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Fry, Christopher

English

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LINDENWOOD COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH Presents THE LADY,S NOT FOR BURNING A Comedy by Christopher Fry Directed by Mrss MARJORIE HILLER 'In the past I wanted to be hung. It was worth while being hung to be a hero, seeing that life was not really worth living.' A convict who confessed falsely to a murder, February 1947. ROEMER AUDITORIUM LINDENWOOD COLLEGE St. Charles, Missouri FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1952 8:00 O'CLOCK CHARACTERS (In order of their appearance) Richard, an orphaned clerk ....... . ..... . .. SHERON L EE BRowNt Thomas Mendip, a discharged soldier .... Joy H ELLWIG HA USMAN* Alizon Eliot . . .. ... . .. . .. . ... . ...... . . .. MARY KAY PINCKNEYt Nicholas Devize .... . ....... .. ....... . ..... . ... CAROLYN COLE . . . .. . . . Margaret Devize, mother of Nicholas ..... ... ... ARLEEN BECKER* Humphrey Devize, brother of Nicholas . . . . .. . . .. EUNICE Si-IEL EYt Hebble Tyson, the Mayor . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ... . DouGLAS H u,vrn* Jennet Jourdemay ne ........ . ... . ... .. . .... .. . . . NELL Cu LVERt The Chaplain ... .. . . ... . ...... . ... . ......... . . D EANE K EETON Edward Tappercoom, a· Justice ........... . SIEGM UND A. E. BETZ* Matthew Skipps .... . .. . .. . ..... . ........... . PATT WILKERSON Scene : A room in the house of Hebble Tyson, May or of the small market-town of Cool Clary. Time: 1400 either more or less exactly . Act I. An April afternoon. Act II. About an hour later. Act III. Later the same night. Costumes for Miss Sheron Lee Brown, Mrs. Joy Hellwig Hausman, Miss Carolyn Cole, Miss Eunice Sheley, Mr. Douglas Hume, and Dr. Siegmund A. E. Betz by MICKEY O'CONNOR, St. Louis, Missouri; others from the college wardrobe, re-designed by Miss Hiller. Setting designed and executed by Miss Hiller and the Department of Speech under the direction of Mr. Hume. Produced by Special Arrangements with DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, New York. STAFF Director ...... . .... . ....... . ... .. . . . ..... .. . MARJORIE HILLER Stage Manager . . . .. .. . . . ... . ... .... . ... .. .. .. . PAT PETERSONi° Assistant Stage Managers . . .. . . .. . . . . . .. { SMuE ELKLIOTTPi' , '- ARY AY INCKNEYT Sound Effects Manager . . .... .. .... .. .... PA ULA MooREi° (BETTY BAER . _.. J JANE PERRY Sound Effects Assistants . . . . .. ..... . . .. . . .. . . ) WINNIE TAYLOR I CAROL w EHRLI l PATT WILKERSON Property Manager .... . .. . .. . . ... . ..... . ..... CHARLEEN S 1vuTHi° Master Electrician . . . . .... . ... .. . .... .. .. . . .. . . . . ANN FRAZIER . ~ . . ANNE LANCASTER {DEANA lzENBERGi° Assistant Electncians .......... • • • • • • • • • • • · S S ANDRA NIDER MILDRED TERRELL .l\1ake-up Manager .... .. .. .. . .. . . . ... . . . . . . . CYNTHIA RICKLIN* {NELL CuLVERi° Make-up Assistants . ... . ...... .. ... .. . . MARY KAY PINCKNEYi° EUNICE SHELEYi° Wardrnbe Manager . . ..... . .. ... .... . . . ... SHERON LEE BROWNi° HousE MANAGER .......... . ............... CAROL McGAu GHEY (JAN BIRCH I JACKIE DAGENDORFER lMARLENE EITMANN Ushers• · • • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · PRISCILLA LORD SALL y SNELLING MARIAN WILSON *Members of Alpha Psi Omega, National Honorary Dramatic Fraternity. i'Pledges to Alpha Psi Omega. NOTE The Lady' J' Not For Burning was commissioned by Alec Clunes for the Arts Theatre, London, and was first performed there in March, 1948. At its later appearance at the Globe Theatre, with John Gielgud and Pamela Brown in the chief roles, it came to the notice of a wider public and was an instant success. Poetry is finding its way back into the theatre after long years of neglect; but it has been Fry's particular gift to use it in plays that though serious, even deeply religious in thought, sparkle with high comedy of word and of situation. The play had a successful run in New York, and Fry's latest drama, A Sleep of PriJonerJ, written to be performed in a church, has challenged all who saw it to reconsider the purpose of drama - to see it not merely as entertainment but as an exploration of the mind and heart of man and of the founda-tion of his life. ACKNOWLEDGMENT Lindenwood College, particularly the Department of Speech, wishes to express its deep gratitude to Miss Hiller for directing this play. This production is our recognition of International Theatre Month, sponsored by the Dramatic Section of UNESCO; and it is especially appropriate that it should have been directed by om visiting professor from England. 

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