The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-25
Senior Class
To Present
Play May 3
David Copperfield," Adapted
From Dickens Novel
Is Vehicle
TICKET SALE TUESDAY
Presentation Suitable For
Amateurs Carries Ex-
cellent Comedy


sented by the Senior class Of the
Sank Centre High School on Fri
day evening, May third, at eight
o'clock.
The play, adapted from the now
Ell by Charles Dickens, has been
made suitable for stage presenta-
ton by amateurs. IT Is divided into
three acts with five scenes. The
play opens In the home of Clara
Copperfield at Thunderstorm, Eng
land, with young David Copper
field and Peggotty the faithful
nurse and friend. David's mother,
Clara, enters followed by Edward
Murdstone, whom she has Just
married. He is very harsh and
merciless person who is determine
ed to mold Clara and David to his
own pattern Of life. He has al
ready invited his sister, Jane
Murdstone, to come and keep
house; and she arrives to take full
charge of the home in spite Of
Clara's remonstrances. Unwilling
to live in the house with young
David, Jane and Edward plot to
send home away to school.
Scene two, act one, is in the
same house about six months lat
er. Clara has died, and David has
been called home from school. On
ly after his arrival does he learn
Of his mothers death as Peggotty
tells him the sad story. Jane and
Edward discharge Peggotty and
plan to send David to London to
toll in the bottling works of
Murdstone and Grinby Micawber,
an acquaintance Of Edwards, pur-
sued by his creditors, takes refuge
in Edwards house. Edward lends
him money to stave off the credi-
tors and plans to send David with
Micawber back to London immed-
lately.
Act II, scene one, is in the home
of Miss Betsey Trotwood at Dow
er. She Is an eccentric woman, the
sister Of young David's father. She
had angrily walked out of Clara's
home the night young David was
born because he was boy and not
the girl she had wanted. Mr.. Dick,
a half-witted person, lives with
Aunt Betsey who babies him and
believes in his intelligence. To this
home comes young David. He has
walked all the y miles from Lon
don because Of his great loneli-
ness there. Aunt Betsey does not
decide to keep David until she sees
the Murdstones who in scene 2
come to take David away again.
David pleads to stay with his aunt,
and upon Mr.. Dicks advice, Aunt
Betsey decides to keep David. She
sends the Murdstones away. In
Act III Agnes Wickfield is introduce
ed. She Is the daughter of Aunt
Betsey's solicitor, and bond Of
friendship springs up between her
and David. Uriah Heep is also in
troduced. He is the very humble
lawyer employed by Mr.. Wick
field, but his humbleness Is only
mask for his cunning and sly plans
to forge ahead. Micawber seeking
out David meets Uriah, and Uriah
gives Micawber work under him.
Act III takes place several years
later. Young David has grown to
manhood under the care OF Aunt
Betsey and Mr.. Dick. Uriah Heep
has Mr.. Wickfield under his thumb
and Is about to financially ruin
Aunt Betsey. Mrs. Micawber comes
to ask David's help about Mr.. Mic
awber, who has lately been acting
strangely. Uriah Heep's villainy Is
exposed by Micawber who has
proof of his forgeries and embez-
elements. The stranger who APP
peared also in Oct III appears
again, and announces who he Is.
Uriah is turned over to the author
titles, the Micawbers are again hap
by, and the play ends with David
and Agnes friendship growing into
love.
Reserved seats will be ON sale at
the Corner Drug Store beginning
Tuesday, April 80, at 500 A. M.
Positively no advance orders will
be taken. Phone orders will be hon
ored ii made no earlier than the
time the reserved seat sale apens.