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The Players’ Club
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HIS year has been an outstanding one in Players’ Club annals. At
JL the Christmas production not one but four plays written by students
were presented with the highest degree of success. The Spring play,
which was pronounced brilliant by all who saw it, was a triumph for
actors and director alike.
The Advisory Board which rendered its usual invaluable aid was
composed of Professor F. C. Walker, Professor F. A. Lloyd, Mrs. James
Lawrence, and Professor F. G. C. Wood. The first two members directed
two of the Christmas plays, Mr. Wood taking charge of the production
of the Spring play. Much to the regret of the Club, Mrs. Lawrence was
unable to take as active a part as usual this year, but we were fortunate in
securing the services of Mrs. MacDougall, who directed another of the
Christmas plays, Mrs. F. G. C. Wood producing the fourth.
The piece de resistance of the Christmas production was Sidney
Risk’s “Fog.” This gripping tragedy won the Players’ Club prize for
the best undergraduate work submitted. The two characters making up
the cast were splendidly portrayed by Ernest Gilbert, Arts ‘31, and
Drusilla Davis, Arts ‘34, and the play was notably directed by Mrs. Wood.
Sallie Carter, Arts ‘31, won honourable mention for “Trees,” the
drama with which the evening opened. She also took the leading part,
that of a farm girl whose love of beauty was starved and thwarted by
her environment. Mary Darnbrough, Arts ‘33, did a nice piece of work
as the old mother, while John Emerson, Arts ‘34, took the part of the
father. The play was directed by Professor E. A. Lloyd, ably assisted
by Alfred Evans.
“Finesse,” a comedy by Byron Edwards, Arts ‘30, also received
honourable mention. The cast was composed of Eleanor Turnbull,
Arts ‘34; Maudeen Farquar, Arts ‘34; Maurice Clements, Arts ‘31; R. I.
Knight, Arts ‘33; Jack Ruttan, Arts ‘33; Tom Groves, Science ‘31.
Professor Walker directed the play.
“The Florist Shop,” the fourth play of the evening, was directed
by Mrs. Jack McDougall, Arts ‘24, who took the leading role the first
time the play was produced by the Players’ Club. Marjorie Ellis, Arts
‘34, took the same part this Christmas. Others in the cast were Margaret
Sheppard, Arts ‘33; C. I. Taylor, Arts ‘32; F. P. Miller, Arts ‘34; and
W. H. Cameron, Arts ‘33. Sydney Risk was the assistant producer.
The Spring play this year bore a marked contrast to “Friend
Hannah,” last season’s production. “The Young Idea,” by Noel Coward,
is one of the most brilliant comedies of this sophisticated modern drama
tist. A feature of the production was the fact that the three leading
women’s roles were taken by first-year girls—the parts of Gerda, Jennifer
and Cicely being played by Marjorie Ellis, Dorothy McKelvie, and Nancy
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