The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-26
SOPHOMORE PLAY
MARCH SEVENTEEN
Friend Hanna" Calls For Finest
HistriOnic Talent In The
Class.

Girls, do you realize It'll Only three
weeks until the Sophomore play,
March 18th it is going to be. Oh, /
don't see how | can wait! just
adore Martha Harris, and Douglas is
sublime, absolutely; and you know
what the Sophomores always do
Lady Ursula last year and all that.
Thus raves the petite young miss on
the campus today. She coptinues:
I've written home for the whole
family (of course / don't mean that
4exactly) to come and | do hope A. q
/ NJ. is out from under the quarantine
by then. And it is whispered around
/ (you won't dare tell a soul, will you?)
/ Ithat-but | promised not to tell Any
way, rest assured that this play is
going to be absolutely new and diff
/ ferent from any other we've had IN
la, long, long time. It's just like the
SophOmorcs and, you know, every
body says it takes a class like this
to put across a play like this-so in
tensely dramatic, SO rapturously
romantic, so uproarously funny! But
words fail me; III let you see for
yourself. Anyway, I'd almost for
gotten to tell you the absurd techni-
calities Of it. | didn't really mean
that absurd nothing about it is
absurd, but-well, here goes:
The name of this play is Friend
Hannah and it Is of the royal family
in England The Prince of Wales is
the hero; Hannah gives him a rose
and he gives her three roses, a tradi-
tion which is very significant but
which you won't know about until /.
you see it, The scene is laid in the .
reign Of King George. It must have .
been a lovely May-timc in English .
history 10 have been chosen as the /
background for such play. Lady /
Ursula" was English, too, you remem-
ber, but Friend Hannah" is far
more royal than il was. Now, do +
you doubt my word that it is a master
piece, with master cast and a mas
ter coach? Let me tell you about
that cast right now.
"Of course, Martha Harris Frazec
is the leading man, George Tudor,
Prince of Wales. / say of COURSE
because Martha Harris ls the leading
man" Of the college. She had whole
fourth of the armament, or where
ever stars stay, portioucd out 90 her
last year in her initial appearance as
Sir George Sylvester iH Lady
Ursula" Exchanging roses with
your lady love may not sound half
so dramatic as fighting duels with
lcr-but you just wait and see.
"And another fourth, or maybe it
was nearer a third Of this same
realm Of stardom goes 20 Douglass
Davenport, who plays Friend Han
nah Her whole name is Hannah
Lightfoot but b. sounds much more
appropriate 10 say Lightfoot Han
nah; the Hannah who was Quaker I,
sss but who wasn't; who wore flowers
and allowed her cIrls 90 fly and fauut ,
themselves before the whole COM .
nun.ty as special signals ef the
lcvils. Hannah is a delightful char
.ctcr, equally as interesting as Lady f.
Ursula and far more So than Daddy
.oug Legs; but Doug does them .
Do to perfection, adding huge chunks
% her share Of the above mentioned
ornament with each appearance.
Edward. Duke of York. the br5-
her Of the prince is played by Li- +
ian McGath, the Jimmy Mcbride i1 q
Daddy Long Legs and Jack Castle
on in "Lady UrsuaL7 DO you re-
member how be- made love to Judy
abbott and played the charming
.oung gallant i1 "Lady Ursulag' O.
hen. you wont miss thisi
"Lucy Crarin. the unialrtablc 7
.pcy Of the old sea captain in "Niss 2
Iobtsr and the "ieep-dyld villain
d LADY Ursula" takes on an entire 2.
y different role this tire and one % =
.hich she viii 90 equal justice. To is e