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V, THE CHARLUFFETQENTQUARDIAN

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Lfiiitle Tlieatrefiuild," W

ith Interesting HistEtilTyRTé-Orga

tha Charlottetown Guild plays, an- tered. namely "rhe Queen or Hearts." was written by Mr. Harry t. Foster. .

ginie Arsenault, R. Burleigh Taylor and Ivan I. Reddin. who unfort- unateiy was ultaiblc to accompany the cast to Londoir and whose part was taken, there. by the dir- ector. While th’s play did not place first or second. the only places declared at the Dominion Drama Festival it apparently was favour- ably received.

Backed By O~ver400 hiii-w‘°““i"“"i"“'“ Members Plans Major Performance For April

Dormant sine; 194i, owing to yqpdilufls created during wartime. gm Little Theatre Guild of Char- DHEIOWJI‘ has been successfully re- yrgtnized. and is now planning m; pTCdUCiiQH of a recent Broad- “,- sucress "I Like It Here" to be

lirealiiaat

Season of 1836-81

Burl-us lhil season. en enlarged programme was undertaken and the Guild was able to rant what in known as the Lyceum Theatre for a play-house for performances and rehearsals. This was a distinct ad-i vantage, as in s theatre of their own. members oi’ the Gu‘ld were able to rehearse on a stage, make their own scenery and lighting fixtures and do some experiment- ing with stage settings and stage

Scaaon h! 1938-30

Dining thla season. the Guild carried through the usual pi-P- Bramme, in spite of the fact that it was obliged to give up the "Lyce- um" as a play-house, owing to the building bee-lg condemned as a place for public entertainment, tiue to fire hazards. The balance of the performance; were produced in Prince of Wales College Auditor-

held in London. Ontario in 1939. "ii! hie 10rd ‘Iveedrmu’. noted scholar and author. stated, "The Work which Lord mssborougn so brilliantly inaugurated ha, hecom hot only a great cultured force in

Season of 1939-40

. lit spitc qf the fact that wai- had - |becn declared. and ills Guild was rapdly losing members to the Arm- ed Services, it was decided to pro

_ . - Cflllfldll. but a vital element. the ii htn . ' th ivi , . ‘Mn H April‘ integranon OI our 0mm"! 112M11- H?“ Gigmgnw“! ezrgiitfuigiititdufi ‘u’; this year. the Arthur H i flflfglillgvdltliliS ‘fydflltlllsufillltlpifiigrfilxirllg iii iiddiiion tothis moior prodlwi- "w" ‘MW’ “° "mffhmg ‘“ my miiwimiigiie“ “id "Milo! hwy Cooper Trophy was presented to was able to“ Produce fcurestudio ‘.011. the new executive is working PW" to further ii- Gomez. who also created and oon- Charles Bentley, dlrector of the Night PCHCIIIIJHCEs roi- Members m the producton of a radio Play o i“ l ducted ‘he Um‘ Thea!" Orciwsi‘ "Message" and medals for best in-‘ and one major, pubic perform- ri the iiflir fillilfe. a: well u g l‘ no Charlottetown Guild ra. terpretations went to Miss Mar- €-!‘.'C0 for the Red Cross Ecciciy W...) Night Perronniiiics mi I During the season. the the" saret steams. (no-w Mrs. George . Studio pcricrmaiices were biliflCd siiilil members only. to be staged m i di-i diiiiculi to say whether President ithe Guild. Mr- Arthur Peake) and the late Mr. A r c ‘in sf. Peter's Chui-ch Hall iiiiol ivithiii the next month or so x ° ‘heard i‘ Lime Theatre Guild H‘ coop" dmmgd a imphyi m i" Rees. Miss Mary Moran and Char- Holy Rbdcemer Hail. The rublic “I Li,“ n Hen». by L a Sh,“ 3w 00:: “Elwin 0i‘ Biiiaied Wiih Briilldfli i0 ihe drwinr 0i ihe be" les Bentley received honourable‘ performance, "A Murder Has Been P “ii- 1i i! leiiflmflbifi P “y PW-iiiflii PM" WM‘ and mediiifi mention Arranged" rlii-ecied by Stuart Dick-

