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Augu st saw the annual Gilbert and Suiliven
production play to its usual packed
hou ses. Man y people co n tr ibuted to the
success of " Pirates of Penzance." Staff
members who m ade s tre nu ous efforts to
en sure its succes s were Producer Brennan,
Mu sical Direct or Gleeso n, Wardrobe Papwo
rth an d Se ts Gile s. St udents took all
of the leading roles in the p rod uction,
so me we re members of the orches tra, and
others attended to duties ba ck st age and
a t th e fr ont of the hou se . " Pirates of
Pen zan ce" proved a wo rthw hile effort,
ve ry su cces sful and most enj oyable.
Ten days afte r " Pirates", th e Co ncerts
a nd Dramatics Committee sq ueezed in its
own ve nture: " Stud ent '64 " . Itemshumorous
and otherwi se - we re we lded
into a var ie ty show by Concerts and • SHAKESPEARE DAY
Dra matics secretary Graeme Hindley. As
al ways thi s pro ved to be an audience invol ved in " putt ing o n a
please r and provided an o ppo rt u nity for show". As we ll as the
ov er th ree hundred students to pa rt icipate. wor k of the producer, the
" Luga loga lo ng " , th e succ essfuI lu nch­ mu sica l direct or and acto rs
time folk-singing effort, actually led to a there is so much o the r
profit abl e rec o rd ing for ra di o performance. wo rk to be done by team s
A Talent Quest , conducted by a group as in cha rge of set designing
its co nt rib ut io n to the College Fair, did and erection , costumes,
its o w n sha re in unearthing ab ility and in make-up , properties, profu
lfi lling the a im s o f the Concerts and motion , stage ma naging,
Dramatics Committee. p ro mp t ing, ushering, etc.
• BACKS TAGE
As a result of these va r­
iou s acti viti es many of thi s
yea r's student s ha ve di s­
covered ho w much work is
One important re sult ,
th en . o f the work of th e
Concerts a nd Dramatics
Committee thi s ye ar has
been the educat ion of
many student s in the work
of the thea tre.
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