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.DJVictor promises Lisa that he will bring Fed)'a. her husband, back homewhat he thinks is right. Congratulations, Blanchard, on a truly artiStiC characterization.Lending powerfully effective support came a whole cast of about forty, headed byEthlyn O'Neal as Lisa, who nourishes an impossible love for her wayward husband,Fedya. In her first really important role, Ethlyn joined the ranks of the campus' bestdramatists. Clayne Robison, a star of many other shows, turned out a well-finished portrayalof Victor, the young nobleman who loves Lisa, marries her, and finds himself draggedinto the courts. Masha, the gypsy girl, who means all the beauty and romance in theworld to Fedya, proved to be a role almost made for the artistic temperament of AlbertaBergh Utt. As P rince Sergius, an amiable old diplomat, Raphael Gibbs, to quote TheArgonaut, "added another convincing character portrayal to his list of performances."Other important roles, especially well done, included Sophia Karenina, Rosanne Roark;Sasha, Margaret Moulton; Anna Pavlovna, Erma Lewis; Petrovitch, Casady Taylor;Artimiev, Earl Bopp; Petushkov, J oe Paquet; and the two old gypsy crones portrayed byH elen Lawrence and Clarence Anderson. Special commendation should likewise go to allthe gypsy singers who added much colorfulness to the only scene in the play which wasnot done entirely in black and white .•Masha defies her parents-she won't go home with them ... Prince Sergius, nlwars the gentleman*