With the Players
COLLEGE DRAMATISTS ANNOUNCE LARGEST PROGRAM IN HISTORY
THE ANNOUNCEMENT of the new theatre that is soon to be built has cast the members of the Players into a working fury. Every one of them is looking forward to the near future when Dartmouth is to step into the national theatre picture. Meanwhile, they are working as though the theatre were already a reality. Several of them spent last summer in summer theatres. Others visited European theatres. Still others were checking up on their theatrical lore. When they all got together in September, they were ready to push the biggest program ever conceived at Dartmouth to a successful conclusion.
A new spirit is afloat among the Players. It may vaguely be ascribed to the shadow of the impending theatre or to a certain kindred love of things theatrical among the older members. Certain it is that the organization has never functioned so well nor so fully. There is even a Players' table in the Colonial Room in Thayer Hall. Plans are constantly being hatched to make the environs of Hanover more drama conscious.
ELEVEN SHOWS SCHEDULED
There hasn't been a moment's rest for them this year. Faced with the largest program in its history, eleven shows as compared to the nine of last year and the seven of two years ago, the organization has been going at top speed. The Experimental Theatre has enlarged its program to six offerings under Ted Packard's direction, and Warner Bentley will direct five major productions.
For Fall House Parties "Brother Rat" was presented, with Pete Cardozo '39, Page Smith '4O, Robert Woodward '39, and Jean McCoy of the New York cast carrying the major portion of the burden. Henry Williams' crew built the largest flats that Webster Hall has yet housed, and the audience was duly appreciative of the work done on the setting. Let me note that the Players worked longer and harder on this show than on any other of recent years. The lights in Webster were burning until well after two o'clock every night of the week preceding the performances. We are told that the results were worth it.