griii ll s modern, appealing and to suppose that a numb? u - _ hishh‘ "iimwii"! °°m°dY "Tiers-tea citizens had the Bdrm: idgh

cemilig a refugee from Middle

uuropq, who "likes it, here" and Managing-Director

were awarded to the actress and actor giving the but interpret- ations of female and male parts during the year. Miss Connie Mme- Farierie was the winner of the trvpiiy as the director of the play, “Heaven on Earth". Medals went to Miss Vere Malcolm Campbell and R. Wilson Beckett for best iri-

The Sub-Regional Dlama Festiv- al was ugan conducted by the FREDERIC A. LARGE 1 Charlottetown Guild wlth- Ivan i Redrlin- as managing director qt the Festival. conducted in' the Prince Edward Theatre. F‘our plays took part 'n the competition, name- ly: "Season of’ Celebration," dram- atized by Harry E. Foster and dir-

soll. was produced in the Frittre Er-yard Tiirairc.

Studu ilerfornzances ill ._caecs. were reduced to only lottetown. Little Theatre Guilri. The plays were adjudicated by Mr. George Sicilian, distinguished act- or and writer of London. Englimd, who awarded frst place to "It's

some t Wu

practices his newly found. demo- mu-y; iili-als with surprising, amus- Lil‘ hlltl. from the audience stand- point. highly satisfying results.

"l Like It Here" was first pro-

culty in casting, particularly ycwlg male parts, as nearly rill of the young mill-g members, eligible for Service had enlisted. Other iizcm-

As a consequence. nt the littrnuai

Lyicil ill the leading roles. Ineeflne‘

of U i lay the "New York M“ honourable mention. ii. p I '

the one-act

ceived

Fl in . 0.55 R.. t th In the same year, em g m "ed by g

Liguorian Players: “The House w th

Favcrahly Itereivrd held 0n November 18th..

,_ m,’ _ _ a deuihuu] WP u n i940, it was decided that it would KL 12am? Theanm n should keep g1“? tN°“‘""i° lwiliiim by. 1'19"!’ the Ttvlsty Windcws" directed by As a, consequence, this play wen‘. nCt be feiis big‘ to carry through m ‘Mm Golden u-heuue) uuck. ~ ‘>5 9i‘ W" 5°" Ed i0 °°iiiP°i° Katlueen Cameron and Florence io lmtdc-tr. Ontario, to compete in the usual activities of the Guild m, “m, laugh“... for qunu u _ in "i8 NB -PE I- 3158MB“ Wells. entered by the Summerside the DOmiIllCn Drama Festival. Thc another year,‘ and no members

spunk drama fest val in WhiCh 1i Wis SW- Little Theatre Guild and "It's cast of the ploy ncluded Mrs. were enrolled. will" h} being placed first. The Allill-Iflifl Now." directed by J, A Arthur Henry, Mrs. fiances 'I'rain- From that llllle iiiiiii the iecoiii 051w; n1 Gum: c“! Di 'N°°i“m°" W" m" "m Lawson and entered by the Char- or, Miss Lena MacLure, Miss Ephe- re-orgenizatlon, the Guid ceased

to Ottawa to compete Ln- thc Dom- inion 'Drnma Piestival. This play was drccted by Charles Jenkins and the cast included Mrs. Ruth

