The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-31
PLAYSTOSUIT
EVERY TASTE
ON PROGRAM
Harlequin Players and Dramatic
Arts Club Present First
Joint Entertainment
i'm Auditorium.
FOUR ONE-ACT PLAYS
Original Works, Including Com.
edy, Tragedy, Pantomime
and Fantasy, Are Play
ed for First Time.

Plays TO suit every mood of an ap.
preciaiing audience were given las, night
in the University Auditorium by the
Harlequin Players and the Dramatic Arts
Club. This was the first joint program
given by these Two organizations. All oi
the four original one-act plays tina, were
presented were well received by the au.
dience. The scenery was appropriate,
considering the lack Of material with
which the players had to contend and the
costumes well fitted the needs of the
plays.
The play which was the best received
by the audience and perhaps deserves the
most praise as far as the acting is con-
cerned was a tragedy. written by Mar
tina Cheavens and directed by W. ]. Pol
lard. The drama was called Before
Mass" with the scene laid in the home of
a Mexican priest, the priests part being
acted by W. ]. Pollard. Pedro. the SER
yans of the priest was characterized by
Darrell Siarmes and Dolores, the other
character in the play was taken by Miss
Dorothy Diffey. At no time throughout
the acting Of this play did the audience
become uDin:erested and restless.
COMEDY BY MISS WEEKS
THE Other HALF comedy by Eliza
beth Weeks opened the program. This
was also directed by Mr.. Pollard. While
laughable in parts, owing to the clever
acting of the characters and some inter
esiing lines which the players had, the
plot was as impossible as a lie in the
student election-it could happen only
once in thousands of times tried. The
characters were portrayed as follows:
Ada Lowery, played by Miss Ella Wyatt:
Trip by Clarence Morris and Chalmers
by Ellis Atteberry. The Office boys part
was taken by Morris Cumbiner.
'Bluebeard," a burlesque paniomime,
written by Miriam Thurman and Hazel
George Newman was directed by Miss
Helen d. Gath. The pantomime was on
the Early English style with the earlier
Harlequin pervading the action, appear
ing in the comic scenes which alternated
throughout the piece with the serious
which formed the backbone of the story.
II any criticism could be given it was
that there was too much action on the
stage 10 watch at .he same time. Blue
beard was taken by Miss Leona Miller
and the o:her characters we're as followe:
Bluebeard's wife, Hazel George New
man; Sister Anne, Arlene Brown; Slave
Boy, Orion Johnson; Brothers, Frances
Baine and Margaret Way.
FANTASY PRESENTED
The most elaborate of the four plays
was fantasy called Behind che Moon
written by Miss Mary Webster and d.
rec,ed by Mrs. E. r. Hedrick. Prof. II.
s. Bill was well placed in the difficult
role Of Dream Man and Miss Hazel
George Newman made beautiful prin-
cess who had been refused the privilege
of having dreams by her father the king.
who was played by Prof. G. II. Sabine.
Prof. Z. r. Hedrick and Gladys Wheat
played the Sentry and the Kitchen Maid
respectively. Three dancers in the fan
tasy were Misses Arlene Brown, Orion
Johnson and Leona Miller. The dance
was cleverly placed. A fairy love song
was sung in the wings by 5. N. Aim. ac-
companied on the piano by Mrs. II. 5.
Bill. Miss Gladys Wheat designed the
scenery. costumes mad the lighting ef-
feet Others listed on the program were:
Prof. ]. E. Wrench. V. c. Wait, P. W.
Mccormick, E. F. Trunk, ]. NJ. Hanne-
gan and Prof. Z. b. Branson.