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Orpheum TheatreMonday, Tuesday Wednesday, March 16th, 17th, 18th, 1925

Under the Patronage of

Mrs. R . E . McKechnie . Mrs . 1 . . S . Klinck . Mrs . J . N. Lillis . Mrs . J . W. de B . Farris, Mrs.

R . L . Fraser, Mrs . R . P . Mcl ennan . Mrs . Denis Murphy, Mrs . R. L . Reid, Mrs . S . D . Scott,

Mrs . H . C . Shaw, Mrs . C . Spencer and Mrs . F. F. Wesbrook.

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THE HISTORY of the PLAYERS' CLUB

'This was followed in 1919 by that pieceof exquisite fooling, Oscar Wilde's "The Im-portance of Being Earnest ." Witty dialogue,fantastic deceits and shrewdly sketched satiricalcharacterizations marked the play that intro-duced to the theatre-going public not onlyArthur Lord who, since his graduation, hasadded to his laurels in the Little Theatre Asso-ciation, but also Dorothy Adams, who starredin the next and very different play, A . E.Mason's "Green Stockings ." Here was a talewith an abundance of plot centering round ahigh-spirited girl in a state of revolt againstthe English custom that required an older un-married sister to wear green stockings at ayounger sister's wedding . And the staging andcostuming were what Daisy Ashford, of"Young Visitors" fame, would term `sumpshus .'

Memories of the 1921 performance carrywith them a breath of "Sweet Lavender," andrecollections of a quaint and childlike wistful-ness all the sweeter by contrast with the fas-cination and charming sophistication of MissGilfillian.

Quaint comedy, too, characterized A . A.Milne's "Mr . Pim Passes By," a play of char-acter, memorable for Miss Somerset's Oliviaand for Mr. Pim, whose hands played as gently--and aimlessly, with the destinies of a house-hold, as with that old umbrella?

The general public agreed with G . B. Shawthat his "You Never Can Tell," was a"Pleasant Play ." Humor, rapier-like brillianceof wit, human emotion, satire, and withal asolid core of serious thought, marked this buoy-ant play that captivated audiences throughoutthe province . How could it have done other-wise, possessing the impishness and the tre-mendous youthful sophistication of those two"barbarian children with unimproved minds ."

Cast in a very different mould was last year'sperformance Jose Echegaray's "The World andHis Wife," a former vehicle of Sir John Martin-Harvey and of William Faversham . This playdealt with a social life in Madrid arising out ofsubtleties and artificialities only conceivable byan effete and rather over-civilized race.

Such a cursory summary of the plays pro-duced gives but an inadequate conception of theachievements of the Players' Club during thepast decade.

The first of these plays, to revert rathersuddenly, was produced in Vancouver, in Vic-toria and in New Westminster . In 1920 theClub fared forth into the Okanagan, and twoyears later extended its itinerary into the Koot-enays, so that now the current play appears an-nually in at least fifteen cities and towns inBritish Columbia.

Part of the success of the performances hasundoubtedly been due to Mrs . Suttie, who hasalways helped in the important matter ofmake-up, and has been a gracious chaperon onall the tours.

Apart from its purely dramatic efforts, theClub has endeavored to interest the province asa whole in the possibilities of its Universityby promoting a more intelligent understandingof its hopes and of its aims, by clearing upexisting misunderstandings due to lack of in-

In the autumn of 1915 a little group ofstudents of the newly-formed University ofBritish Columbia, aided and encouraged byMr. Wood, of the English department, under-took to form a dramatic society . Begunwith much temerity, very little knowledge onthe part of the students of practical play pro-duction, but boundless hope, the UniversityPlayers ' Club, as it was then named, whilechampioning the best in dramatic art, did notaim to lead to the professional stage. It de-sired, rather, to encourage appreciation and in-telligent reading of drama, and freedom, con-fidence and appropriate and graceful action inthe presence of a company of people.

Despite this lack of professional ambition—for since its inauguration the society has doneits work for the fun and love of it the Clubhas made an appreciable contribution, not onlyto community drama, notably in the case of theLittle Theatre, but also to the legitimate stage.

MR. F. G. C. WOODHonorary President

The first play chosen and produced the fol-lowing spring was Jerome K . Jerome's "Fannyand the Servant Problem ." Those who sawMiss Todhunter as Fanny, the actress who wish-es to keep her family in the background andmarries a lord, only to discover that twenty-three of her relatives constitute her servantproblem—will readily understand that charm-ing lady's subsequent theatrical success.