Amateur stage plays have hm! Ne); produced in Charlottetown fgr t B

Winners N. B.-P. E. I. Regional Festival 1939

p“; . .l rtmnment, when gfiiilwciixfg. mam has been ms Simpson. Miss Esther Rotten-bury " “ ' (now Mrs. Herbert Fletch), Iva" ., . -~

lsleii to lake part. The Little Tlieirie Guild. in it's public per- ces. may use the best ta.l- irt ibis. but the real obiwi 0i a.’ am! development of talent iiiroiiuli direction, instruction and cxpcrlellcc, together with the fur- thering of dramatic art u a whole. in the community, a; well ea pro- itiiizzg entertainment to it's mem- bers and to the Iiilbii°~

Reddin, Harry Foster and George l-lalrt.

v

Season of 1931-38

In this season, what had become the usual programme or five per- formances. each consisting of three one-Hot plays and one major per- formance of One three-act play was curred through.

I. A. LAWSON

for _a society of some kind for the furthering of dramiatc art

cite-act plays. mostly due to diflh,

durril :l\ iiie Jim" Golden Then” terpreiailcns. Mi'S. Millllr Henry, (med b Gimmes Jenkmm C D r\_ Auium. Now-- for H. mum NB" b .8‘. m.“- d ‘i! r1 iii NP" "i" °“ Mam‘ mfi- 1946 Miss Gwen Pry inn-iv Mrs. Bert. entercdyby the BrlEhton i-iiyé... PEllReglon. e ‘iiizfr tlflfi3(lu\willxf"gilfil)flgf.oc m 0 ‘ \\.ii\ Oscar Karlwclsa and Bert Faun-son) and Manon Dew N_ “The scoopnl directed by H L

i)i5(‘i]\'0l'_\' and development of tal- iiii is usually done by means of silldlQ performances, in which as many; members so possible. who wish to demonstrate their talent; are A: the same time. a good m: (‘f experimenting is done in tho u<c of vhrmts types of play!-

‘riie Little Theatre is. and is in- lcrtdcd i0 be iih important factor u, adult education. Probably this ii wily the Little Theatre MOW:- thc universal l port ri-hich it has enjoyed since

ilicd

new lilis rotcivecl

l"s inception.

Ii by llir patronage. oi’ illft‘ will

Gilli

i

]ilil.\'5 from

s significant that the Char- lottetown Giliid haa been honoured successive iiicillcnnm Governors of this Prov- hiwe been pleased to ict iii llzmcrai-y Presidents of the Moreover, successive GW- ...Jl"5 General have been enthus- patrons of Dominion drama . The trophy. for which the the various throughout Canada cOm- ' the Dominion Drama Fest!- i\ known as the Bess- ‘Propliy add was donated of our recent Governors lord Bessborough. ‘l! those participating in

in this community. At any rate. early in i985, following some ground work by Mr. En. Corbett of the School of Drama in- Briniff. who spoke to a public meeting on tho Iittle Theatre movement in relation to adult education. two one-act plays were woduced and st-flgod in St. Joseph's Sodallty Hall by a group of dramatic ani- thtleiuts. well known lo Charlotte- town theatre-goers. Thesg plays were "The Wedding" and "The Valiant".

Among those responsible (qr the r Ploduction were lvlrs. Frances ‘Irsinvr. Mill Gwen Fry (now Mrs. Bert Patterson) Ivlitss Margaret Ceilings, Mus Betty Rogers (now Mrs. llobt. Inrge), Mr. and Mrs Austin Trainer. Miss Marjorie Hicks (now Mrs J. G Patterson» George Hart, Bill Trainer. Stuart Dickson. Arthur Cooper, Ian Smith, Ralph Morton, Charles Jenkins iii-rd others-At this performance, the creaton of a Little Theatre Guild was advocated and from subsequent meetings the Ijtile Theatre Guild of Charlottetown came into being. [infea- in the season. a play was selected to compete in the N B.- PE.I Regional Drama Fmtival,

Charlottetown Little 'l‘heaire Guild nrid cnc each from the Summerside Little Theatre Guild. the Liguoran Players sud the Trinity Players. Thesp plays were adjudicated by Mr and critic of London, England.

