The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-06-05
THE CLASS PLAY OF,
C. C. H. S. SENIORS
PRODUCES M UGH
SPLENDID TALENT.
-Four Act Comedy Quality
Street" Makes Excellent I'm
preston With Audience.

The members of the Canon City high
school class OF 1919 presented with
great precision and histrionic skill
NJ. Barrie's delightful four-act society
comedy. Quality Street" at the opera
house Tuesday night In the presence
OF capacity audience. There were
special stage accessories to give ef
fectiveness to the setting OF the play.
and that fact. coupled with the dra-
matte excellence OF its rendition. com
bined to make the entertainment one
OF exceptional enjoyment to all.
: The gathering was sympathetic and
the production was followed BY the
keenest interest throughout. That
II struck a responsive chord with the
assemb'age that had gathered to enjoy
II was evidenced By the applause
which II evoked. Every part was well
delineated and there @aii the honor
lies. The acting was easy. graceful
and well sustained. and the lines re-
cited clearly and distinctly. enabling
them 10 be heard In all portions OF the
house The leading roles we're taken
by James Harvey in -valentine
Brown. and by Miss Fanny Sheldon in
phoebe Thrasseil.' and were .splen-
dily interpreted. A somewhat subor-
dinate character by Miss Helen Sea
man was equally laudabie in its pre-
sentation and won its need OF praise
and commendation. II would be in
vidious. however. to select any part
for special compliment In a play that
was so generally deserving OF merf;or.
ious mention and remark That It
was SO well received is sufficient COM
ment on the excellence OF its produc-
fion Its fine rendition was due In no
small measure to the careful. con-
scienfious training and preparation
given the members OF the company by
MisssNima skinner. their dramatic In
s;ructor
The scene depicted in the play wss
in England during the wars of Ma
poleon. rather less than century and
Ithe xnrb and dress Of thar period.
which Rave an added rest and interest
60 the ensemble. The 1rst act shows
how iadylfke they were In Quality
street: the second the little ladies
and gentlemen who CAME to Phoebe's
school: the third a recipe for the max
ing OF n perfect female. and the
fourth how Phoebe closed her school.
A period of 10 years Is supposed "
eiapse between the incidents recorded
by the author In acts one and two.
| A pleasing feature in connection
with the second act was the dancing
OF a group of half dozen children.
three boys and three girls. presumed
pupils OF Phoebe Thrassei. teacher OF
the Quality Street" school Their
dancing was graceful and their sp-
pearance on the stage contributed to
the beauty and vivacity OF the picture.
II lis no disparagement to its prede-
cessors to say that the class play
given at the opera house Tuesday
night measured up to the highest
standard Of thcatricais presented by
| the high school graduates In any OF
the years that are past. The magnifi-
cent audience Il attracted and the en-
thusiasm the program elected was elo-
uucnt testimony to the fine quality OF
the production. The dramatis per
sonae follows:
Valentine Brown James Harvey
Ensign Blades. John Pearson
Lieut.. Spicer. ..i.s.. Nell kics
Recruiting Sergeant. David Parks
Master Arthur Wellesley Tomson.
John Kenneth Emmerson
Phoebe Thrassei. -. Fanny Sheldon
susan Thrassell $50. Helen Seaman
willourhby ... Maud NcKinuon
Fanny wiiiourhby /. Esther Scrorrs
Henrietta Turnbuii blanche wadleieh
Charlotte Irene Sharman
Harriet .-.-.....-.-.... .Eda Larson
PATTY .s............. Ruby Norman
Isabella ....-...... blanche Marvin