With a different, but no less effective appeal,was the wistful little slavey of Zangwill ' s"Merely Mary Ann," produced the followingyear.

Then came " Alice Sit-by-the-Fire, " in Bar-rie's inimitable April weather style . Whatmemories it brings back of a pretty, pleasure-loving, would-be idolized mother and of hervaledictory to her youth .

organization whose representatives now tour theprovince yearly . But this progress would havebeen quite impossible were it not for the untiringefforts of the director, Mr . Wood. His keenforesight, coupled with his minute sense ofimmediate detail, his,dramatic flair, his power torecognize even latent histrionic ability, these,with his endless capacity for taking pains . havemade Mr. Wood the ideal person for the posi-tion and the one to whom, primarily, the Clubowes what measure of success it has enjoyed.

—K. M. P.

formation and by coming into personal con-tact with prospective university students.

Financially, too, this organization has morethan justified its existence for its records showthat during the war over $6,000 was raised forwar purposes, while more recent profits havebeen devoted to educational and university in-terests.

It is a far cry from the little group thatinaugurated the Players ' Club. to the efficient

PLAYERS ' CLUB--PERMANENT MEMBERSHIP ROLLCHARTER MEMBERS, 1915:

FIRST EXECUTIVEPresident, Henry Gibson, '16 New YorkVice-President . Virginia Page . '18.Sec .-Treas ., 'George Annable . '16 Moose JawBus . Mgr . . James R. Galloway, ' 1 6 New YorkAsst . Bus. Mgr ., Ethlyn Trapp, B .A . MontrealCOMMITTEE

Kathleen M . Peck . '17 . . . . . .- . . . VancouverJessie Todhunter, '18 (Mrs . John Taintor Foote)

New YorkPat Fraser, Vancouver

Jean Abernethy . ' 1 7 (Mrs . T . Millar) .CalgaryBurnie Bain, ' 1 9__ . . VancouverJanet Bagnell, '19.Shirley Clement . ' 1 7 (Mrs . C. Munson) EnglandBonnie Clement . '18 . .__VancouverMay Cosgrave, '19 . VancouverIsobel Harvey . ' 18 . . . , . . Vancouver

Grace Henderson, '18 (Mrs . C . DeWolfe) -_San FranciscoConnie Highmoor . ' 1 9 (Mrs . Cecil Adams)

-__ PortlandMarion C. Hatch, '17_ . .Los AngelesHarold Kerr . '18

. . . .VancouverA . Lincoln Marshall, '18 .__

_ Princeton . N. J.Viva Martin . '18 _ .__

_ LondonMary McDonald, ' 1 8 (Mrs . Paul Nicholson) . VancouverEvelyn L . McKay, ' 1 9 - . . New YorkMay McCrimmon, '17 (Mrs . M. Bolduc) VancouverVera Muddell . ' 1 7 (Mrs . A . Meston) VancouverStella McGuire . '18 . VancouverR . C . Palmer, '21

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_ SummerlandPearl Rosebrugh . ' 1 7 (Mrs . Staub) __ . . PortlandMaizie Suggest . '17 (Mrs . A. Cook) PortlandIan Shaw . '18 . .. ., VancouverDorothy Trapp, ' 19 (Mrs . Roger Countryman) MinneapolisViolet Walsh . '18 (Mrs . A . R. Woods),

30 Linden Rd ., Bristol . Eng.Helen White . ' 1 7___ . Calcutta

LATER MEMBERS:1917

Merrill DesBrisay .__Toronto1918

Helena Bodie (Mrs. Arnold Whitmore) VancouverIona Griffith (Mrs . H. R . Campion)

_. ._Middlesex, Eng.Bina Taylor (Mrs . W. W . Stoess)____

____VancouverJohn Allardyce _____ . . ._VancouverAgnes Morrison (Mrs . Cecil Hastings)

Central Y. M. C . A . Building . Albany, N.Y.Ethel Mutch (Mrs . Douglas Horth) ___

Revelstoke1919

Pauline Gintzburger PortlandNellie Ballentine (Mrs . Rattray) Westerose, Alta.Isobel Foria NelsonGordon Scott VancouverBeecher Weld TorontoHelen Wesbrook . London

1920Jessie Adam . . VancouverJ . Cecil Nelson VancouverWillson Coates . New YorkJanet K . New WestminsterAda Smith New YorkAllan Peebles . . .New YorkJohn C. Berto . VancouverGerald McClay _. ..__ . . _ . VancouverFred C . Law South Africa