Theatre fifties. directed by D A.. was placed first in the sub- regional festival but the award for the entire went to i1 New Brunswick erriry

“Thi- mftiillf Drum" directed by Mrs. A P.C Rees was judged the beat play or the year and medals for best interpretation: went to Miss Esther Ra-tteribury. (now Mrs. Herbert Pletcht and A M Douglas with Miss Mary Moran and Judge HZ- I. Palmer reccivng honourable mention.

At this time, Prince I-‘zlward Is- land was declared e sub-region o! the N B -P E I Region for Drama Festival purposes and a very suc- cessful siih-reg'onai_ drama festival was carried out by the Charlotte- town Little Theatre Guild and under the capable management of Mr. Charles Jenkins ixi- the strand Theatre. where five plays were en- tered in compeiifcn, two from the

Malcolm Morley, noted actor

Ollfi of the Charlottetown Ijitle "In The Zone". Charles L. Jenkins, C

N.B -P E l’ Regen

"n; Autumn Now-i’ u couiudu in fine act produced by the locul Guild gained favorable men- tion at the Dominion Drama Festivhl held in London. Ont. Loft to rigiii. front row—l. brsenauli. Lem Mu-Luuu, Mm Francis trruiuuu Ml‘5_ Ar; Henry. Buck ro\\"—-D. Rcddin tstage manager), J. A. Inwson tDlrector), Mrs. mi.» Hogg, I100 point-Iii! Dumom thinker-ivi. R- Burlcizh Taylor. Ivan

letters. CD.A after his or her

i0 function an such. although a hum er of its former members were able o produce, early in 194i, a public performance consisting of two one-act plays in the Prince Edward Theatre in aid of the Red Cross fizciety. Many Guild mem- bers were also able to render some service in the Carry On Cain-ad: Club Concerts and other entertain- ments fcr and for the benefit of members of the Armed Services. Until fort-ed to cease ‘ts activities owing to conditions beyond its control, the Liitiis Tlieat/re Guild cz-rriinuglly progressed and enjoyed considerable silccess. Much 0f this success was due to the capable dir- ccilcn of the various executive bod- ‘es under the s/uccessive president. Arthur H. Cooper. Dr. ‘FILE Rob- ins. J A Lawson and A L \Vrlghf tact iig iaresldenti.

Canadian Drama Au-urds

No historv cf the amateur thea- tre in Charlottetown would be com- plete without acme mellflurl cf the C D.A ‘s in this‘ City. The Carl-

liaaarary i. President

a

LIEUTE-GOV. J. A. BERNARD

edjui Drama Aiward is a Degree conferred upon selected Persons. who have been particularly" active in furthering the dramatic art in theli- conununites. This Degree is conferred by the Department of Education of British Columbia on the recommendation of local auth- orites on the Drama and hntitles the person receiving it, to can-y the

name. For their work in furthering drama iii Charlottetown. the fol- lowing have received CDAfs: Mrs. Arthur Roper, Mrs. Ruby Houle, Messrs. Austin Trainer. Charles Jenkins and .7 H. Rich- ards and Miss Bernadette Gaudet. (now Mrs G A. l-luxford of Ply- rnstock. Devonshire, England).

The practce of conferring the degree, each Year. was discontinu- ed during wartime, but it is under- stood was instituted agan, recent-» iv

lt is interesting to note that. all of the above C D A.'s in addition to oihcr dramafc activities. are or have been actively connected with the Little TllEiliPp Guild of Charlottetown and rhvo been val-

atea under a Royal Charter. It is conducted by a Board of Govern- ors, lrlchlding ns Patron, the Gov- iennr General c.f Camdia. and among it's officers some of the foremost men and WOmen- Iii Can- Ida.

Operations of the Dominion Drama liutivai have been suspend- ed during recent years, the last Festival having taken place iii Lon- don, Ont-arc, in 1939. Activities are being renewed this year. 113w- cver and Regional and Donrinion Festivals are being held. the Dom- inion Festival taking place. again in London. early in May.

