Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-17
Colby College Play
Given Before Large
AppreciatiYe Crowd

The second production of the COL
lege play, MASKS and Faces" was
given yesterday afternoon at the
City Opera House with even more
success than was the initial appear
ance on Saturday afternoon. The
audience was far larger than on the
previous afternoon and deeply ap-
preciated the work of the cast by
their frequent bursts Of applause and
the balcony at the Opera House was
filled with interested alumni and
friends of the college and it is safe to
say that the crowd was the largest
that has witnessed a college play in
years.
Yesterday afternoon the acting and
all around general appearance of
Granville 3. E. Vale, "a, of Glen
Cove, N. Y. kept the audience in al
most constant laughter. In his role
as Triplet. the poor painter, play
right, poet and author. Vale starred
in every act. His work in the sec
ond act when he is portrayed at work
in his barren attic room with his
noisy children. while supposed to be
of the most pathetic variety, kept the
crowd in constant amusement. Vale
certainly put all that he had into
his part and carried it through in the
most commendable manner.
Again Miss Emily r. Heath, rs, of
Waterville acted her role of Peg
Wellington in the highest manner and
Won her audience from the first act.
She handled the situations with the
tact and manner of one long expert
enced on the stage. In the final act
when Peg Wellington and Mrs. Mabel
Vane, acted by Miss Ethel NJ. Reed,
"a, Of Harmony. work to the climax,
each in her effort to secure the heart
of Ernest Vale, as played by Stephen
B. Berry, '26, of Providence. r. l.,
Miss Heath showed her best acting in
giving to the dainty Mabel.
The supporting cast also deserves
much praise for their work. Russell
M. Squire, '25, of Waterville as Glib
Der, the Grabbed and eccentric art
critic, brought the applause of the
house not few times with his excel
lent portrayal of his part.
Between the scenes and before and
after the play, music was furnished
by Chambers band of Portland.
Their selections were highly pleas
ing to the audience.
Student Marshals Walter D. Simm,
'25. of Waltham, Mass, and Paul NJ.
sisted by Assistant Marshals Will
liam E. Pierce, Jr.. '27, of Lynn.
Mass, Roger A, Stinchfield, '26, of
Clinton. Warren F. Edmunds, '27, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, Theodore, H. Hardy,
'26, of Waterville. James F. Berry,
'27, Jeffersonville, VT, Alphonse W.
Lawson, '27, of Caribou, Chester r.
Colburn, '27, Ashland.
The Cast-Sir Charles Pommander,
Manley. o. Chase, "a; Mr.. Ernest
Vane, Stephen B. Berry, 20: Colley
Cibber, Russell NJ. Squire, '25: Quin,
Charles o. Parmenter, '27; Triplet,
Granville E. Vale. "a; Lysimachus
Triplet. Noyes E. Erwin; Mr.. Snarl,
Ivan NJ. Richardson, "a; Mr.. Soaper,
Edward Baxter, rs; James Burdock,
Earle L. Merriman, '25; : Colander,
Lindsay c. Varnum, rs; Hundsdon,
John N. Laughton. '25; Call Boy, Lee
onora E. Hall. '27; Pompe. Miss Edna
M. futile, '26; Mrs. Vane, Miss Ethel
NJ. Reed, "a; Peg Wellington, Miss
Emily r. Heath, '26: Kitty Give,
Miss Ruth A. Allen, "a; Mrs. Triplet,
Miss Florence A. Plaisted, '26; Rox-
alana, Miss Julia Wheeler; Cleopatra,
Miss Flora Brown; Maid, Miss Doris
c, Sanborn, '27,