore English major
from Houston, Texas, is appearing
in her third role on the Southwest-
ern stage — her first lead.
Previously she has been seen as
Emily Brent an old maid fanatic,
in TEN LITTLE INDIANS and as
Gertrude in CRY, THE BELOVfeD
COUNTRY.
Linda, also a sophomore, is from
Lexington. She has been scon in the
Alma Thomas Theatre in both pro-
ductions this year; and in her fresh-
man year at Lon Morris, she played
the role of Helen Keller in THE
MIRACLE WORKER.
Major supporting roles are played
by Rita Webb and Bill Springer
(Cornelia’s parents), Frank Roddon
(a French actor of questionable
character), Jim Pierce and David
Scott (Cornelia and Emily’s roman-
tic counterparts), Shirley Ballard
(Madame Elise), and Cray Cooke
(Therese).
Others in the cast include Joe Ar-
anki, as the Admiral; Angus Hend-
rick, as the window washer; Stew-
art Slater, as the Purser; Sandra
Pennington, as the Stewardess; and
Judy Stone as the Inspector.
And there are Carmen Matheny
and Georgia Ann Wynne,two Eng-
lish lassies, Harriet St. John and
Winifred Blaugh. (Caught them in
rehearsal one day — and they’re
great!)
Besides playing a role in the
play, Van Phillips is also doing the
technical direction for the play. He
designed the set and is in charge of
the fighting.
OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG AND
GAY is proported to be a play with
no “uplift,” no moral, no neuroses,
no depression, no theme, no “mes-
sage,” no nothing but fun.
There isn’t a single Arthur Miller,
Tennessee Williams or Eugene O’-
Neill problem child in the whole
cast.
“And praise be,” Dr. Angus
Springer comments, “No existentia-
lism.” The play is very light and
should be thoroughly enjoyable.
The play is under the direction of
Drexel Riley. This is his first time
out on the Southwestern stage since
his tremendous success with THE
COTTON PICK.
In this play director Riley faces a
new chafienre — he’s directing a
farce. It’s got old gags, and he
needs to freshen them up through
expert direction. “Farce is hard,”
Riley comments, “because so
m4ch depends on timing.”'
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The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1964, newspaper, February 21, 1964; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth634144/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Southwestern University.