For the purpose cf selecting plays to cOmpete in the Domln-ioil P‘c:li- val, Canada ‘s divided into eleven Regions. of which, New Brunswck Prince Edward Island was doctr- ‘ed a Sub-Regiorl. holding it's c-vn Festival separately from New Brmlsw ck with the entries. how- ever, being judged in competition with the New Brunswick plays. A Festival for the entire N B -P.E.l. ,l‘i<g cu is being hold iii St J;.m lthis y:ar. but to duic, no C2l.l'y ‘has been hladc from I-‘rince ElWJYd Isiazid.

‘Cr rweutly organized Laiile "Ilieatfe Guild i-l- Cilirlotteicwii docs rlc.‘ feel that it corld do suf-

,f‘.ccnt Qusiicc to a Festival entry

this year and no doubt. 0111B! Groups cii Prince Edvard Island i feel the some way. It is hoped.

lhowever, that sufficient entries may be made next year, to warrant a Bub-Reg onal Festival being held. probably in Charlottetown. "The Sub-Regional Committee. here in- clude Judge H. L Palmer as chair- man and Morton Dew as Secret- ary-Treusurrr.

Prom the fore-going, it can b0 realized, that the Amateur Theatre is very defnitely, recognized as an important factor in the cultural lilo of this Dominion. It is to be

hoped, therefore. that the Little Theatre Movement. as well as othilr, independent. dramatic

Groups may thrive and continue to grow in the various Communities throughout Canada.

New Executive

Following are the new executivg offcers of the Little Theatre Guild of Charlottetown:

Honorary President, Hon. J. A Bernard, Lieutenant Governor.

President: Hon. Frederick A Large. K17.

Vice President, Rev Kermit-til MacMillan

Secretary, Miss Lill an Duchcmiil Treasurer. Morton Dew.

Managing director. J A Lair- aon. _

Stage manager: Frank G. O‘Nelii

Executive; Mrs Frances Trainer. lvlirs. Arthur Roper, Miss Hilda Jenkins, Mrs. Robert Large. Miss Dorothea Stewart, Pius Callaghan, Charles Bentley, Barry Budgm. George Burnett.

The Guild is at prescctt call- ducting a campaign for members. who are being asked to pay a nom- inal fee for the balance of this season. Begnning next Fiaii. it is hoped that member; joining now will renew their membcrshlp ,for the season of 1947-48 at the re-

uablo factors ‘m the siloctrés of the Gillld. , Drama. Festivals

The Domin Oil Drama Fcstiipli

Duminon Drama Festival

where it ‘was awarded sccond place.

It is worthy of hotc. that one of

Reddln, Mrs. H. J. A. Brown. nee Nellie Brenton (scfipii- _

LITTLE THEATRE GU

OF

A CHARLOTTETOWN

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ls recognized throughout Canada.

from citizens.

Miss lillda Jenkins, Chairman of the Membership Gomiiilttee. or at tlalrt. 12 Iraiten Street.

l ifhla ailvertisaiaaatlaurtel’ ll tleintereet at The little Theatre lalll l1: —

F Moore 8: McLeod Ltd.---S. HA. McDon

was established in i933 mid opcr-i

ILD

. Is a Community Enterprise of which citizens may be proud.

3. Is well re-organized with more than 400 members enrolled to date- ‘ 4. ls prepared to carry through an interesting program for members. 5. Is still enrolling members. A

le going t0 improve and succeed according to the support it receives

iieialarahlp Carla covering tlio balance of this season may lie obtained, on request from

the Aliesvlelt filft

ald--- Prowse

g-uiar yearly fee.

The executive l5 pialtirlllg lo carry through. during that season. the fcnner programme of four or live Studio Performances for mem- bers only. and at lenst cne major public pe-rfcrnlsnce.

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