The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-07-13
LOCAL PLAYERS
WELL RECEIVED
"Sand" Presented In Chester and
Rock Hill by Laurens Cast to Ap-
preeiatiye Audiences.

Rock Hill by Lanrens Cast to Ap-
preeiatiye Audiences.
The group of local players who
went to Chester and Rock Hill Thurs
day and Friday Of last week to present
Sand" the play by Miss iRebccca
Dial, returned to the city Saturday
afternoon very cnthusiastice over the
reception accorded the play and the
social attentions accorded the cast by
the people Of both places. In Ches-
ter large audience came out to at
tend the play in spite of several con 2
ilicting gatherings and it's spontaneous
applause early in the evening dis
PEELED misgiyings that amateur talent
would not be appreciated outside OF
the homo circles. In Rock Hill the
play was given in the large auditorium
OF Winthrop College before an audi
ence OF about five hundred composed
largely Of teachers attending the sum
mer school but with generous
sprinkling OF town people. Although
the play had been given before In
Laurens and several adjoining towns
where members of the cast were
known, the consensus Of opinion
among the caste was that the rcccp-
tion given the play in Rock Hill, as
indicated by applause, was the most
appreciativc that the cast had en-
perienccd. The principals had to an
swcr to several curtain calls and when
the curtain went down on the last act
the audience would not leave until
Miss Dial had responded in short
curtain speech. After she concluded
repeated calls were made for MA,
Pap and Jimmie" played by Miss
Rebecca Dial, Mr.. o. l.. Long and Mr.
w. e. Meng respectively, but the
transformation from actor to every
day apparel had already begun and
they were unable to respond A num-
Der Of the more enthusi;. ;tic came on
the stage to compliment the company
upon It's success.
Several amusing occurrences added
to the amusement OF the trip as, for
instance in Chester, when several
members Of the company who were
partly in costume but had not been
'on" yet, were caught in the middle
Of the stage after the first act when
the curtain went up in response to an
encore and had to make a marathon
for the side entrances. In Rock Hill
Pap" Anderson forgot that he had
several more lines to say before the
third act was ended and rushed to
the dressing rooms up two flights Of
steps to make rapid change for the
fourth act In the midst OF his ac-
tivities up there he heard his cue
again on the stage and realized at
once that he had made mistake.
With lightning like rapidity, he ra-
covered his trousers, performing nee
essary operations on them while go
ing down the steps like a house afirc
shoes off. He had the presence Of
mind. however, TO insert a speech thai
would have explained his shocless
but other members OF the
cast on the stage at the time were so
shocked at his appearance in his
stocking feet that they could not re-
strain their amusement. The audi
cnce then caught the significance or
hts hcad-long and partly dressed ap-
pearance and let out roar.
At both Chester and Rock Hill the
caste was shown many social atten-
tions by the people OF the two cities,
especially by those who had friends
in the caste and by former residents
of Laurens In Chester the caste was
entertained entirely in private homes,
nothing being left undonc by the hosts
to contribute to the pleasure Of their
guests. Mrs. Clarence Cross, who has
been frequent visitor to Laurens,
headed the committee onentcrtain-
ment and saw to it that the caste was
delightfully."- and congenially situated.
In Rock Hill the caste was entertained
largely at Winthrop College, some OF
the male members being entertained
at the homes OF Messrs. Lawrence
Pitts and Alexander Long. former res
idents OF I.aurens. After the play