Evening star., 1940-02-05

emphasizing, he says, the inner
conflict in the soul Of q man who
is charmed by the mystery Of
necromancy away from his the
ological studies. There have been
few modern productions Of the play
based on the old legend OF the man
who sells his soul to the devil, the
most recent being Orson Welles'
version for the Federal Theater in
New York.
Anthony Messuri, whose previous
acting career at Catholic Univer-
sity has seen him as Cyrano de
Bergerac and Brother Orchid in the
plays of those names, has the title
role in the Harlequin production of
"Dr. Faustus." Arsenic Gale will
play Mephistopholes and Marion
Wolberg will appear as the vision of
Helen of Troy, one of the things DR..
Faustus has conjured up for his
pleasure after selling his soul.
Others in the extensive cast in
clude william Byrne, Thomas Nc
Kenna, Frank Spitzig, Paul Tisdale,
Thomas Murray, Arigo Martini,
James Graham, Victor Orsinger.
Joseph Rattigan, Henry Hiegel,
Jerome Mettenberger, Romeo Mar
TIM, John Robinson, John Victory,
william Ranking, Paul Donhoe,
John Hutton, Frank Borden, Will
fred Rouleau, Leo Brady and Terdi-
nand Serafini.
Eight Washington Civic Theater
players appear tonight at the Com
munity Chest annual meeting at
the United States Chamber of Com
merce in q brief dramatization
dealing lightly but significantly
with the problem Of Washington's
repeated Community Chest goal
failures" Clouds Over Washing
ton" will be the title of the skit, the
players Mrs. David H. Kushner,
Florence Lowell, Doris Cooper, Elinor
Charts, Albert Fischer, Ann Ives.
Mimi Norton and Mrs. Laurence
Kuter.
The weeks playbill:
Wednesday - The lexington
Roosevelt Players stage Hubert
Henry Davies comedy, "A Single
Man." at the Langley Junior High
School Auditorium at 8:15 pm.
Rhodes Scherer will portray the
single man." a middle-aged British
bachelor who prepares to embark
upon matrimony, and others in the
cast will be Mary Schillaci, jose
phine Schillaci, Nora Sue Horton,
Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth HORNE,
Dawn Louise Irving, Gertrude
Elnor Davis, Helen S. johnson,
Robert j. Simms and Jack Duncan.
Thursday and Friday-The Agri-
culture Players stage their produc-
ton Of George M. Cohan's larruping
satire on melodramas, '"The Tavern -
at the Agriculture Auditorium at
$50 pm. The players will be James
Northey, Frank r. Deis, Bert G.
Deis, Gladys Muller, Emily p. Smith,
Orma M. Griffin and Barbara Won
Void.
The Prince Of Peace Players will
stage Minnie Frost Rands' Biblical
drama, "The Prince of Peace" at
TRANSPORTATION Episcopal Church
Hall next Sunday evening at 9
o'clock. This presentation Of the
play is to be staged under the aus
pices Of the parish organization Of
the church as q benefit for the boys
club and to purchase new cassocks
for the boys choir.
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The Security Club of the Ameri-
can Security & Trust Co. claims
some sort of q local drama marathon
record with the announcement that
it is making plans for its eighteenth
annual stage production. This year
the groups play will be 'Sun Up"
to be staged at Roosevelt High
School auditorium April II. First
tryouts are to be held February II
Paul Messink, who staged Here
Comes Charlie" for the Security
Club last spring. 70 returning Il
direct. tie Luls voltmer play.