Friday, March 15, 1940
THE DAILY NEBRASKAM
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'Dodsvorth' ends Players1
twenty-fifth season tonight
By Bob SchUter. -
On stage! Housellghts! Curtain!
The barking of these words will
mark the end of the twenty-fifth
season for the University Players
at the University of Nebraska
with their last presentation of
"Dodsworth" tonight. Beginning
with Ibsen's "Ghosts" in 1915, the
players have done 172 productions
under the talented head of the
spech department, Miss H. Alice
Howell.
Of special interest to students
are the great names which have
come from this group. Broadway,
Hollywood, and radio have re
ceived their share of those that
Nebraska has produced. Such
names as Zolley Lerner, Hart
Jenks, and Fred McConnell will
remain as leaders in their fields.
Overcome obstacles.
During the first few years the
plays were produced in spite of
great obstacles but these were
eventually overcome by hard
work. The first play, "Ghosts,"
was badly attended and received
no publicity. By chance Dr. Hart
ley Burr Alexander sat in that
first audience and foresaw a fu
ture for this group of amateur
actors and actresses. He recom
mended that the play be given the
following week and by the end of
the run they had a large audience.
Later one week runs were given
Lincoln audiences who were
greatly interested in a regular
stock company.
The second play, "Believe Me,
Xantippe," ran 22 performances in
the city and throughout the state.
The play was written by Fred
Ballard, a Nebraska alumnus, who
since then has written many
Broadway plays.
The University Players is not
an organization which has a con
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is the producing organization of
the speech department. Parts are
open to all students who meet the
university scholarship require
ments. Miss Howell has been the
guiding genius and has led the
group from a small, unknown or
ganization to its present status.
Besides Miss Howell the group
has centered around three out
standing people, Pauline Gellatly,
Herbert Yenne, and Ray Ramsey.
Miss Gellatly played many roles
and served as an instructor in the
speech department for a number
of years. Her greatest contribu
tion to dramatics here was her di
rection of the Children's Theater
which she brought to its best
work. Fifty plays were given by
this group which added to the ap
preciation of drama in Lincoln.
Ramsey prodigal ion.
Ray Ramsey, former executive
secretary of the Alumni associa
tion, has done his bit in the de
velopment of dramatics at Nebras
ka. Teaching for a few years in
the speech department, he was a
valuable assistant to the players
His two years on Broadway fol
lowing the 'World war when he
played with George Arliss in "The
Green Goddess" and Lionel Barry
more in "Macbeth" are of especial
interest.
Becoming acting head of the de
partment next year will be Herb
Yenne while Miss Howell takes a
year's leave of absence. He played
a leading part in his freshman
year at Nebraska in 1916 and since
then has had the leading roles in
19 plays. He is excellent in char
acter parts and does directing and
writing in the same manner.
The biggest event of the Univer-
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Watch for it!
Crime one . . . Come all! . .
Why? To a Style Show. j
Where? RUDGt S.
When? Tuesday, March 19, 8:00
P.M.
So What? Llvine models . . .
Oh? Yes, Holly Shurtleff, Ruth
Iverson, Florence Moll, Janet
Moon. Pat Prime and others.
What will they wear? Come out
and Pee! Here are a rew tips
. . . Coats, Suits, Slack Suits,
Evening Wear, Date Dresses,
etc.
Ed Jungbluth and Orchestra
There will be a wedding, too. Pat
Prime will be the bride. We are
expecting about 1800 spectators..
Be seein' you. Don't forget. South
Entrance.
Have fun!
Dance at the TURN
Friday . . . Ralph
his "Music Styled
Mild." . . . Satur
day . . . Hcrbie
Holmes in his
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Sunday . . Herbie
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hit parade
Fontaine will
judge dramas
for contest
Lynn Fontanne, who recently
completed, with Alfred Lunt, a na
tional tour in "The Taming of the
Shrew," last week consented to act
as one of the final judges in this
year's Etherege Award for origi
nal drama, to be presented by the
Dramatists' Alliance of Stanford
University.
Purpose of the contest, which is
open to all writers without regard
to training, experience, or resi
dence, is to discover good native
playwriting and to make connec
tions for the writers with the ac
tive theater in communities and
colleges throughout the country.
All plays must be original and
not adapted from published ma
terials or foreign drama. There is
no restriction as to length or comic
mood. According to the contest
rules good farce is as welcome as
the comedy of manners.
The Etherege Award is one of
the four awards offered by the
Dramatists' Alliance in different
departments of dramatic writing,
Others are the Maxwell Anderson
Award for verse drama, the Mc-
Oaw Award for dramatic sketches,
the Gray Award for dramatic
criticism.
The Etherege Award, consisting
of $200, will be presented during
tne Dramatists Assembly at Stan
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Young Tom Edison1 tells
story of American youth
By Hubert Ogden.
A story of an American boy,
which may in all probability start
a screen series of boyhood biog
raphies, opens Sunday at the
Stuart theatre. "Young Thomas
Edison" with Mickey Rooney cast
as young Edison is a picture which
tells of a non-conformist youth
who is misunderstood in his home
town but who ultimately triumphs
to show the world that he did
have brains.
Virginia Weidler is teamed in
the film with Mickey, as his sister.
The studio predicts this part will
make her a star.
This picture will be followed by
a story of Edison as a man, star
ring Spencer Tracy.
"Congo Maisie" which starts
Sunday at the Nebraska theatre
stars Ann Sothern as an irre
pressible show girl stranded in
Africa. John Carroll, one of Hol
lywood's new stars ,is starred in
the lead.
Maisie wins the tough white
doctor, played by Carroll, as she
ford University in August. Final
date for entry of manuscripts is
May 1, 1940. Last year's award
went to Muriel Roy Bolton, whose
play, "Mole-Hills" was presented
for a week's run at the Pasadena
Laboratory Theatre.
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takes the natives into camp with
her singing and her meager little
card tricks which they believe are
magic.
Destry is still riding at the Lin
coln theatre. James Stewart, the
star of "Mr. Smith Goes to Wash
ington" takes the lead in "Destry
Rides Again." Appealing opposite
him is Marlene Dietrich.
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