Evening star., 1936-03-14


N of Maryland University with
VI the announcement it has in
4 the final throes Of rehearsal
and ready for production Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday nights its Sec
ond play of the season. The play is
Paul Osborn's "Ohver Oliver" tFie on
the first citizen who says. Il heard
you the first time') and is the groups
extra offering, produced outside Of
the university appropriation, so it be-
hooves all loyal Footlight supporters
to answer the call.
The cast includes Theodore Erbe,
Geraldine Schulz. Florence Small, Deb
orah Billig, Sam Leishear and John
Edwards. DR.. Charles B. Hale,
dramatic coach at the school, is di-
recting.
The Pot Boiler" well-known one
act play, is to be presented as cur
tain-raiser. 1t will be played by Mil
dred Hearn, Anna Mae Baines, Joel
Hutton, Jerry Tax, Dick Hunt, Ed
Stinson and Gordon Hammond and
Is being directed by Jerry Tax.
The time is 8:l5 pm. and the place
Is the auditorium of the Agricultural
Building.
The Bartfleld Players are getting
the jump on Metro Goldwyn- Mayer.
They will do Romeo and Juliet"
Wednesday night at BIS o'clock at
Roosevelt High School with cast of
well-known local people.
Howard Whitfield is doing Romeo
and Edythe Lazaroff Goldman, Juliet,
but the best roles in the piece go to
Mabel Owens Wilcox and Fred Has
kin, jr., playing the nurse and Mer-
cutio. Also there will be Tom Cahill
as Friar Lawrence, James Rawls as
Benvolio, Hugh C. Smith as Capulet,
Jean Smith as Lady Capulet. Kent
Dyer as Escalus, Raymond Wannall as
Paris, A. L. Diket as Tybalt and
Jeanne Adams as Lady Montague.
The Pierce Hall Players will hold
their annual meeting and election of
officers Wednesday night at Pierce
Hall. Frank S. Koonce, Ina Hawes
and Georgella Hefty are on the Nom
mating Committee appointed by How
ard Wentworth, acting chairman of
the council.
The Columbia Players are whooping
with glee and having no end of fun
at rehearsals of Nellie, the Beautiful
Cloak Model" tossing rags are royal
raiment when worn for virtues sake"
hoo olr nj rrritI n
no end of elan. The members of the
stage crew look upon all this fun with
slight traces of sneers on their other
wise shining countenances, however.
They throw their curse you's" about
In earnest. They have 13 stage sets
TO construct between now and April
and 2, when the play is to be pre-
sented. And the settings include a
railroad train, workable freight ele-
Yator and the Brooklyn Bridge!
Catherine the Valiant" which the
Blackfriars' Guild produced last year
and had to play for IL performances,
is to be repeated by the guild this
year, on March 80, 81, April l and 2.
This makes one more local group en-
tering the repertory field. The play
was written by Urban Nagle, o. p,
and tells the story of the life of Cath
crime of Sienna, who Throughout her
life fenced with the unScrupulous Duke
of Anjou and who finally achieved
what she wanted and restored the
Pope to Rome and ended the long
exile of the Supreme Potif in Avignon.
Angela Keir is directing.
r. Elwood Allen, who has been
active in little theater work in New
England, will make his local debut as
an actor in the leading role Of the
Pierce Hall Players production Of
Lynn Starling's Meet the Wife"
Elinor Cox Karsten and Robert T.
Allinson will have major roles and
Others In the cast are Nell Childs, Dan