1921Dorothy Adams . . VancouverIrene Cowan (Mrs . Ernest Rogers) VancouverReginald Cribb WinnipegJoe de Pencier . TorontoLacey Fisher BridgeportRussell Hunter. Prinville, Ore.J . O. C . Kirby Edmonton, AlbertaEthel Livingstone VancouverA . E . Lord VancouverWilliam Barclay:James E . Ellard San FranciscoWilliam Rose VancouverE . W. Faulkner KelownaR . C. Elsey Vancouver

1922Arnold Webster VancouverIsabel Miller ChicagoNorah Willis . ._TorontoGeorgina McKinnon VancouverDon McIntyre SummerlandGwen Robson _. VancouverG. W. B . Fraser VancouverHarry Cassidy

Wells Coates LondonDorothy Gill North VancouverHarold Hunter ..-__San FranciscoLillian Cowdell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VancouverKathleen Knowlton (Mrs . Douglas Roe) VancouverKatie Duff Stuart ____ VancouverAlphonse Crawford Edmonton

1923Helen Clark . VancouverDorothy Dallas _ . VancouverEvelyn Eveleigh VancouverMrs . Ida Breeze CaliforniaK. Portsmouth ._-_ . VancouverM. K. Leveson ____ VancouverRobert Hunter VancouverAlan Hunter . .-__ ..__ . LouisianaNeil McCallum

____ .. VancouverA . E . Richards .SummerlandC . Y . Robson ______

_ VancouverMary Bulmer . CaliforniaBeatrice F. Johnston . . VancouverHelen Kloepfer VancouverBeth MacLennan ___ . .____

_ New YorkConstance Peter (Mrs . J . Adams) New YorkGladys Weld VancouverJack Clyne VancouverHelen Reid . VancouverJ . Harkness VancouverG. Hilbert Scott . MontrealA . Manuel North VancouverM . Saunders . VancouverBulky Bell ___ . VancouverL. Eckert TorontoDon. Hart JamaicaCelmer Ross HollywoodChas . Zink . , San Francisco

1924Jessie Adams VancouverHarold Etter Pekin . ChinaGordon Letson . VancouverLorne Morgan . . . . Berkeley . CaliforniaMuriel Evans (Mrs . Jack MacDougall) VancouverDorothy Holmes VictoriaBetty Somerset VancouverMildred Teeple VancouverPercy Barr . . .__ .. . Yale, New HavenH . N . Cross SeattleL . Edgett VancouverA . Zoond MontrealG . Livingston .. :Oxford, Eng.Hugh Russell VancouverEric Jackson IndiaFrances Cowan .__VancouverRoberta Thurston Montreal

Washington, D . C.Marjorie Agnew VancouverFrancis Pumphrey VancouverGeorge Clark Vancouver

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OU anbA COMEDY 1N THREE ACTS by PI[IL[P BARRY.

This play won the Belmont Prize Competition for the best Harvard Play in the year 1922.It was first presented in New York at the Belmont Theatre on February 19 . 1923, with H . B.Warner as the leading player .

It is now produced for the first time in Western Canada.

The play is staged under the direction of Mr . F . G . C. Wood . Associate Professor of English.

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Characters .

MAITLAND WHITE

NANCY WHITE

RODERICK WHITE--- -

VERONICA DUANE__

GEOFFREY NICHOLS

G . T . WARREN__

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Peter Price, Science '25

Bice Clegg, Arts '27

Kenneth Caple, Agriculture '25

Oenone Baillie, Arts '26

Tommy Taylor, Arts '26

Harry Warren, Science '26

Avis Pumphrey, Arts '27

Herself

Scenes:

ACT I . The Library of the White's Country home in Mount Kisco, WestchesterCounty, New York . A September evening.

AcT II .

The Studio" in the Attic, an afternoon of the following May.

ACT III .

The Studio" later in the same evening.

N. B . The overture is a Medley of Players' Club airs used off stage and when on tour.

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PUBLIC SPEAKING : ACTING : ELOCUTION

MANAGEMENT COMMI"I'"T'EEBUSINESS Mr. J . Bennett, Sc . '25PROPERTIES

Miss Louise Morrison . Arts ' 25COSTUMES

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Miss Isabel Russell . Arts '25 . H . Gartshore . Arts '26SCENERY

Mr. Edward ChamberlainMiss Alfreda Berkeley . Arts '26

PRESS AND PUBLICI TY Miss Gwen Stirling, Arts '26Miss Jean Faulkner . Arts '26Mr. Frank Painter . Arts '25

PLAYERS' CLUB RECORDS

MI Ml I .R OF "I FIE CAST 01 FOUR SPRING PLAYS

Miss Connie Highmoor . Arts '19 . (Mrs . Cecil Adams) Portland . Ore.

