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"A Midsummer Night's Dream"WILLIAA4 SHAKESPEAR,E

AT THE HUTT h u r d a y . . . A p r i l 2 5Friday . April 26Monday . April 291946Other Performances forfthoolchildren only

For the commencement of last year's activities, the Guild presented Shakespeare's"Twelfth Night". That production, under the direction of Mr. Colin Ballantyne,proved a successful and much appreciated venture. The fact that €xtra Ber-formances gave the opportunity for almost a thousand school children to attendthat delightful comedy made the effort well worthwhile.

The present play needs but l i t t le introduction. l t sat isf ies a wide range ofappeal. The following extracts are taken from The Penguin Shakespeare publi-cation of the play, edited by G. B. Harrison.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" was probably written bet'ween the autumn of1594 and the spring of 1595. There was no one source from which Shakespearetook the story. Some incidents he adapted f,rom his own plays. ln "Love'sLabour Lost" he had made fun of amateur theatricals as presented by the worthiesattached to a great house; in "Romeo and Juliet" Mercutio was given a longspeech on the pranks by fairies; whilst the entanglement caused wtren the loveaffairs of tv/o pairs of lovers go awry was the theme of "Two Gentlemen ofVerona"; in that play, too, all the lovers run to the woods.

The play is so full of wedding rites that most critics agree that it was writtenfor some particular wedding. The only cou,rt wedding recorded in 1594-5 wasrhat of William, Earl of Derby, to the Lady Elizabeth Vere, grand-daughter ofLord Burghley; but no cietails of the festivities remain.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first published in 1600.

For this production, the play is presented so as to ensure, as far as possible,continuity of action.

There wil l be two intervals, during which the auditorium wil l be l i t .

The action of the play takes place in Athens and a wood nearby.

Music arranged by Mr. John Horner

from Mendelssohn's j'Midsummer

Night's Dream" music

Prelude Overture

Entracte I

Entracte 2

. Scherzo

Wedding Music

Ballet Notturno

Theseus, Duke of Athens

Egeus, Father to Hermia

ln Love with Hermia-LysanderDemetrius

The C*t

Philostrate, Master of the Revels to Theseus

Quihce, a Carpenter

Snug, a JoinerBottom, a WeaverFlute, a Bellows Mender

Snout, a Tinker

Starvel ing, a Tai lorHippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus

Hermia, Daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander

Helena, in love with Demetrius -

Oberon, King of the FairiesTitania, Queen of the Fairies

Puck, or Robin GoodfellowFairies-

Peaseblossom

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BALLETTitanis-Quesn of FairiesFirst Fairy

Play under the Direction ofTHELMA BAULDERSTONE

Ballet under the direction of Walter Desborough

Settings-Allan Sierp and Michael JamesLighting-Bruce Walton

Scenery painted by Allan SierpStage Manager*F. J. Watson

Costumes-Gwen Walsh and Paul Morisset

JOHN WARD- FRANK GARGRO

- MILES PULSFORDGOFFREY LAYCOCK- TONI TAVERNA

JOHN STONE- JACK MANUEL

OWEN EVANS- PETER THWAITES

FRED AMES- LEON COCKER

- MARGARET WARD. SYLVIA BLAKEWAY

ENID BROWN- BARRIE McEWIN

- MAXINE SELLICK- HUGH MURRAY

DIANA BE@. JILL BOWDEN

- THERESE MUNN- BARBARA KEMP

Maxine Sell ickCla i re Mi l ls

Other Fairies - Lau,rel Hewitt, Francis McMahon, Pamela Storer, Elise Powell,Rosemary Powell, Helen Murphy, Barbara King

Elves - Waltel Desborough, Paul Deane

Litt le Elf - Michael Henstr idge

UNIVERSITY THEATNE GUILD

Fatronc:

Professors E. Harold Davies and J. G. Cornell

Dr. Charles Fenner and Mr. Frank Johnston

Gonmittee:

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Miss Thelma Baulderstone

Mr. Tom Brown

Dr. T. D. Campbell

Mr. Alan Dunstan

Miss R. Fitch

Miss Patricia HackettMiss Barbara Howard

Mr. John Horner

Mr. Herbert Kollosche

Dr. E. McLaughlin

Miss B. A. Robertson

Mr. ,\llan SierpMiss Gwen WalshMr. Bruce Wil l iams

Mrs. Roma Wil l iams

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Noticer

Comrnunications, enquiries, and subscriptions may be ad&essed to

the Hon. Secretary, care of The University

Subscriptions: Ordinary Members, l0/-; Student Members, 5/-'

Anyone interested in gctive theatre work should communicate with the

Hon. Secretary, stating their particular interest.

The next production will be during the latter part of May, under the direction ofMiss Patricia Hackett.

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