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UA68/17/2 MacbethWKU Western Players

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Greetings and Welcome to Weste rn!

Western Kentucky State College

presents with pride, anothe r outstanding

dr amatic production by the Western College

Playe r s .

We are confident that the presentation of MACBETH, by Director

Russell H. Mille r and his Weste rn s tudent cas t , will be a superior one .

We are highly pleased to have you present, and we solicit

your continued s upport of "the drama " on the Hill.

Kelly Thompson

Pres ident

The plan worked OUl several

years ago by Mr. Miller to produce a classic

play at regular intevals and to invite neighboring

high schools to make this playa part of the

English progr ams for the yea r has always had

m y he artiest approval. This gives Western a chance to widen its

influence in the area and to consolidate the Englis h program in both

high school and college . We welcome all ollr visitors and trus t that

you will r e turn on all similar occasions , to he lp all of us in our problems

of producing worth - while plays.

Gordon Wilson

Chairman of English Department

The Cast

Duncan, King of Scotland Malcolm ) his sons Donaldbain ) Macbeth,) General s of the Banquo ) Scottish Army Macduff, ) Ross, Lennox , Menteith , Angus , Caithness

) ) Noblemen of ) Scotland ) )

Gordon ) Fleance, Son to Banquo Siward , Earl of Northumberland ,

General of the English Forces

Young Siward , his son Seyton , an Officer of Macbeth's

Attendant to Macbeth A Porter A Sergeant A Scotch Doctor Two Murderers

Lady Macbe th Lady Macduff A Gentlewoman , attending

Lady Macbeth The Weird Sisters

Hecate

Charles F. Shields David Polk Harold White Dennis Preston William L. Greer William C. Main Glenn L. Johnson Brank McKinsey James Crabtree Don Morris David Armistead William Forester Danny Boggs

Lacey Wallace Douglas Hardgrave Jim Head

Socrates Vurnis Joe Walsh Douglas Hardgrave Wallace Thomas John Baird , Joe Walsh

Barbara Utley Sue Grafton

Nancy Boyles Judy Neill, Lu Rouse ,

Connie Yeage r Susan Moses

Also - Lords, Gentlemen , Officers . Soldiers , Messengers, Appa ritions, Attendants.

Technical Staff:

Stage Manager Set Designed and Constructed by Lighting and Sound designed by Assistant to Director Assis tant Stage Manager Script Assistants

John Minton Walter Langsford Charles F. Shields John C . Baird Cliff Hurst Vivian Booker, Nancy Boyles, Sus an Moses , Sue Grafton

A YEAR WITH WESTERN PLAYERS

T HE MOUSETRAP

An intriguing "Whodunit " from the pen of Agatha Christ ie , a master

of mystery, is currently popular on London' s "West Side" . Pat Stiff and

Brad Shaw as the leads , opened the 1958 season

MY THREE ANGELS

This delightfully wicked farce by Sam and

Bella Spewack set in the French penal colony

of Guiana made "Angel s " of three well -

meaning criminals, who led by Joe Wal sh ,

took malicious delight in their angels

assignments .

WESTER N

Summer Theatre , now in its 4th season at

Western gave both students and townspeople

a chance at t he fascinating art of play making

with arena s taging.

\ I SUMMER AND SMOKE

Tennessee Williams' hauntingly poetiC study in frus trated love was given

proscenium treatment in a new version with Mary Ruth Grise and Walter

Langsford as the author's young lovers .

MACBETH

In Shakespeare's master tragedy of impatient ambition ,

Dennis Preston brings to life this man of great strength

and great weakness. Barbara Utley plays Lady Macbeth,

the Bard 's greatest female creation . Charles Shields is

Macbeth's victim , Duncan , King of Scotland. Judy Neill

leads the supernatur al chor us composed of the Weird

Sis te rs .

T H E ATRE ' 58

Added to this was a sparkling repertoire

of plays from authors Noel Coward,

F. Hugh Herbert and Tennessee Williams.

SUMMER AND SMOKE HAYFEVER T HE MOON IS BLUE

Synopsis of Scene s

Act One

Scene 1: A desert place Scene 2: King Duncan's camp near Forres. Scene 3: A heath on the way to Fon-es. Scene 4: Duncan's camp again. Scene 5: Inverness. Macbeth 's castle. Scene 6: Courtyard of Macbe th 's castle. Scene 7: Late r that evening. Scene 8: Late at night. Scene 9: After midnight.

Scene 1: Scene 2: Scene 3: Scene 4: Scene 5: Scene 6: Scene 7: Scene 8: Scene 9:

Intermission of Ten Minutes

Act Two

Inverness. The courtyard of Macbeth;s castle. The same at daybreak . The Palace at Forres . The Palace of Forres. A few minutes later. A park near the Palace. Later The Great Hall of the Palace . The de sert place again. Cavern of the Weird Sisters. Fife. Macduff' s cas tle .

Scene 10: England . Before King Edward's Palace.

Scene 1: Scene 2: Scene 3: Scene 4: Scene 5: Scene 6: Scene 7: Scene 8:

Intermission of Ten Minutes

Act Three

The open country near Duns inane. The same. Dunsinane. Macbeth 's cas tle. Duns inane . A room in the castle. The same. Dunsinane. Within the castle. The same. The s ame .

Scene . - - Scotland; England.

(The action of the play transpires between 1040 and 1057 A. D.)

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The Western Players wish to express their appreciation to :

Park City Daily News , The College Heights He rald , WLBJ and WKCT, for cooperation in publiCity.

The Crew

Crew for Set Decoration and Construction

Sue Grafton, Vivian Booker, Judy Neill, William Forester , Lloyd Willis , John C. Baird , Wallace Thomas, Connie Yeager David Armistead, Barbara Utley Donald Morris

Properties

Make -Up

Costumes

Promotion

Vivian Booker , Peggy Grider, Carolyn Jones , JoAnn Hall , Sara Neville , John C. Baird

Mrs. Elizabeth G. Walz , Naomi Dempsey, Sally Coker, JoAnn Hall

Helen Stinnett , Shirley Enz , Eaves Cos tume Company of

New York City

Walter Langsford , Joe Walsh , Sue Grafton, Lloyd Will is , William Foreste r " Judy Terry , Rachel Chadwick

House Cha irmen Pat Stiff, Sandra Dempsey, Mary Ruth Grise

Through the years, the Western Players has been that lodestone that attracted and united those students at Western whose interest in drama, entertainment, and the theatre has provided them a medium for creative expression.

Through its sessions and activities have passed hundreds who have found the fun they sought at whatever depth they dared and among these the dedicated few who found a means of satisfying a keener aesthetic appreciation because they possessed the precious spark of human creativity.

Each is welcome - - each has his place - - for it is the purpose of theatre to hold the mirror up to life to show us what we are and what we might be.

Rus sell H. Mille r

Director

Office r s for the year 1958-59

Chairman of the Board

Secretary

Business Manager

Publici ty Manager

Personne l Manager

Stage Manage r

Program Chai r man

Historian

Director

T he Western Players Wes tern Kentucky State College Bowling Green , Kentucky

Walte r Langsford

Sandra Dem psy

David Polk

Joe Walsh

Par Stiff

John Minton

JoAnn Hall

Junior Wortham

Russe ll H. Mille r