GRI :A'l EST NUMBER OI PUBLIC PERFORMANCES--

Miss Betty Somerset . Arts '24. 50 performances : Mr . Jack Clyne. Arts '23 . 44 performances

PREVIOUS PUBLIC PERFORMANCES

1916--"Fanny and the Servant Problem." Jerome K. Jerome . 4 times.1917—"Merely Mary Ann ." Israel Zangwill . 4 times.1918—"Alice Sit-by-the-Fire ." Sir James M . Barrie . 4 times.1919—" - l'he Importance of Being Earnest ." Oscar Wilde . 3 times1920—"Green Stockings ." A . E . W . Mason. 10 times.1921—'Sweet Lavender . " Sir Arthur Pinero . 12 times.1922—"Mr . Pim Passes By ." A . A. Milne . 17 times.1923—"You Never Can "Dell ." G. B. Shaw . 15 times.1924—"The World and His Wife ." J . Echegaray . 18 times.

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PLAYERS ' CLUB MEMBERSHIP(SESSION 1924-25)

Honorary Members

Miss Margaret Anglin

Miss Edith Wynne Matthison

Advisory Board

Dr. A. F. 13 . Clark

Hon . President : Mr . F . G. C . Wood

ExecutiveMiss Eloise Angell

____Mr . J . W. B . Shore

Miss Alfreda BerkeleyMr. J . Bennett

____Miss Jean Thomson . Mr. Kenneth Caple

Mr. W. W. Matthews

Chas . Rann Kennedy

Mr. F. H. Soward

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Vice-PresidentSecretaryTreasurer

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Committee

ARTS '25,Eloise Angell,Jean Thomson.Winifred Hall,

Mollie Jackson,Elsie Rilance,Isabel M . Russell,J . W. B. Shore,D. B . Charlton,Wilfred Kelly,

Peter Palmer,Carmen Sing,E. Anthony,E. Eades,Frank Painter,Ralph Mathews.

AGRICULTURE '25.Lyle Atkinson,L. A. Murphy,K. Caple.

AGRICULTURE '26.T. Wilkinson,W. W. Matthews .

ARTS '26.Jean Faulkner,Rosie Mari.n,Alfreda Berkeley,Joan Meredith,Oenone Baillie,Isabel Barton,Doris L . Baynes,Honor Kidd,Louise Morrison.Gwen Stirling,T. Taylor,E . Chamberlain,Ralph Norman,Hendrie Gartshore,D'Arcy Marsh,G. G . Vincent,Gordon Telford.

SCIENCE '25Peter Price,J . L . Bennett.

SCIENCE '26H. Warren .

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ARTS '27.

Avis Pumphrey,Bice Clegg,Gladys Harvey,Grace Hope,Helen Northey,Madge Rankin,Hector Munro.

ARTS '28.

Edith Tisdall,Milla Allihan,Kathleen Allan,Mona Brown.Doris Clarke,Margaret Craig,Gwen Musgrave,

G. A. Anderson.

H. L . Brown,W . J . Masterson,

R. H. Wright.

EDUCATION.

R. C. Harris.

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CHARLES A. DUNCAN . Arts '16, member of the cast of "Fanny and the ServantProblem," killed in action at Canal du Nord on September 28, 1918.

MISS NORAH E. COY, Arts ' 1 8 . member of the casts of "Fanny and the Servant

Problem," and "Merely Mary Ann," died Dec . 12 . 1921.

THE REV . WALTER J . AGABOB, Arts '19, member of the casts of "Merely Mary

Ann," and "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire," accidentally drowned Dec . 24th, 1923.

MALCOLM G. C. DICKSON, Arts '23, accidentally killed, Ladysmith, August 29th, 1924 .

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To MR. J. N. HARVEY . of J . N . Harvey, Ltd ., 417 Hastings St . W ., the Play-ers' Club is much indebted for supplying the men's costumes in this play, as hasbeen the practice for many years past.

The furnishings for the stage setting are kindly supplied by MR. CHAS . E.DAWSON . 652-660 Seymour St ., who, each year, gives his personal attention tothis matter.

To Miss WAKE the Club is greatly indebted for assistance in the ArtWork in Act 11.

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