Evening star., 1937-12-19

Score for
Charity
Playlet Success
For Christmas
Toy Campaign.
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st. John, ST. Vincent and st. Joseph
and in all there were 10 Of the little
children from those homes who were
given the pleasure Of witnessing the
one and only performance of "The
Smiling Minstrel" Christmas play.
Action of Play
IN l4th Century.
The play has prologue and two
acts. the time Christmas eve, 1853,
1854. The prologue takes place on
the road to the great castle of Michael,
Duke Of Northumberland, and the two
acts are laid in the hall of the castle.
The part Of the duke was played by
Rudolph Watson and Julia, his
dutchess, was Margot Garrett, while
her ladies in waiting, Betty and
Elaine, were Mary Louise Marsh and
Emily Davis. In all there were four
Ministries, numbers one, two and three
being played by William Fitzgerald,
Valerie de Sibour (Mrs. Jean r. L.
de Sibour), and Richard Boiling, and
the fourth, the Smiling Minstrel, was
none other than Rudolph Kaufman,
I'd. Julia Dell Zimmerman, sister of
the lovely Mrs. Kent Legare, was
page, Timmy by name, while Esther
belle McHarg and Austine Mcconnell
took the parts of the other two pages,
called Johnny and Richard, respec-
lively.
Igor Cassini was marvellous as Ken
moth Tn11rf of nr1r, Oh -
the lady in waiting Elaine. Samuel
Biddle was as knight called Arnold
and the husband of the lady in watt
ing Betty and the play would not
have been anything without William,
a locksmith from the nearby village,
played by William Fitzgerald, no that
Is not mistake or misprint, he took
two parts; Anne, his wife, played by
Angelica Lloyd; Bessie, acted by
Eleanor Flood, a flower girl in the
village with whom, shh, the Count
Kenneth was very much enamored;
John Merriam, who played the part
OF servant. and George Mahoney, one
OF the villagers.
George Y. Wheeler assisted Mrs
Davis with the directing, Edgar j.
Orme, jr., took charge of the light
ing effects and Barry Mohun took
care of the props, a nasty job as any,
one knows who has ever taken part in
amateur theatricals, but such an i'm
portant one.
Opportunity Still Remains
to Make Children Happy.
Enthusiasm ran high, compliments
flew and every one had a delightful
time witnessing play the proceeds
from which are divided between the
Parent-Teacher Association and the
Metropolitan Police Department, dis
trlbuting agencies for collections made
during the drive. The campaign, how
ever, is not over-if you missed the
play and have not yet given any toys
to the your less fortunate little BROTH
ers and sisters ontributions-which
include clothing and cash also-are
still being received with open arms
and due appreciation.
The audience, made up of all ages,
presented an attractive sight and the
ushers with their gay red ribbons on
their wrists showed the men, women
and children to their seats. The ush-
ers included Miss Stellita Stapleton,
Miss Leita$ $Anory. Miss Mary Wilson,
Miss Elaine Darlington, Miss Alex
andrine Rowan, the Misses Ann and
Eleanor Meem, Miss Caroline Cecil. |
Miss Ruth Dove, Miss Anne Mahoney |
and Miss Nancy Brereton.
Noted before the lights were dimmed |
for the cast to enter by candlelight
singing an old carol were Mime. Espil, |