Title | Houstonian, 1940 |
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Date | 1940 |
Description | This edition of the Houstonian, published in 1940, is the official yearbook of the University of Houston. |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Location | LD2281.H745 H6 v. 6 1940 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1158762~S11 |
Digital Collection | Houstonian Yearbook Collection |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/yearb |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
Use and Reproduction | In Copyright |
File Name | index.cpd |
Title | The Diversions |
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File Name | yearb1940113.jpg |
Transcript | PLAY PRODUCTIONS Taking courage from the reception given "Our Town," Mr. Mitchell in December came up with the Bard of Avon s Midsummer Night s Dream. An ambitious undertaking it was, considering the hanJi caps of stage and untried cast, but after a first night which stank, the boys and girls came through with two fine performances to close the run. Stanley Lane provided the most human (hara< lenzalion, as Lgeus; Frieda McGrath and Patsy Adams, tasting greasepaint for the first time, and I'. B. Paris, Joe I otter and Rosemary Summers, veterans all, each contributed to the good showing of the first Shakespearean attempt of the club in five years. Mid-March saw the Broadway success of Moss Hart and George Kaufman. Vm ( ant lake It With ^ ou," staged by the Red Masquers. The combination of a good script and hard work by a well rounded cast offset the inadequacy of the stage and provided three hilarious evenings for packed houses. Louise Kost was as brilliant as she is beautiful, and Betty Hays came through with an excellent characterization, as did Charles Saunders. F. B. Paris added another to his already long list of good performances, and the bit part played by Frieda McGrath was well nigh perfectly done. |