The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-02-11
LARGE CROWD
 ENJOYS HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
The Haunted House Pro- duced to Packed House
 at Coliseum Thearre

| The Haunted House mystery play by Owen Davis, was produced by the Juneau High School to a packed house last night at the Coliseum Theatre. Both suspense and laughs began with the rising of the curtain and were continued right through the ffast-movins comedy to the end of the third Eect,. when it came out that the murder was not really murder after all
 The action all took place in the summer cottage and it's environ nlents in the space of twenty-four hours The complications which were built up mostly by an author who loves to create situations so that he could watch the reactions of people and get material for his novels, were nearly all humorous and though very involved, worked out in the third act.
 Cast Well Chosen
 The cast had been well chosen and well directed and there was End a moment when action Jagged or words fumbled, though several, notably Bill Friend, had long, ra- ther difficult lines. He carried off the part of an autocratic, long winded author to perfection and Helen Rocoyich as his long sui 1 fering wife. who treated his whims with patient good hurnor, was ex- eellent and extremely good.
 Much of the comedy relief was furnished by the small town sher- if, who continually tainted at the sight or mention of blood, which was well handled by Clyde Bol- van. ~ ,.,.s,,ss. s,.
 Doris Ulrich as the young bride, had just the right mixture of ser iousness, self consciousness and jealousy and Ralph Merrill as the young husband, with woman from his past entering the scene to complicate matters, was suf-
 ficiently embarrassed and self conscious for the most newly married of men. 3 .,5..,. ...s.
 L,eRoy West was a realistic tramp and with his scratching and twist illg had those in the audience sus- ceptible to the power of sugges- tion, using great restraint,
 Bill Winn made a good hard ] boiled detective, with his red nose and peanuts and seemed per fectly at ease on the stage.
 I The foolish rnilkman who broke down and wepta over the death of his COW in the last act, was well portrayed by George Whyte and Gordon Ingman was convincing as the father. who. inadvertently helped the cause of the mystery in his attempt to protect bis daughter from the dangers of a house be- licved by hil self to be. haunted. The chauffeur and the girl, parts without great deal of work to do, were however, well taken care of by Hiding Haglund as the chauffeur and Alice Menzies as the flirt, whose inclination to sleep in the. woods caused all of tha ovo;ta,,, o,,t The set, designed and mostly con- stlucted by, the students of the high school, was most attractive T. was the interior of a summer cottage and did not change during the play. W
 One, of the most. enjoyable fea- lures of the evening was the mu- sic furnished by the Senior Or chestra, directed by Miss Pauline Reinhart. It was a revelation to those who had not heard it be- fore and from the overture to the last number, went through the rather difficult program with per feet harmony and precision. Miss Reinhart is to be congratulated on the results of her work with the musicians.
 Everett Erickson, Professor of English, deserves much credit as director of the play, as do all those who assisted. Grace Nelson and Bernice Riedle seemed to have little. to do as promptors. Others on the producing staff whose work
 was well carried out were: Stage