Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-13
PLAYS Will
Be REPEATED j
Performance of the Dakota
Playlnakers Calls Forth
Enthusiasm.

This evening. the April program Of.
the Dakota @Playnnakers, given last
night for, the first time, will he pre-
scented at FWoodNortfl. hall. and judg-
ing from thesauccess. scored. last night,
the second performance Undoubtedly
will equal; perhaps even eclipse, the;
first. ,ss .%
1t seems too much to.expect that Al
entirely different group of%%characters.
programs.o Of the IsiaymakerA,, when
the same writer's are producing the
plays and the, same actors are per-
forming. them. But il ID Just this
thing that makes the yer increasing
interest in 1.-the plays presented at the
univer sity. for the plays are always
different" and the acting Is never
the same. Those who, attended the
performances last evening. were en-
in their RESPONSE and unstinting In
their praise.
The first; play. Barley. Boards" by
Howard DeLong was even better than
had beer, Esxpected, and the audience
was kept IN. a continual state OF mirth.
This play is q realistic portrayal, Of a
typical tfhfeshingascrew Of North Da4
kota harvest nefds,' Including Nor
wegian, Swcde and. Finnish laborers.
an [. w. W., a university student, and
other types. Carl Holler, who by
the way, is a capital comedian. kept
the audience in continual laughter in
his droll interpretation Of OF Her
dahl. Johnston Walker, as the /. w.
w. agitator. Martin shultz, gave n
striking portrayal OF the part. Worthy
OF mention for their. realistic char
acter sketches were Harold Wylie,
Harold Shaft. John Grinnell, Louis
Whelen, James Rosoft, John Como
and Alexander Aas.
"A Sorority Furry" by Agnes
o'Connor. is a sparkling farce OF uni
versity life. The various members
Of the Psi sorority played by Jean
ton. .R.lla Woods. Dorothy Davies,
Merle DSar, Frances Woodland, Vera
Disbrow and Edith .Tarnham, were
each sketched convincingly. Mabel
Davies as the. mother OF one OF the
girls. and Naomi Cady, as Aunt
Prunella, contributed unique char
acters. while Bob Eenner and Earle
Moultrie as the conspirinE "mere
men" added no little excitement to
the scene. IT.
The last play of the bill. For the
Colleen" by Agnes O'Connor. was a
romance Of q prairie pioneer. 1t is a
charming little piece, p%icturing the
simple heart story of ar old man, Eli
Weston, as Tim Nolan, the old iani-
tor. gave a sympathetic portrayal OF
the part. Agnes O'Connor. the writer
or the play. in the role of the colleen,
Cathleen. was charming and lovely
tributed also by Harriet McConville a:
Mrs. Lane: Clarence Robbins as Art
the elevator boy. and Elmer Grand
son ashDr. Wright.
The Playmakers were assisted ir
this production by Mrs. Marguerite
Myrben of Minneapolis, whose service,
in connection with the Shakespeare
masque, and the historical pageant
added much to the perfection of the
productions.
On the programs last evening were
the following interesting announc
ments:
Mr.. Augustus Thomas, elected tt
honorary membership in The I)akots
PIayn,akersi on the occasion of Hi
recent visit to Grand Forks. writes
concerning the new name: MAY
say that I like the change Of name
There is a double application to Play
makers that l think is most felicitou
in both services"
Professor Peter Dykema. of tn,
University of Wisconsin. whose nam,
is proposed for honorary member
ship, wrote recently concerning a re
hearsal Of ME an Bill" and 9TH,
Home Fires: Il had the pleasure o
hearing two of these plays rehearsed
and l must say that they struck nj,
as being quite worthy of being classet
with those fine things with which tn,
Irish Players have acquainted u.s."
u The plays will be repeated this eve
ming, the curtain being promptly a
SIS. Tickets may be obtained a
Stone Piano company, or at the sec
retary's office at the university.